April was a good month for acquiring books from independent publishers.
April was an okay month for reading. My work-life balance was, yet again, significantly tipped toward the work side of things, which took from me much of my reading time, and left me unable to focus for what little time remained.
I suspect in the coming months I will be acquiring fewer books, due to supply-chain disruption and the inevitable recession and increased inflation.
Acquisitions
- Our Dust Earth (Air and Nothingness Press) [2025.04.07] – Acquired through a Kickstarter campaign run by Air and Nothingness Press
- Gerald Murnane, Barley Patch (And Other Stories) [2025.04.14] – The latest arrival from my subscription to And Other Stories.
- Kateřina Čupová (Julie Nováková, translator), R.U.R.: The Karel Čapek Classic (Rosarium Publishing) [2025.04.14] – Reward for a Kickstarter campaign run by the always-excellent Rosarium Publishing
- Lesley Connor and Jason Sizemore (editors), Robotic Ambitions (Apex Book Company) [2024.04.21]
Reading List
Books
- China Miéville, The City and the City [2025.04.13]
- Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America [2025.04.17]
- Richard Brautigan, The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster [2025.04.20]
- Richard Brautigan, In Watermelon Sugar [2025.04.23]
Short Prose
- Robin McLean, “But for Herr Hitler”, Get ’em Young, Treat ’em Tough, Tell ’em Nothing [2025.04.24]
- Robin McLean, “Pterodactyl”, Get ’em Young, Treat ’em Tough, Tell ’em Nothing [2025.04.25]
