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Some Make Exhaustion a Mode of Expression | March Reads

MARCH  (15 books | 4,921 pgs) 08.) Something is Killing the Children, Volume 9 (Graphic Novel, 144 pgs) | 4/5 09.) The Test by Sylvain Neuvel (Novella, 108 pgs) | 4/5 10.) WildC.A.T.s Compendium One by Jim Lee (Graphic Novel, 952 pgs) | 3/5 11.) The Nice House by the Sea, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV (Graphic Novel, 168 pgs) | 4/5 12.) Agents of Dreamland by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Novella, 125 pgs) | 4/5 13.) Remina by Junji Ito (Graphic Novel, 256 pgs) | 2/5 14.) Moan by Junji Ito (Graphic Novel, 272 pgs) | 3/5 15.) Deserter by Junji Ito (Graphic Novel, 392 pgs) | 3/5 16.) Alley by Junji Ito (Graphic Novel, 344 pgs) | 3/5 17.) Strange Buildings by Uketsu (Novel, 384 pgs) | 2/5 18.) Shiver by Junji Ito (Graphic Novel, 400 pgs) | 3/5 19.) The Liminal Zone, Vol. 2 by Junji Ito (Graphic Novel, 224 pgs) | 4/5 20.) Lovesickness by Junji Ito (Graphic Novel, 408 pgs) | 4/5 21.) Statues by Junji Ito (Graphic Novel, 328 pgs) | 3/5 22.) Smashed by Junji Ito (Graphic Novel, 416 pgs) | 4/5 * The fir...
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A New Year Begins, An Old Heaviness Remains

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JANUARY  (7 books | 2,036 pgs) 01.) The Game Master's Book of Villains, Minions, and Their Tactics (Game Manual, 256 pgs) | 4/5 02.)  The Game Master's Book of Traps, Puzzles and Dungeons (Game Manual, 256 pgs) | 4/5 03.) Loteria by Cynthia Pelayo (Stories & Poetry, 344 pgs) | 3/5 04.) The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (Novel, 528 pgs) | 2/5 05.) Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Graphic Novel, 384 pgs) | 3/5 06.) Root Rot by Saskia Nislow (Novella, 140 pgs) | 3/5 07.) The Undead by Johan Egerkrans (Art, 128 pgs) | 4/5 *     *     * I am late in posting my monthly reading list and personal updates. The new job is full of wonderful people and challenging work, but I often feel like my productivity is being used inefficiently. There are ways to mitigate this, and I'm working on it.  But this struggle makes for a crowded headspace. After being in the office all day most of the week, I yearn for the silence of...
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The Yearly Wrap-Up & 2025 Reading List

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  (39 books | 7,452 pgs) 01.) The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Novel, 487 pgs) | 5/5 02.) At the Mountains of Madness (for Beginning Readers) by RJ Ivankovic (Novel, 142 pgs) | 5/5 03.) Mothmeister: Sinister and Spiritual Post-Mortem Fairy Tales by Mothmeister (Art, 272 pgs) | 5/5 04.) House of Rot by Danger Slater (Novel, 122 pgs) | 2/5 05.) The Genocide House by Robert Kloss (Novel, 266 pgs) | 2/5 06.) Rare, Fine and Limited by Mike Flanagan (Novella, 78 pgs) | 4/5 07.) Francis Bacon, by Martin Hammer (Phaidon Focus) (Art, 144 pgs) | 4/5 08.) We Live Inside Your Eyes by Kealan Patrick Burke (Stories, 277 pgs)| 2/5 09.) Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (Novel, 209 pgs) | 4/5 10.) At Dark, I Become Loathsome by Eric LaRocca (Novel, 227 pgs) | 3/5 11.) Inscrutable Cities by Julian K. Jarboe (Game Manual, 82 pgs) | 5/5 12.) We Were Called Specimens: An Oral Archive of Deity Marjorie (Stories, 139 pgs) | 3/5 13.) Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazete...
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Authenticity, Kant & Digital Pollution

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I've had a strangely large number of conversations in the last two weeks about the nature of authenticity, itself a comment on truth as a whole.  Because so much of what life has thrown at us in recent years is composed of digital falsehoods pushing nonsense, linguistic labyrinths meant to confound, and a wholesale weaponization of language forcing ideologies to clash against each other...it can be hard to find the authenticity in life sometimes.  The internet was lauded early on as some great bastion of learning. It was also touted as a way to further connect people of differing backgrounds and ideas. Though presented as a kind of great technological, cosmopolitan symposium like those held in ancient Greece among statesmen and politicians and philosophers, it has become simply another great example of our idealism outshining the reality of what would actually happen. Rather than being a pure way of spreading truth and knowledge, we've basically polluted the digital ocean in t...
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September Updates & Reading List

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SEPTEMBER  (5 books | 1,175 pgs) 35.) Death My Own Way by Michael S.A. Graziano (Novella, 130 pgs) | 3/5 36.) The Goth House Experiment by S.J. Sindu (Stories, 209 pgs) | 3/5 37.) Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha (Stories, 284 pgs) | 4/5 38.) Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison (Novel, 168 pgs) | 2/5 39.) Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Graphic Novel, 384 pgs) | 3/5 * Light month of reading, but I've been hyper focused on revising my resumes and cover letters, submitting to open work positions, and handling some family stuff in the background.  The only book I really enjoyed this month was Thomas Ha's Uncertain Sons and Other Stories . More sci-fi-leaning than I typically enjoy, but man that guy can worldbuild his ass off. Great collection of super punchy, vibrant places in some very similar wheres in some very similar whens, albeit VERY, VERY different. I'm shocked it's his first collection.  * Slight movements being made on the next ...
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August Updates & Reading List

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  AUGUST (7 books | 1,259 pgs) 28.) I Found a Lost Hallway in a Dying Mall (Novel, 160 pgs) | 3/5 29.) Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez (Stories, 192 pgs) | 3/5 30.) The Divine Farce by Michael S.A. Graziano (Novella, 125 pgs) | 5/5 31.) Dreamlives of Debris by Lance Olsen (Novel, 296 pgs) | 3/5 32.) The Unworthy by Agustina Bazeterrica (Novel, 175 pgs) | 5/5 33.) Scorch Atlas by Blake Butler (Stories, 152 pgs) | 5/5 34.) The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager (Novel, 159 pgs) | 4/5 * I've been out of the loop on a number of literary things the last few years, so I've been turning to Reddit to find out what people are talking about. Several of the books being discussed are already on my TBR shelf, but I fell down the r/weirdlit hole and found some really great stuff that's been triggering my synapses nicely as of late. The Divine Farce and The Archive of Alternate Endings were both great surprises in this way, so I've been switching out betwe...
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July Updates & Reading List

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  JULY  (3 books | 663 pgs) 25.) Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix (Novel, 248 pgs) | 3/5 26.) Strange Pictures by Uketsu (Novel, 236 pgs) | 3/5 27.) A Path Through the Forest by Alisha Galvan (Stories, 179 pgs) | 2.5/5 * Pretty slim reading for the month of July. You'd think that, since I quit my job at the start of the month, I would've read more. Honestly, I've been neck deep in work on the next two books.  I've been keeping my "wake up at 5am, eat breakfast, be working by 7am" routine since my last day. It's been especially liberating to grab a nap around 5pm, know it won't jack up my entire next day, and then wake up around 7pm to get more writing done until about midnight. The fluidity of progress is really helping with the ideation, which is really helping with the creation once a piece is ready to have its story told.  I spent most of today putting final touches on more cover art, but mostly in trying to create my own specific "decorative letter...
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