#and a fine balance by rohinton mistry affected me for months and months and I'm afraid to go back and read it

[baejax-the-great]

47, 30, 44, and 26 (if you have them)! :)

47. What are the last three books you read?

"Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI" by David Grann. This is a nonfiction book about a truly horrific period of history in Oklahoma. It's a good read in that I cannot believe I never learned about this in school but wow am I depressed now.

"Ancillary Sword" by Ann Leckie. Second in a trilogy that I am really enjoying and recommend heartily.

"The Empress of Salt and Fortune." Short enough to be considered a novella, I think. It's an interesting and quirky little story beautifully told.

30. How many books do you have on your 'currently-reading' list?

Three. A history book about Ajax the Greater, Gilgamesh, and "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett.

44. The book(s) whose stories have become part of your very makeup.

100 years of Solitude, ROTE, Probably Lioness Rampant from when I was a child lmao, and Discworld, The Iliad...

The very first Discworld book I read was Small Gods when I was like 12. I don't remember much of the plot, but I have always remembered Bilius, the god of hangovers. Coming down with chronic migraines, I suddenly related so hard to this character I had read about 15 years prior, and I think about him often. You and me both, Bilius.

26. Favorite novella(s).

I can only think of two that I've read off the top of my head--Candide by Voltaire and The Empress of Salt and Fortune, mentioned above. I recommend them both, though I don't think either counts as a favorite story.