gossamer_lens's
2024
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

Translation of a Seemingly Pleasant Conversation Between My Two Aunts at Christmas by Rose O'shea

Translation of a Seemingly Pleasant Conversation Between My Two Aunts at Christmas

2024 McSweeney’s Advent Calendar #18

Rose O'shea

17 pages • hardcover • 2024 user-added

2.5gossamer_lens's review
fiction short stories
A Romance Novelist Desperately Tries to Romanticize Midwestern Winter by Mary Spencer

A Romance Novelist Desperately Tries to Romanticize Midwestern Winter

2024 McSweeney’s Advent Calendar #13

Mary Spencer

18 pages • hardcover • 2024 user-added

5.0gossamer_lens's review
fiction romance
Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones

Alive at the End of the World

Saeed Jones

104 pages • paperback • 2022

3.75gossamer_lens's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

303 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0gossamer_lens's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

The Chosen and the Beautiful

Nghi Vo

8 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2021

3.25gossamer_lens's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Uzumaki by Junji Ito

Uzumaki

Uzumaki #1-3

Junji Ito

653 pages • hardcover • 2000

5.0gossamer_lens's review
fiction horror manga dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Yes, the Silence of the Lambs is a Christmas Movie by Gary M. Almeter

Yes, the Silence of the Lambs is a Christmas Movie

2024 McSweeney’s Advent Calendar #8

Gary M. Almeter

21 pages • hardcover • 2024 user-added

4.25gossamer_lens's review
nonfiction essays
Herr Drosselmeyer, it Grieves Me to Disinvite You and Your Nutcracker From Future Holiday Parties by Audrey Burges

Herr Drosselmeyer, it Grieves Me to Disinvite You and Your Nutcracker From Future Holiday Parties

2024 McSweeney’s Advent Calendar #9

Audrey Burges

16 pages • hardcover • 2024

4.75gossamer_lens's review
fiction fantasy short stories
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Binti

Binti #1

Nnedi Okorafor

2 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2015

3.25gossamer_lens's review
fiction science fiction adventurous fast-paced
The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by P. Craig Russell, Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel, Volume 1

The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel #1

P. Craig Russell, Neil Gaiman

192 pages • digital • 2014

4.5gossamer_lens's review
fiction fantasy graphic novel middle grade adventurous dark fast-paced