May 2024 Books and Reading Notes

May was a pretty good month for reading. I had some down time and managed to fill it with books, like I did regularly when I was much younger.

Acquisitions

17. Eva Baltasar (Julia Sanches, translator), Mammoth (And Other Stories) [2024.05.07] – This is the most recent addition to my collection from my subscription to And Other Stories.
18. Vanessa Angélica Villareal, Magical Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders [2024.05.18] – This was an impulse buy I made after seeing the title mentioned favorably by Jeff VanderMeer on one social media account or another.
19. Zig Zag Claybourne, Breath, Warmth, & Dream (Obsidian Sky Books) [2024.05.20] – This was a Kickstarter reward from a recently-completed campaign. I met Zig Zag at ConFusion, back in, I think, 2016. He is a superb writer and overall a most excellent human being.
20. Dinara Mirtalipova, Russian Tales: Traditional Stories of Quests and Enchantments [2024.05.28] – This was a birthday gift from my partner. It is gorgeous!

Reading List

Books

33. Ian Monk and Daniel Levin Becker (editors), All that is Evident is Suspect: Readings from the Oulipo 1963 – 2018 [2024.05.08]
34. Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision (e-book, re-read) [2024.05.10]
35. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic [2024.05.13]
36. João Gilberto Noll (Adam Morris, translator), Atlantic Hotel [2024.05.16]
37. Sarah Hans, An Ideal Vessel [2024.05.18]
38. César Aira, The Proof [2024.05.20]
39. Corey Robin, The Reactionary Mind [2024.5.28]
40. Glen Cook, The Black Company (e-book, re-read) [2024.05.31]

Short Prose

69. Oskar Pastior, “Rules of the Game”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.01]
70. Hervé Le Tellier, “A Few Musketeers”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.02]
71. Pierre Rosenstiehl, “Frieze of the Paris Métro”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.02]
72. Jacques Jouet, “Poem of the Paris Métro”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.02]
73. Harry Mathews, “Sainte Catherina”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.02]
74. Jacques Jouet, “The Republic of Beau-Locks”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.03]
75. Ian Monk, “We Did Everything”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.03]
76. François Caradec, “On the End of Time”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.03]
77. Paul Fournel, “Novels”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.03]
78. Anne F. Garréta, “N-evol”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.04]
79. Olivier Salon, “Invisible Cities: Lille”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.04]
80. Jacques Roubaud, “Arrangements”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.04]
81. Frédéric Forte, “99 Preparatory Notes to 99 Preparatory Notes”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.04]
82. Pablo Martín Sánchez, “Metric Poetry”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.05]
83. Étienne Lécroart, “Eodermdromes”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.05]
84. Harry Mathews, “Narrative Sestinas”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.05]
85. Étienne Lécroart, “Counting On You”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.05]
86. Hervé Le Tellier, “Liquid Tales”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.05]
87. Bernard Cerquiglini, “A Very Busy Year”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.05]
88. Olivier Salon, “Shark Poem”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.06]
89. Ross Chambers, “Brief Encounter”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.06]
90. Daniel Levin Becker, “Writer’s Block”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.06]
91. Jacques Roubaud, “⊂”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.06]
92. Marcel Bénabou, “Our Beautiful Zeroine”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.06]
93. Paul Fournel, “The Beautiful Appetite”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.06]
94. Valérie Beaudouin, “Northern Line”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.07]
95. Michèle Audin, “Caroline, October 21, 1935”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.07]
96. E. Berti & P. Martin Sánchez, “Microfictions”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.07]
97. Daniel Levin Becker, “Epithalamia”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.07]
98. Frédéric Forte, “The Pitch-Drop Experiment”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.07]
99. Clémentine Mélois, “Louise”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.07]
100. Michèle Audin, “No One Remembers”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.08]
101. Ian Monk, “Return(s)”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.08]
102. Eduardo Berti, “An Ideal Presence”, All that is Evident is Suspect [2024.05.08]
103. Jim C. Hines, “Daddy’s Little Girl”, Patreon [2024.05.29]
104. Jim C. Hines, “Gift of the Kites”, Patreon [2024.05.29]