I finished six books last month. Only four are pictured because one was borrowed and one I liked so well I foisted it on a friend right away. And I had to pause in reading two books, because there was not world enough and time. (Having deployed that, I figured I better look up from … Continue reading November 2024 books
Author: kjboldon
K.J. Boldon writes, reads, and mothers in Minneapolis. She is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Hamline University.
These Books Wanted Me to Buy Them
I will allow that this is a really weird cluster of new books.
A little poem
Working Retail The early bus was early. The online bus was late. I sat and ate my sandwich. I knew the job could wait.
Stages-of-Grief Pinball
It’s just over two weeks since I woke to the news that Trump and Vance won the election. Since, I can’t find the right verb for the velocity and force of my mood swings. Pinballing comes close in the painfully loud propulsion from one barrier to another. It’s not a precise metaphor. It implies one … Continue reading Stages-of-Grief Pinball
October 2024 Books
First up in October was a tremendous memoir, Krys Malcolm Belc's The Natural Mother of the Child. What a gift this book is. Belc, a trans man, gestated and birthed a child with his partner. This book, like Maggie Nelson's Argonauts, challenges binary assumptions and simplistic family narratives at every turn. Belc is a terrific … Continue reading October 2024 Books
September 2024 Books
Ha, ha, ha, past self. Weren't you cute, feeling smug at writing about August books before September ended, and thinking "I'm catching up!" That was the first heady flush of a writer parent with an empty nest; it didn't last long. (Because, reasons, which I will probably write about later, which involved writing a Paper … Continue reading September 2024 Books
August Reading
I used to keep track of my books on Goodreads, but it's both owned and undersupported by Amazon, which I find confounding, so I jumped ship for Storygraph, where I post under KJBoldon. The first book I finished in August was a mystery about a serial killer, The Vanishing Season by Joanna Schaffhausen. The writing … Continue reading August Reading
July Books
Look at me, almost catching up to the present moment. I feel the whirl of summer in my viscera and bones. July is always a hard month for me with its too muchness and August hasn't calmed down much. Poetry: Too Many Hats by Jess Morgan, a collection about being ADHD and neurodivergent and on … Continue reading July Books
Other Reading: June
The Mountain Lion by Jean Stafford, with #NYRBWomen24. So good. Don't read the intro. Even though it's by the author she spoils her own damn book. And it's so very good. Poetry: Floating, Brilliant, Gone by Franny Choi. What a title. What a collection. Wow. Transit by Anna Seghers with #NYRBWomen24. So weird, anxiety producing, … Continue reading Other Reading: June
What Else I’ve Been Reading: May
Whoops. Haven't written about any other books besides Sayers since April. In May, a bunch of graphic novels: Something is Killing the Children volumes 2-7, by James Tynion IV et al. Loved them; tore through them. Batgirl: The Darkest Reflection by Gail Simone. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. I'd never read it. I … Continue reading What Else I’ve Been Reading: May
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