The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin
a fun book but not a real one, y’know
Tag: depression
South and West by Joan Didion
3 lines on joan didion and 1000 words on my terrible mental health lol
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
a blog from when the [first?] lockdown eased
Surrender by Joanna Pocock
big post on privilege, re-wilding, ageing; a phenomenal read
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
If All The World and Love Were Young by Stephen Sexton
top prize-winning poetry and emotional toll of lockdown ekes in
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Who the f*ck is Malcolm Gladwell?
Winter in the Blood by James Welch
Maybe I’ve grown out of peripatetic flaneur type novels?
The Beauty of the Husband by Anne Carson
i’m distracted
Decreation by Anne Carson
was almost sectioned today; read a book that was difficult but perfect
The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O’Neill
a great novel but mainly me whinging about winter
Baby, I Don’t Care by Chelsey Minnis
great book of pomes
of is by Aisha Sasha John
i read some local poetry
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
excellent mid-life crisis novel
Love, Pan-Fried by Gray Crosbie
great queer flash fiction from scotland
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
reading about dragons again lol
Hello I want to die please fix me by Anna Mehler Paperny
writing about depression
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
a solid, if unambitious, novel from a major contemporary voice
The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas by Daniel James
the emotional cost of working in high end catering
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Nagata Kabi
it’s good though it’s very optimistic
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
I’ve been ignoring my depressive relapse by studying AIDS
Normal People by Sally Rooney
rooney rooney
Ghosts of My Life by Mark Fisher
some over-hyped Gen Xey essays
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
getting sad again in the bleak northern winter
My Father and Myself by J. R. Ackerley
an important, wonderful, book
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
Found Diary Entry from April 17th, 2010
bizarre note to self from 2010
Subsequent Death by Aaron Kent
who wouldn’t beg for a little more life?
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
an underwhelming but important read
Every Fox Is A Rabid Fox by Harry Gallon
death, dying, dead
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
read good book, do bad exercise
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
shellshock and amnesia and different kindsa love
Birthday Post: 30 Things I’ve Done, 30 Things I Haven’t
it’s my 30th birthday
Selected Poems by Federico García Lorca
why I owned but didn’t read this book for five years (anger, depression)
Drunken Baker by Barney Farmer
the bottle salves but doesn’t heal
Philosophical Toys by Susana Medina
sad man scotty writes about being sad
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
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
a deluge of hand jobs and suicides cannot save this
Bear by Marian Engel
simply the bestial
The Tryst by Monique Roffey
another sexy sexy sex book
The Unmapped Country: Stories & Fragments by Ann Quin
Find out what Scott Manley Hadley has been reading and doing
Birthday Literary Suicide Tour
So I walk on towards deaths (plural) in the cooling twilight
Hold Tight by Jeffrey Boakye
i’m looking tired but feeling great
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
I try being kind to myself. It’s alright.
On Not Being Suicidal Anymore
I nearly get hit by a speeding car and realise I want to LIVE
#Breakdown: What happened to the blogging?
I have mental health problems
Home is on my Mind… by Sheena Rose
Review of a lo-fi art book and footnotes about depression
Triumph Of The Now 