The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine
a bland book for my bland life
Tag: anxiety
The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
i move thru 2021 like a dying ghost
Three Books, One Post
consistently reading more than i can blog (or do anything else)
Clay’s Ark by Octavia E. Butler
an excellent short genre piece
the heads of cerberus by Francis Stevens
early sci-fi and smh so sad
South and West by Joan Didion
3 lines on joan didion and 1000 words on my terrible mental health lol
the mirror and the light by hilary mantel
Written June 15th and actually it was this one, not Things Fall Apart that caused me to pause blogging, forContinue Reading
the cléo reader: 2013-2019
commencing unemployment and panicking about expertise
The Years by Annie Ernaux
cracking under lockdown and stunning books
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
excellent mid-life crisis novel
The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas by Daniel James
the emotional cost of working in high end catering
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
I’ve been ignoring my depressive relapse by studying AIDS
Preacher: Book Five by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
back on old school bullsh*t
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
in the relentless cold I seek escape
Subsequent Death by Aaron Kent
who wouldn’t beg for a little more life?
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
read good book, do bad exercise
Sunshine by Melissa Lee-Houghton
this is impressive, i am depressive
Notes on ‘Camp’ by Susan Sontag
my past changes shape as my future brightens
Bear by Marian Engel
simply the bestial
On Urinals
How many men must a man urinate in front of before you can call him a man?
Open City by Teju Cole
transcript of a presentation from happier days
Hillary Clinton Haiku by Vera G. Shaw
This isn’t a real review of a real book, IT’S SCOTT ON SOCIAL ANXIETY!!!
Berg by Ann Quin
“Help me, help me,” I cry, “I’m too sober to read”.
The Ongoing Moment: A Book About Photographs by Geoff Dyer
Well, as some of you may be aware, I’m off having adventures. Yes, again. After an 18 month stint inContinue Reading
You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat] by Andrew Hankinson
My new puppy hasn’t been very well. I’ve spent the day taking him to the vets and watching him sleep,Continue Reading
On Worrying
I’m a worrier. It’s what I do. I worry. If there is a single thing I have to do, haveContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 