I want to re-read China Mountain Zhang

[js_thrill]

I loaned out the copy of China Mountain Zhang that I repurchased after loaning out my first copy of China Mountain Zhang, shortly before or shortly after commencing my year of not buying new books. I have a library card. I probably could get my hands on a copy but part of the plan is to work through books in my to be read pile, so intentionally getting my hands on yet a third copy of China Mountain Zhang would be a quasi-subversion of the plan, even if it doesn't actually undermine the rules, and even if the thing I am going to do instead is quickly re-read all four Steerswoman novels rather than dive into Piranesi which is actually in my TBR pile.

I also don't regret loaning out China Mountain Zhang! I am glad the person I loaned it to got it and got to read it! And book loans are basically gifts.

But, in this instance, if that book were on a table or shelf near me I would pick it up and start reading it today, I think.

Anyway, I realized I'd been avoiding Dreamwidth because I had turned it into large scale posting projects rather than a place to write up thoughts I was having and then I was avoiding the projects, and that was silly of me.

 

Here are some of the books I have added to my list of books to think about getting when my book purchase moratorium is over:

• • The Bacchae (which translation?)
  • Dog Years: A Memoir (P.S.)
  • Exedelic
• • Books by CL Moore
• • Beowulf Audiobook (Headley)
• • Heritage of the Star
• • Beyond the Tomorrow Mountain
• • Or rather: Children of the Star Omnibus
• • How to Build a Girl [Catlin Moran]
• • China Mountain Zhang (again)

Comments

[js_thrill]

apparently dreamwidth is doing an impression of MS word today and I don't have the energy to fix this frankenstein monster of a list so: ta da

Moran

[brainwane]

Oh hey! A memoir she wrote was particularly useful and interesting to me - good to know she wrote more and maybe I could check the novel out.

[mrissa]

High fives, my buddy, I also made a list related to buying books yesterday! Mine was: books I have preordered (since they really do like preorders). It only has two things on it, but I figure what's not on it is at least as important because then I can say to myself, NO, you DIDN'T already preorder the new Murderbot.

(I am really bad at buying myself books, especially considering how many books I read.)

[ambyr]

I am reasonably confident that reading Piranesi will take you less than a day, if it helps?

[js_thrill]

that *is* good to know

Re: Moran

[js_thrill]

I actually don't recall why I put that on my "possible list of books to buy" but i do know precisely when I put it on there (10:05 am on august 5th)

(I don't know if someone mentioned it to me in conversation, or if I saw a discussion thread mentioning it, or if I was looking up movie trivia and it came up, or what)