r/books discussion

Hell, everyone! I'm /u/kris10leigh, a pretty regular-ish commenter over on the sub (I'm the one always telling people to shop at powells.com :P).

I like to read a mix of literary fiction and nonfiction (generally historical) works, with some comics and genre lit wedged in here and there. Taking a look at my 2014-reads shelf, some of my favorite books this year have been:

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - Donnie Eichar
The Road Through the Wall - Shirley Jackson
The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones

I'm particularly focusing this year on reading more work by female authors, more work featuring non-neurotypical or otherwise disabled narrators (Speed of Dark, Flowers for Algernon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Sound and the Fury...), and I'm always always on the lookout for a good reworking of Fairy Tales/Fairy-Tale-style storytelling.

Hello :) I haven't read any of those - I'll add them to my 'To Read'. I have an author friend that might come out with a Modern Fairy-tale book! I'm pretty excited about it.

Hello and welcome to r/books!

I like your reading tastes! I'll have to add a few to my reading list.

But just out of curiousity, what is your motivation behind focusing more on female and non-neurotypical authors?

You're always welcome to post discussions on anything you are currently reading and welcome once again!