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[jbbartram-illu]

A little something different!

I used to be a TOTAL bookworm as a kid, then sort of lost it for a decade or so, then in about 2016/17 I decided to start reading more (& also moved closer to a library & got in the habit of using it).

Fast forward 7ish years and I'm back in the habit of reading & am devouring stacks of books per year, with 2023 being my most ridiculous one yet. I somehow ended up reading 120 books? Mostly because I'm terrible at managing my library holds list & kept getting stacks of books I really wanted to read (I'm also lucky to be a really fast reader, which helps).

Anyways! All that to say - I compiled a top 22 + 19ish honourable mentions, as seen below:

My Top 22:

Tear – Erica Mckeen

Our Wives Under The Sea – Julia Armfield

The Vaster Wilds – Lauren Groff

Paladin’s Strength – T. Kingfisher

Paladin’s Grace – T. Kingfisher

Great Circle – Maggie Shipstead

Between Two Fires – Christopher Buehlman

Sisters – Daisy Johnson

How High We Go In The Dark – Sequoia Nagamatsu

Moon Of The Turning Leaves – Waubgeshig Rice

The Memory Police – Yoko Ogawa

The Night Ship – Jess Kidd

The Conjoined – Jen Sookfong Lee

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter – Hazel Gaynor

If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English – Noor Naga

The Annual Migration Of Clouds – Premee Mohamed

Wandering Souls – Cecile Pin

The Only Good Indians – Stephen Graham Jones

Lone Women – Victor Lavalle

Ring Shout – P. Djèlí Clark

Lucy – Jamaica Kincaid

The Bookshop Of Yesterdays – Amy Meyerson

Honourable Mentions:

The Marigold – Andrew F. Sullivan

Five Little Indians – Michelle Good

Swordheart – T. Kingfisher…and all the other books of hers (9 of them in total) I read this year!

Even Though I Knew The End – C.L. Polk

Everything Under – Daisy Johnson

Fen – Daisy Johnson

The Animals In That Country – Laura Jean Mckay

A Prayer For The Crown-Shy – Becky Chambers

The Sea Captain’s Wife – Beth Powning

Hester – Laurie Lico Albanese

Tauhou – Kotuku Titihuia Nuttall

Ducks – Kate Beaton

You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty – Akwaeke Emezi

The Hatbox Letters – Beth Powning

And Then She Fell – Alicia Elliot

The Adult – Bronwyn Fischer

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is A Witch – Rivka Galchen

Lute – Jennifer Thorne

Monster – Mariel Ashlinn Kelly

Elly Griffiths’ Ruth Galloway Series (I read 8 books from this series this yr & loved all of them!)

If you want to go through my entire list for 2023, you can read it on my website!

[hpowellsmith]

Books of 2023

I was pleased to read lots of books this year! I greatly enjoyed the majority of these - the only one I wouldn't really recommend was Rated M for Mature - and the favourites are bolded. There were quite a lot of others that I didn't end up finishing, which were mostly memoirs of people who I felt interested in but didn't find their writing very compelling, and some second-world fantasy novels that didn't grab me. Most of this year's reading was historical, contemporary, memoirs, or horror: it was only towards the end of the year that I got some fantasy in there, which is funny as I've always thought of myself as a big fantasy fan - if anyone has any queer non-YA fantasy recommendations, I'd love to have them. The most recent new-to-me fantasy I loved was The Sacred Dark series by May Peterson, if that helps!

I was really happy to read Alison Rumfitt, Torrey Peters, Maya Deane, Lee Mandelo, EE Ottoman, and Brandon Taylor for the first time in particular, and look forward to reading more of them in the future; Ducks by Kate Beaton hit hard and stuck with me; Passion and Play is a massively illuminating read for anyone interested in writing intimate scenes in games and made me feel a ton more confident and intentional in doing so; I loved returning to and crying over old favourites Elizabeth Wein and Terry Pratchett after a very long time.

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

A Perfect Spy - John le Carre

Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender

Lark and Kasim Start a Revolution - Kacen Callender

Youngman - Lou Sullivan

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity - Robin Stevens

Winterkeep - Kristin Cashore

Rated M for Mature: Sex and Sexuality in Video Games - Matthew Wysocki (ed.), Evan W. Lauteria (ed.)

Passion and Play: A Guide to Designing Sexual Content in Games - Michelle Clough

How Games Move Us: Emotions by Design - Katherine Isbister

Tell Me I'm Worthless - Alison Rumfitt

The Companion - EE Ottoman

The Pearl Thief - Elizabeth Wein

Real Life - Brandon Taylor

The Autistic Trans Guide to Life - Yenn Purkis, Wenn Lawson

The Enigma Game - Elizabeth Wein

Filthy Animals - Brandon Taylor

Gender Queer - Maia Kobabe

Ten Steps to Nanette - Hannah Gadsby

Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes - Rob Wilkins

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands - Kate Beaton

The Late Americans - Brandon Taylor

Wrath Goddess Sing - Maya Deane

Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend - Lizzie Huxley-Jones

Summer Sons - Lee Mandelo

Slow River - Nicola Griffith (reread)

The Others of Edenwell - Verity Hollowell

Pageboy - Elliot Page

Brainwyrms - Alison Rumfitt

Uncomfortable Labels - Laura Kate Dale

The Easternmost House - Juliet Blaxland

The Two Doctors Górski - Isaac Fellman

Dark Matter: A Ghost Story - Michelle Paver

Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones (reread)

A Trans Man Walks Into A Gay Bar - Harry Nicholas

Going Postal - Terry Pratchett

Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett (reread)

In Strictest Confidence - Craig Revel Horwood

[theahole]

Best books I read in 2022 round up.

Books I read in 2022 that I am keeping because I want to read them again sometime, basically in size order. Not shown are cookbooks and one non-fiction about mystery authors. Also there was one very good book I read this year that I do not see myself reading again, so it has to go.

The list:

Delayed Replays, Liz Prince Silly Us, Ruby Elliot Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed?, Liz Prince Serpentine, Philip Pullman Stars Beyond, S.K. Dunstall Not So Stories Gronk Vols 1-4, Katie Cook A Man & His Cat, Umi Sakurai The American Dream?, Shing Yin Khor The Legend of Auntie Po, Shing yin Khor Spelunking Through Hell, Seanan McGuire The Book of Dust, Philip Pullman The Secret Commonwealth, Philip Pullman What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher The Long Game, K.J. Parker Square³, Mira Grant Cryptid Club, Sarah Andersen Creepy Cat Vols 1-4, Cotton Valent The House in the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune Into the Windwracked Wilds, A. Deborah Baker Foxes in Love Volume 2, Tovo Kaartinen A Thousand Beginnings and Endings The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth Nix Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher Seasonal Fears, Seanan McGuire Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir Snow Approaching on the Hudson, August Kleinzahler Jinx, Meg Cabot Where the Drowned Girls Go, Seanan McGuire Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao Under the Whispering Door, T.J. Klune Crazy in Poughkeepsie, Daniel Pinkwater Alone Forever, Liz Prince Brothersong, T.J. Klune The Sky Done Ripped, Joe R. Lansdale Be the Serpent, Seanan McGuire Ducks, Kate Beaton Let Me Tell You, Shirley Jackson Worlds Seen In Passing The Sleepwalkers, Viviane Schwarz Bite + Subscribe, Sarah Graley & Stef Purenins

Pretty much a combo of used & "bargain" books with stuff I really shouldn't have bought but I NEEDED it.

[astro-tag-9]

Gossip girl characters and what I think their big 3 would be part VI

Catherine Beaton- Taurus sun, Taurus moon, Sagittarius rising

William Van Der Bilt- Gemini sun, Cancer moon, Capricorn rising

Bree Buckley- Cancer sun, Taurus moon, Aries Rising

Jonathan Whitney- Cancer sun, Aquarius moon, Cancer Rising

Richard Rhodes- Virgo sun, Leo moon, Libra rising

Elliot Garfield- Taurus sun, Libra moon, Capricorn rising

Elizabeth Fisher- Scorpio sun, Scorpio moon, Sagittarius Rising

Roman Garrel- Pisces sun, Libra moon, Gemini rising

Harold Waldorf- Virgo sun, Capricorn moon, Libra Rising

Gabriel Edwards- Sagittarius sun, Taurus moon, Capricorn rising

[fredfilmsblog]

“Only those who will risk...”

FredFilms Postcard Series 10.1

Over the years, like many others, I’ve been influenced by all kinds of artists, and in their words I often found keys to my own efforts. After my screw up with the FredFilms Great Artist Series of postcards I still wanted to highlight non-animation/film artists across the spectrum.

Not much of a poetry fan, it was actually the Cecil Beaton photograph of the famous, sometimes controversial writer T.S. Elliot that stopped me in my tracks. But, it was his observation of artistic risk that really got me to kick off the FredFilms Quotation series. 

.....

From the postcard back:

Congratulations! You are one of 125 people to receive this limited edition FredFilms postcard!

www.fredfilms.com

Original, Always Your next favorite cartoon Creators first

FredFilms Quotations “Only those who will risk going too far out can possibly find out how far one can go.”

T.S. Elliot, author and poet

Series 10.1 [mailed out March 17, 2024]

Photographed by Cecil Beaton Vintage bromide print on white card mount, July 1956 9 3/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. (239 mm x 243 mm) Given by Cecil Beaton, 1972 UK National Portrait Gallery Primary Collection NPG P869(12)

[stabthemwithkindness]

Elliot Beaton, Human Battle Master | Lvl 3

[theavatarspirit]

Do you have a recommendation list of wlw books? Could be your favorites or the ones you thought were the best or just anything really. I'm always looking for more of them

of course my dude

lets get the big boys out of the way

this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone. you've probably heard about. you've probably seen quotes from it. i myself was late to it (i read it the other month) but lord is the hype worth it (in my opinion). made me crazy.

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon. yes its big. im sorry but it is worth it. samantha the audacity to create sabran berethnet and let me read the book in a 24 period. the yearning of it all.

gideon the ninth/harrow the ninth by tamsyn muir. its aight. im not the person you should go to about gtn tbh but everyone else out there will tell you about it.

my personal favs

a memory called empire/a desolation called peace by arkady martine. yes i am talking about them again. these two books are the best thing ever written. how many hugos can one woman win. it is so intricate and layered and nobody says what they mean and the politics and the brain surgery and the sluttiness of former ambassadors. thinking about mahit dzmare's character makes me feral. three seagrass can be a teixcalaan so personal.

foundryside/shorefall by robert jackson bennett. me once again banging my one man drum about foundryside. please it is so good i dont care if the fantasy magic system isn't for you. there is a shit talking key. there is brain surgery. there are complex morals. there is a wlw romance just for the hell of it. where the plot goes in shorefall to this day makes me batshit insane. i have read shorefall at least half a dozen times in four months. can the third book come out now please mr bennett i am dying.

the long way to the small angry planet by becky chambers. becky chambers my beloved. i would die for you. i am so sorry i haven't read to be taught yet but i will buy everything you write. but about this actual book it is perfect. everything in this book was so good and soft and whenever i thought something would happen that would make me mad. nope. every single book in this series (there are four of them and all are beautiful to look at if you dont live in america) is outstanding. becky chambers and arkady martine duking it out for the hugo next year.

other books i wholeheartedly recommend

the rise of kyoshi/the shadow of kyoshi by fc lee. yes they are fantastic. if you like atla read them.

when the tiger came down the mountain by nghi vo. stunning novella but i recommend reading the first one the empress of salt and fortune first. also stunning but not as gay.

the jasmine throne by tasha suri. the start of a promising trilogy. the slow burn reeled me in lads. but in my honest opinion not as morally grey as what the people on goodreads said.

sweet and bitter magic by adrienne tooley. do you not mind ya? do you like every single trope imaginable shoved into a book? this is the book for you. the angst got to me ill admit it.

the atlas six by olivie blake. some kind of weird dark academia shit going on here. a plot relevant threesome. not wlw but theres lgbt rep throughout.

the library of the unwritten/the archive of the forgotten by aj hackwith. again not wlw but lgbt rep but i adore these books. third in the trilogy comes out the end of the year and i am stoked. cool library concepts is the best book plot and this are by far the coolest.

steel crow saga by paul krueger. a fun read overall. atla and pokemon vibes with some of that sweet sweet complex moral questions with a fun wlw couple.

jane unlimited by kristin cashore. i dont care it gets really weird in the end i adore this book. get weird kirstin you do you. fun chose your own adventure type thing. main character has romantic moments with two of the characters and its not romance heavy.

finna by nino cipri. novella about two exes trying to get through inter dimensional ikea. yes that is the plot. yes it is good

books that i haven't finished/read yet but have heard they are good

she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan. ive read the first couple chapters and was meh but everyone else ive seen that has read it loved it. is said to be mulan meets the song of achilles, which are two things i have not seen/read so.

one last stop by casey mcquiston. i have read 2/3s of this but ill be honest the sex kinda threw me out of the book. if you dont have this problem and liked rwrb you will also like this.

the liars dictionary by eley williams. if you like pretentious english kid speak. really neat idea for a book is you can get past that.

the councillor by ej beaton. ugh i wanted to read this one so bad but i found it at not a good reading time for me. sounds like it is fantastic though. politics heavy book.

unconquerable sun by kate elliot. if you like greek retellings and can stand tense changes (i cannot).

black sun by rebecca roanhorse. have heard nothing but good things and is hugo nominated and yet i have not finished. shame on me.

these feathered flames by alexandra overy. russian folklore inspired fantasy. dont know whether it is classified as ya but has ya vibes.

fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard. i haven't even started this one but its short and has politics, yearning, and yearning while doing politics.

[fashionbooksmilano]

Through the telephone

Sketches, fili e parole    Arte, Cinema, Costume, Letteratura, Moda, Teatro

Nicoletta Campanella

Nicla edizioni, Roma 2010, 363 pagine, 27x24 cm, ISBN  978-8890367816

euro 48,00

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Quanta parte di storia è legata al telefono, quanti piccoli e grandi avvenimenti hanno visto questo straordinario strumento di comunicazione come protagonista, quante emozioni sono state affidate alle parole che corrono sul filo. E quante copertine di giornali e campagne pubblicitarie gli sono state dedicate. L’hanno dipinto artisti di grido mentre fotografi affermati lo hanno immortalato insieme a personaggi famosi. È proprio lui il grande protagonista di questo volume: il telefono, che in 130 anni con la sua forza rivoluzionaria ha cambiato il mondo. Ripercorrendo la sua storia, dalle origini ad oggi, il volume ci porta a riscoprire la storia del costume del. Novecento attraverso la fotografia, l’arte, il cinema, la letteratura e il teatro, si snoda una sorta di viaggio, pensato per situazioni, dagli anni Trenta ad oggi, dove ritroviamo tanti personaggi che al telefono hanno legato momenti ed emozioni della loro vita. Through the telephone è un libro che è ancora una volta una grande operazione di recupero della memoria, ancora una grande avventura sostenuta dal desiderio e dalla volontà di ricordare e fare ricordare a tutti quella storia del costume che è parte di noi e che la fotografia dei grandi autori ce la rende suggestiva, tra questi: Cecil Beaton, Brassai, Henri-Cartier Bresson, René Burri, Denise Colomb, Elliot Erwitt, Michel Frarnois, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Zoltàn Glass, Milton Gendel, Horst P. Horst, Guido Harari, Uliano Lucas, Lee Miller, Karen Radkai, Fredinando Scianna, Franco Rubartelli, e tanti altri.

09/01/21

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[aquilaofarkham]

iwritesometimes replied to your post: Since I've fallen in love with Jane Austen's...

PERSUASION’S REAL GOOD AND FULL OF HIGH-OCTANE ANGST, this AU is so good, partially because Trevor is the LEAST Anne Elliot-like protag ever, he’d be so grumpy and snarky and CONFUSED meanwhile Alucard would be the one suffering in icy, agonizing silence. I want to roll up in this AU like a burrito and never leave.

i read the words “suffering in icy agonizing silence” and my mind immediately went to alucard but as this classic kate beaton panel

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[hpowellsmith]

Books of 2023

I realised I've read way more books this year than I thought, so here they all are because I like making lists.

Favourites starred. I've had a good run so far for books I've enjoyed this year. The only one I wouldn't really recommend is Rated M for Mature - the essays were hit and miss and some just weren't accurate. Several of the below are pretty upsetting and some are deeply harrowing so this is very much not a list of casual recommendations, more just indulging myself by making a list. Did you enjoy any of these?

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters*

Ten Steps to Nanette - Hannah Gadsby

A Perfect Spy - John le Carré

Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender

Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution - Kacen Callender*

Youngman - Lou Sullivan*

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity - Robin Stevens

Winterkeep - Kristin Cashore

Rated M for Mature: Sex and Sexuality in Video Games - ed. Matthew Wysocki

Passion and Play: A Guide to Designing Sexual Content in Games - Michelle Clough*

How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design - Katherine Isbister

Tell Me I'm Worthless - Alison Rumfitt*

The Companion - E.E. Ottoman

The Pearl Thief - Elizabeth Wein*

Real Life - Brandon Taylor*

The Autistic Trans Guide to Life - Yenn Purkis and Wenn Lawson

The Enigma Game - Elizabeth Wein

Filthy Animals - Brandon Taylor

Gender Queer: A Memoir - Maia Kobabe

Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes - Rob Wilkins*

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands - Kate Beaton*

The Late Americans - Brandon Taylor

Wrath Goddess Sing - Maya Deane*

Summer Sons - Lee Mandelo*

Slow River - Nicola Griffith (reread)

The Others of Edenwell - Verity Holloway*

Pageboy - Elliot Page

Brainwyrms - Alison Rumfitt

[ferretly]

my 2018 reading list/challenge:

beneath the cut it’s long

(these are all options in each section; i won’t read every book in each section. if anyone has recs for which book i should read tho that would be appreciated!!)

a book made into a movie you’ve already seen

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Misery by Stephen King

Holes by Lois Sachar

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

true crime

No Place Safe by Kim Reid

The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater

the next book in a series you started

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

Fearless by Cornelia Funke

Among the Free by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

UnSouled by Neal Shusterman

a book involving a heist

White Cat by Holly Black

American Gods by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

nordic noir

October is the Coldest Month by Christoffer Carlsson

a novel based on a real person

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

a book set in a country that fascinates you

Ogniem i Mieczem by Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

a book with the time of day in the title

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George

The Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson

a book about a villain or antihero

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

Feast of Souls by C.S. Friedman

a book about death or grief

The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe

Sanctum by Sarah Fine

The Everafter by Amy Huntley

Ferryman by Claire McFall

Beauty of the Broken by Tawni Waters

a book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

Fool’s Errand by Robin Hobb

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree

a book with an LGBT protagonist

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

a book that is also a stage play or musical

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Elliot

a book by an author of a different ethnicity than you

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler (Black)

Fledgeling by Octavia E. Butler (Black)

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Black)

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler (Black)

The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu (Chinese-American)

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older (Afro-Latino)

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Japanese-American)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alaire Saenz (Latino)

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (Latino)

The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Silvera (Latina)

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Black)

a book about feminism

Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi

a book about mental health

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

a book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift

Accessible Gardening for People with Disabilities: A Guide to Methods, Tools, and Plants by Janeen R. Adil

Women of Valor: Polish Resisters to the Third Reich by Joanne D. Gilbert

Tarot: Plain and Simple by Anthony Louis

Fairest by Marissa Meyer

Poles in Wisconsin by Susan Gibson Mikos

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

a book by two authors:

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

a book about or involving a sport

Wing Jones by Katherine Webber

Openly Straight by Bill Koningsberg

Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice by Karen Chen

a book by a local author

The Girl who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

a book with your favorite color in the title

The Red Chamber by Pauline A. Chen

Redheart by Jackie Gamber

Silvered by Tanya Huff

Green by Jay Larke

Red Branch by Morgan Llywelyn

Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill

Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

After the Red Rain by Barry Lyga

The Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarsky

The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by Ruth Sanderson

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

a book with alliteration in the title

Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

Tiger Burning Bright by Marion Zimmer Bradley

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings

Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman

Stray Souls by Kate Griffin

Fox Forever by Mary E. Pearson

Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat

a book about time travel

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

The False Princess by Ellis O’Neal

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox

a book with a weather element in the title

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Frostfire by Amanda Hocking

Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis

After the Red Rain by Barry Lyga

Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

a book set at sea

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

Above World by Jenn Reese

a book with an animal in the title

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Tiger Burning Bright by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Lions of Al-Rasson by Guy Gavriel Kay

The Shark God by Charles Montgomery

Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

The Bees by Laline Paull

Reindeer Moon by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm

Dov Arising by Karen Bao

White Cat by Holly Black

Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by Ruth Sanderson

Ferrets (Barron’s Complete Pet Owner’s Manuals) by E. Lynn Fox Morton

The Ferret: An Owner’s Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet by Mary R. Shefferman

Black Canary #1 by Brennden Fletcher

Lumberjanes, Vol.1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson

a book set on a different planet

Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald

Coyote by Alan Steele

Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan

Salvage by Alexandra Duncan

Dove Arising by Karen Bao

Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis

a book with song lyrics in the title

Don’t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon

All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin

Yesterday by C.K. Kelly Martin

a book about or set on Halloween

The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

a book with characters who are twins

Nightfall by Jake Halpern

Affinity by Sarah Waters

a book mentioned in another book

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

a book from a celebrity book club

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay

He, She, and It by Marge Piercy

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

a childhood classic you’ve never read

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan

a book that’s published in 2018

Unearthed by Amie Kaufman

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch

Reign of the Fallen by Sara Glenn Marsh

The Apocalypse Guard by Brandon Sanderson

The Diminished by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender

Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller

a past Goodreads Choice Awards winner

The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

A Work in Progress by Connor Franta

a book set in the decade you were born

The Miseducation of Cameron post by Emily M. Danforth

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Diego Ricol Freyre recomienda:Diego Ricol recomienda: Estos son (probablemente) los 50 mejores fotógrafos de la historia (I)

¿Quiénes son los fotógrafos más influyentes de la historia? ¿Quiénes tomaron esas imágenes clave que forman parte del imaginario colectivo de nuestra sociedad? ¿Quiénes innovaron como nadie había hecho antes en el campo fotográfico, influyeron en las generaciones posteriores o dejaron una enorme huella en forma de un inmenso portfolio fotográfico?

La respuesta no es sencilla, y desde luego ni es objetiva ni inmutable, pero con los 50 nombres que vamos a apuntar (ordenados alfabéticamente y en dos entregas) hemos tratado de realizar una lista lo más completa posible. Eso sí, como contaba el compañero Fernando hablando de nombres esenciales de la fotografía, el objetivo último de este artículo es que nos suenen sus nombres, sobre todo a aquellos que comiencen en este arte.

Por supuesto echaréis en falta algunos que, seguramente, también merecerían estar en la lista, así que os animamos a compartirlos a través de los comentarios. Pero, de todos modos, aquí os dejamos con los 50 mejores fotógrafos del mundo… probablemente:

Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984)

Nuestro primer fotógrafo es uno de los grandes maestros, seguramente uno de los mejores fotógrafos de paisaje de la historia. El norteamericano Ansel Adams creó del famoso Sistema de Zonas, para calcular con precisión la exposición en fotografía, y es conocido mundialmente por sus imágenes de paisajes en blanco y negro del parque nacional de Yosemite.

Foto de Ansel Adams compartida en Foto de Wikipedia con licencia de dominio público

Diane Arbus (1923 – 1971)

Nuestra primera fotógrafa ha quedado en la historia como una artista que desarrolló un estilo documental muy propio, directo e incluso visceral. Por eso, si Diane Arbus es recordada por algo es por sus fotos de personas al margen de la sociedad como artistas de circo, prostitutas o personas transgénero… que miran directamente a cámara, constituyendo unos retratos íntimos, intensos y, muchas veces, inquietantes.

Eve Arnold (1912 – 2012)

Seguimos con otra mujer que se hizo famosa por sus retratos de iconos culturales, con especial protagonismo de su amiga Marilyn Monroe. Aunque Eve Arnold, también se destacó por su trabajo de fotoperiodista que le llevó a realizar reportajes sociales que le dieron el honor de ser la primera mujer miembro de pleno derecho de la Agencia Magnum en el año 1957.

Foto de Eve Arnold en la galería de Retrogasm

Richard Avedon (1923 – 2004)

Otro maestro del retrato cuyas fotos de personajes como Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, George Bush, Henry Miller, Humphrey Bogart o Marilyn Monroe destacaron por desnudar su psicología como pocos han hecho en la historia de la fotografía a pesar de su aparente sencillez (solía utilizar un simple fondo blanco). Además, Richard Avedon fue también un revolucionario en el mundo de la moda al sacar a las modelos a la calle y fotografiarlos con un estilo novedoso, elegante y clásico pero a la vez aportando una nueva emoción a este tipo de imágenes comerciales.

Cecil Beaton (1904 – 1980)

Otro artista que dejó una huella profunda tanto en el mundo de la moda como en el del retrato es este británico que, fascinado por el glamour, la elegancia y el estilo, acaparó las portadas de revistas como Vogue y Vanity Fair desde los años 20. Pero Cecil Beaton no sólo es conocido por sus retratos de estrellas como Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Herpburn y Marilyn Monroe, sino que también practicó el documentalismo, como fotógrafo en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y hasta la escenografía y el diseño de vestuario, que le llevó a ganar un Óscar de Hollywood por su trabajo en My Fair Lady.

Margaret Bourke-White (1904 – 1971)

Apodada como “Maggie la indestructible”, esta pionera fue la primera corresponsal de guerra y la primera fotoperiodista de la revista Life. Gracias a ello, Margaret Bourke-White documentó hechos históricos como la liberación de los prisioneros de los campos de concentración nazis o la independencia de la India de la mano de Ghandi. Aunque también es muy conocida por sus imágenes de los rascacielos y demás elementos arquitectónicos de su ciudad natal: Nueva York.

Foto de Margaret Bourke-White compartida por UR Cameras con licencia de dominio público

Robert Capa (1913 – 1954)

No podía faltar el que, sin duda, es uno de los fotógrafos más famosos de la historia, muy conocido por su foto ‘Muerte de un miliciano’ (una de las más icónicas de la historia), y por ser co-fundador de Magnum Photos. Robert Capa (cuyo nombre real era Ernö Friedmann y fue pareja de Gerda Taro a la que se le atribuyen algunas de sus fotos) fue un fotoperiodista húngaro pionero al ser el primero en utilizar cámaras de pequeño formato para contar lo que ocurría en el frente de guerras como la española o la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Por eso no es de extrañar que acuñara la famosa frase “Si tus fotos no son lo suficientemente buenas es porque no te acercaste lo suficiente”.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 – 2004)

Otro de los imprescindibles de la lista es este francés maestro entre maestros y considerado padre de la fotografía callejera. Henri Cartier-Bresson acuño el término “el momento decisivo” en su libro homónimo que ha sido enormemente influyente en la historia de la fotografía. Cofundador de la Agencia Magnum, destacó también en la fotografía documental, el retrato y los paisajes.

Imogen Cunningham (1883 – 1976)

Otra pionera en el campo de la fotografía que fue fundadora junto a Ansel Adams y Edward Weston (entre otros) del grupo f/64. Su afición a la fotografía comenzó desde niña, de forma autodidacta, y cobró popularidad como fotógrafa de retratos con un estudio propio a principios del siglo pasado. Años más tarde, tras ser madre, Imogen Cunningham se dedicó a fotografiar su entorno más cercano, las flores de su jardín, creando unas composiciones naturales abstractas que han quedado para la historia como parte fundamental de su obra de estilo pictorialista.

Foto de Imogen Cunningham en la galería de Retrogasm

Bruce Davidson (1933)

Uno de los grandes maestros de la street photography, miembro de Magnum Photos y especializado en retratar a los grupos marginados de la sociedad estadounidense como los pandilleros de Brooklyn o Harlem o los artistas de circo. Claro que Bruce Davidson no se limitó a retratarlos porque su filosofía se basó en formar parte de la comunidad que pretendía retratar. Esta visión antropológica, con un fuerte componente documental, terminó siendo un estilo para abordar este tipo de fotografía callejera que ha influido notablemente en los fotógrafos posteriores.

Foto de Bruce Davidson en la galería de Retrogasm

Robert Doisneau (1912 – 1994)

Este fotoperiodista francés, que trabajó junto a grandes como Henri Cartier-Bresson, es mundialmente conocido por su foto ‘El Beso’ (que años después se descubriría que fue preparada), y por ello está considerado como uno de los fotógrafos callejeros que mejor retrató la vida de su París natal con un estilo fresco y espontáneo. Claro que no todas fueron imágenes que desprendían alegría como las de su serie ‘Besos’ (encargo de la revista Life), sino que Robert Doisneau también retrató la Francia ocupada por los nazis y, ya en sus últimos años, se dedicó también a la fotografía de moda y publicidad.

Foto de Robert Doisneau en la galería de Ur Cameras

William Eggleston (1939)

Considerado un visionario, fue uno de los fotógrafos clave que contribuyó a que la fotografía en color se convirtiera en una forma de arte aceptada. La obra de William Eggleston está formada por fotografías con un estilo “instantáneo”, que reflejan la vida y la iconografía norteamericana de los 70 de una manera que nunca antes se había visto, motivo por el que constituyó toda una revolución en su tiempo. Pero lo mejor es que sus imágenes, aparentemente sencillas, celebrando lo extraordinario en lo cotidiano, siguen siendo frescas con el paso del tiempo y continúan influyendo a las generaciones posteriores.

Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898 – 1995)

Otro fotógrafo mundialmente conocido por una foto de una pareja besándose (llamada ‘V-J Day in Times Square’). Alemán de nacimiento y emigrado a los EE.UU (era judío), Alfred Eisenstaedt fue un gran y prolífico fotoperiodista cuyas fotos coparon las portadas de la revista Life, aunque también se prodigó, con maestría, en el retrato

Foto de Alfred Eisenstaedt en la galería de Ur Cameras

Elliot Erwitt (1928)

Nacido en París, fue discípulo del gran Robert Capa quien le incorporó a Magnum con sólo 25 años cuando ya había despuntado por su forma de saber captar el momento decisivo. Elliot Erwitt es el creador de un montón de fotos icónicas, como las de sus populares series dedicadas a los perros, imágenes con un indudable tono humorístico cargado de ironía pero también con un importante sentido crítico.

Foto de Elliot Erwitt en la galería de Retrogasm

Walker Evans (1903 – 1975)

Este estadounidense es conocido sobre todo por su trabajo para la Farm Security Administration documentando la dura vida de las comunidades rurales en el periodo de la Gran Depresión americana. El estilo de Walker Evans, realista pero humanista, se basaba en mirar a los hechos directamente, aparentemente sin intervención, de una manera precisa y cruda, pero al mismo tiempo representando a los retratados de las clases más bajas con toda su dignidad. Años más tarde fue articulista y fotógrafo de la revista Fortune, e incluso llegó a ser profesor de fotografía en Yale con alumnos ilustres como nuestro siguiente fotógrafo.

Robert Frank (1924)

Otro de los imprescindibles de esta lista por ser el autor de ‘The Americans’, considerado uno de los libros clave en la historia de la fotografía. En aquel volumen, Robert Frank retrató como nadie la sociedad norteamericana de los años 50 en todos sus estratos (realizando un total de 28.000 fotografías en los dos años que estuvo viajando por el país), con una mirada reflexiva y autocrítica y un estilo poco convencional y hasta anárquico. Posteriormente también se dedicó al cine, arte que ha compaginado con la fotografía.

Cristina García Rodero (1949)

No podía faltar nuestra fotógrafa más reconocida internacionalmente, fotógrafa documentalista que se hizo conocida por “España Oculta”, obra cumbre de nuestro arte visual. Un recorrido por la geografía española, con la personal mirada de Cristina García Rodero, que la llevó a ser embajadora de nuestras tradiciones y costumbres. Recientemente homenajeada en su tierra natal con un museo a su nombre, también fue el primer español en entrar en Magnum y, sin duda, se merecía estar en este listado.

Philippe Halsman (1906 – 1979)

Otro maestro del retrato que inmortalizó a algunas de las personalidades más importantes del siglo XX como Albert Einstein o Winston Churchill trabajando para revistas como Vogue y Life (en la que llegó a copar 101 portadas). Las principales señas de identidad de Philippe Halsman fueron el estilo, la elegancia y también la inventiva visual que dio lugar a otra fotografía icónica de la historia: ‘Dali Atomicus’.

Lewis Hine (1874 – 1940)

Norteamericano de nacimiento, su formación como sociólogo tuvo mucho que ver en que dedicara su trabajo fotográfico a retratar la sociedad de comienzos del Siglo XX desde la perspectiva de los más desfavorecidos. Lewis Hine retrató a los inmigrantes que llegaban a la Isla de Ellis (NY) o a los niños y niñas explotados en las fábricas, y dejó un legado espectacular de la sociedad industrial que le tocó vivir a través de una mirada documentalista, pero no exenta de subjetividad y, sobre todo, de crítica.

Yousuf Karsh (1908 – 2002)

Este canadiense de origen armenio está considerado como uno de los fotógrafos de retratos más importantes del mundo. De hecho en el portfolio de Yousuf Karsh figuran retratos de nombres ilustres como Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Albert Einstein o la Madre Teresa de Calculta. A todos ellos los retrató como nadie este artista gracias a una cuidada iluminación y un talento especial para captar la personalidad del fotografiado.

Michael Kenna (1953)

Este británico es sin duda uno de los fotógrafos de paisaje más reconocidos de la historia, famoso por el eminente sentido artístico de sus imágenes e imitado hasta la saciedad. Las fotos de Michael Kenna, generalmente en blanco y negro y realizadas con una Haselblad de película (frecuentemente usando una larga exposición), destilan elegancia y minimalismo.

André Kertész (1894 – 1985)

Nacido en Budapest, su vida transcurrió entre la capital húngara, el París de las vanguardias y Nueva York, lo que marcó sin duda una trayectoria no todo lo ideal que le hubiera gustado. La fotografía de André Kertész navegó entre el retrato de la sociedad que le rodeaba, con especial atención a los más desfavorecidos, y el surrealismo de sus fotos más famosas. Un artista innovador, que toco muchos géneros, y notablemente influyente en las generaciones posteriores.

Foto de André Kertész en el álbum de Retrograsm

William Klein (1928)

Si muchos de los incluidos en esta lista nacieron en Europa y acabaron emigrando a los EE.UU, William Klein hizo el camino de vuelta, desde sus orígenes neoyorkinos (hijo de emigrantes húngaros) hasta París donde desarrolló la mayor parte de su trabajo como fotógrafo pero, también, pintor, escultor y director de cine. Esto tuvo mucho que ver con un estilo muy personal, rebelde y ecléctico, que se reflejó tanto en su obra fotográfica relacionada con la moda (sobre todo trabajando para Vogue), como en lo que el llamaba sus “fotos serias”, con las que documentaba la sociedad en la que vivía.

Dorothea Lange (1895 – 1965)

Otra gran pionera, nació en los EE.UU y en su infancia sufrió poliomielitis lo que derivó en una constitución débil y dificultades para caminar. Dorothea Lange estudió fotografía y llegó a tener un exitoso estudio en San Francisco, pero lo que de verdad cambió su carrera fue su decisión de salir del estudio y dedicarse al fotoperiodismo documentando la pobreza en los duros años de la Gran Depresión americana. Su mirada sincera y humanista nos dejó grandes retratos de quienes peor lo pasaron en aquella época y le valió el apodo de “la fotógrafa del pueblo”.

Jacques Henri Lartigue

Si la anterior fue la fotógrafa del pueblo, nuestro último maestro (por esta primera entrega) es considerado “el fotógrafo de la felicidad” ya que se dedicó a retratar el mundo desde el positivismo. Seguramente tendría que ver con el hecho de que Jacques Henri Lartigue nació (en Francia) en una familia acomodada, pero no se puede negar su elegancia y su maestría a la hora captar escenas cotidianas, frecuentemente con un añadido en forma de dinamismo que se convirtió en un estilo propio muy característico.

Foto de Jacques Henri Lartigue en el álbum de Ur Cameras

Foto de portada | ‘Cornell y Robert Capa’ en la galería de Ur Cameras

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