Hi there reader who can also be a reader, and welcome again to Booked For The Week – our common Sunday chat with a number of cool trade people about books! No cool trade individual this week. As an alternative, you might be caught with me. In an elevator. And I’ve eaten nothing however cabbage-wrapped beans for per week. You may probably need one thing to maintain your thoughts off that, so let’s discuss books as an alternative.
I’ve put down Invisible Cities for the day as a result of I remembered that Tony Tulathimutte had a brand new ebook out this yr in some unspecified time in the future. Seems that time had already occurred, in order that’s my Sunday sorted. “I did not just like the ebook as a result of I did not like every of the characters as folks” is a sentiment that I’ve by no means associated to, for numerous causes I will not get into right here, and his work possible will not resonate if that is you. However, should you’re into playful language and painful perception, Private Citizens is superb. I will report again on Rejection. These are high-minded descriptions of what I truly take pleasure in most about his writing, although, which is how un-put-downably voyeuristic it feels.
My different advice for the week is Hollow Press. I have been of the opinion for some time now that the indie tabletop RPG house is the place the joy and experimentation and magnificence that was once the area of underground publishers and music labels lives now – though I will admit I am simply paying extra consideration to that house – and Hole Press’s output is a implausible instance of that at its most morbid, haunted, and artistic.
However sufficient about what I have been doing – let’s discuss what I am doing. At present, I am asking you what you have been studying this week. Do inform, and ebook for now!
