the yak occidental

  Here are all the books I read April-June 2023! When I was in my twenties, I was obsessed with Franny and Zooey , Salinger's legacy as a monster/criminal notwithstanding. I was surprised re-reading it for the first time while in my thirties how much I still enjoyed it, and how much it reminds me of my mum. Priya Guns' book, Your Driver is Waiting was good. I burned through it, very of-the-moment, thoughtful, and darkly entertaining. You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty  by Akwaeke Emezi The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone  by Olivia Laing Death in Her Hands  by Ottessa Moshfegh Heaven  by Mieko Kawakami People Person  by Candice Carty-Williams Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop  by Danyel Smith The Last Karankawas  by Kimberly Garza The Woo-Wo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and my Crazy Chinese Family  by Lindsay Wong Stay True: A Memoir  by Hua Hsu Self-Portrait with Nothing  by Aimee Pokwatka  Ogadinma: Or, Eve