2021 Reading List Monthly Update: June

  Books read in June of 2021:

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"The Temptation of Saint Anthony" (Gustave Flaubert) 6-2-21

"World's End Harem Vol.1" (Link/Kotaro Shono) 6-6-21

"World's End Harem Vol. 2" (Link/Kitaro Shono) 6-7-21

"Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Six" (Alan Moore) 6-11-21

"A Man Rides Through" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 6-19-21

"Jakob Von Gunten" (Robert Walser) 6-26-21

"Alcina and Other Stories" (Guido Gozzano) 6-30-21

2021 Reading List Total:

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1. "Hate" (Michael Salerno) 1-6-21

2. "Just Kids: Illustrated Edition" (Patti Smith) 1-9-21

3. "The Thing About Attraction" (Tom Champagne) 1-10-21

4. "Desperate" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 1-11-21

5. "Jerk" (Nathan Blake/Dennis Cooper) 1-16-21

6. "The Moon Down To Earth" (James Nulick) 1-20-21

7. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One" (Alan Moore) 1-27-21*

8. "Morose Vignettes" (Remy de Gourmont) 1-30-31

9. "The Universe Is A Haunted House: COIL through their art & archives" (Coil) 1-31-21

10. "Ruthless Little Things" (Elizabeth V Aldrich) 2-6-21

11. "Sentimental Education" (Gustave Flaubert) 2-10-21

12. "Comes a Pale Rider" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 2-12-21

13. "Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos" (Various; edited by Justin Isis) 2-13-21

14. "Soviet Cities: Labour Life Leisure" (Arseniy Kotov) 2-13-21

15. "Let Me Tell You What I Mean" (Joan Didion) 2-17-21

16. "Paresis" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-20-21

17. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two" (Alan Moore) 2-21-21 *

18. "The Castle of Otranto" (Horace Walpole) 2-23-21

19. "Genesis 0" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-25-21

20. "Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist" (Charles Brockden Brown) 3-16-21
21. "The Secret History of Kate Bush" (Fred Vermorel) 3-17-21

22. "The Frail Soul and Other Stories" (Camille Mauclair) 3-19-21

23. "The Bull-Man and the Grasshopper" (Jean Richepin) 3-20-21

24. "Urien's Voyage" (André Gide) 3-21-21

25. "The Last Train" (Arnaud Rykner) 3-23-21

26. "The Fallen West" (Douglas Thompson) 3-27-21

27. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Three" (Alan Moore) 3-28-21

28. "Vathek" (William Beckford) 3-29-21

29. "Sentimental Stories" (Enrique Gómez Carrillo) 3-30-21

30. "Prince Narcissus and Other Stories" (Robert Scheffer) 4-5-21

31. "Asphodels" (Bernardo Couto Castillo) 4-10-21

32. "A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology" (Toby Wilkinson) 4-11-21

33. "The Monk" (Matthew Lewis) 4-13-21

34. "Lovesickness" (Junji Ito) 4-16-21

35. "Spiritus Ex Machina" (L.C. von Hessen) 4-17-21

36. "A Decadent Woman" (Georges de Peyrebrune) 4-26-21

37. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Four" (Alan Moore) 4-27-21

38. "The Mirror of Her Dreams: Mordant's Need Vol. 1" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 4-29-21

39. "Alabaster: Wolves" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 5-1-21

40. "The Setting Sun" (Osamu Dazai) 5-4-21

41. "The Red Spider" (Delphi Fabrice) 5-6-21

42. "The Dwarf of Westerbourg" (Christian Heinrich Spiess) 5-14-21

43. "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" (James Hogg) 5-16-21

44. "The Worm" (New Juche) 5-18-21

45. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Five" (Alan Moore) 5-21-21

46. "The Latin Orgy" (Félicien Champsaur) 5-23-21

47. "Jottings From A Far Away Place" (Brendan Connell) 5-27-21

48. "The Paris Notebooks" (Quentin S. Crisp) 5-29-21

49. "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" (Gustave Flaubert) 6-2-21

50. "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" (Gustave Flaubert) 6-2-21

51. "World's End Harem Vol.1" (Link/Kotaro Shono) 6-6-21

52. "World's End Harem Vol. 2" (Link/Kitaro Shono) 6-7-21

53. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Six" (Alan Moore) 6-11-21

54. "A Man Rides Through" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 6-19-21

55. "Jakob Von Gunten" (Robert Walser) 6-26-21

56. "Alcina and Other Stories" (Guido Gozzano) 6-30-21

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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Currently Reading: 

"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (Quentin Tarantino) 

2021 Reading List Monthly Update: May

 Books read in May of 2021:

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"Alabaster: Wolves" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 5-1-21

"The Setting Sun" (Osamu Dazai) 5-4-21

"The Red Spider" (Delphi Fabrice) 5-6-21

"The Dwarf of Westerbourg" (Christian Heinrich Spiess) 5-14-21

"The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" (James Hogg) 5-16-21

"The Worm" (New Juche) 5-18-21

"Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Five" (Alan Moore) 5-21-21

"The Latin Orgy" (Félicien Champsaur) 5-23-21

"Jottings From A Far Away Place" (Brendan Connell) 5-27-21

"The Paris Notebooks" (Quentin S. Crisp) 5-29-21

2021 Reading List Total:

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1. "Hate" (Michael Salerno) 1-6-21

2. "Just Kids: Illustrated Edition" (Patti Smith) 1-9-21

3. "The Thing About Attraction" (Tom Champagne) 1-10-21

4. "Desperate" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 1-11-21

5. "Jerk" (Nathan Blake/Dennis Cooper) 1-16-21

6. "The Moon Down To Earth" (James Nulick) 1-20-21

7. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One" (Alan Moore) 1-27-21*

8. "Morose Vignettes" (Remy de Gourmont) 1-30-31

9. "The Universe Is A Haunted House: COIL through their art & archives" (Coil) 1-31-21

10. "Ruthless Little Things" (Elizabeth V Aldrich) 2-6-21

11. "Sentimental Education" (Gustave Flaubert) 2-10-21

12. "Comes a Pale Rider" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 2-12-21

13. "Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos" (Various; edited by Justin Isis) 2-13-21

14. "Soviet Cities: Labour Life Leisure" (Arseniy Kotov) 2-13-21

15. "Let Me Tell You What I Mean" (Joan Didion) 2-17-21

16. "Paresis" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-20-21

17. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two" (Alan Moore) 2-21-21 *

18. "The Castle of Otranto" (Horace Walpole) 2-23-21

19. "Genesis 0" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-25-21

20. "Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist" (Charles Brockden Brown) 3-16-21
21. "The Secret History of Kate Bush" (Fred Vermorel) 3-17-21

22. "The Frail Soul and Other Stories" (Camille Mauclair) 3-19-21

23. "The Bull-Man and the Grasshopper" (Jean Richepin) 3-20-21

24. "Urien's Voyage" (André Gide) 3-21-21

25. "The Last Train" (Arnaud Rykner) 3-23-21

26. "The Fallen West" (Douglas Thompson) 3-27-21

27. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Three" (Alan Moore) 3-28-21

28. "Vathek" (William Beckford) 3-29-21

29. "Sentimental Stories" (Enrique Gómez Carrillo) 3-30-21

30. "Prince Narcissus and Other Stories" (Robert Scheffer) 4-5-21

31. "Asphodels" (Bernardo Couto Castillo) 4-10-21

32. "A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology" (Toby Wilkinson) 4-11-21

33. "The Monk" (Matthew Lewis) 4-13-21

34. "Lovesickness" (Junji Ito) 4-16-21

35. "Spiritus Ex Machina" (L.C. von Hessen) 4-17-21

36. "A Decadent Woman" (Georges de Peyrebrune) 4-26-21

37. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Four" (Alan Moore) 4-27-21

38. "The Mirror of Her Dreams: Mordant's Need Vol. 1" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 4-29-21

39. "Alabaster: Wolves" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 5-1-21

40. "The Setting Sun" (Osamu Dazai) 5-4-21

41. "The Red Spider" (Delphi Fabrice) 5-6-21

42. "The Dwarf of Westerbourg" (Christian Heinrich Spiess) 5-14-21

43. "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" (James Hogg) 5-16-21

44. "The Worm" (New Juche) 5-18-21

45. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Five" (Alan Moore) 5-21-21

46. "The Latin Orgy" (Félicien Champsaur) 5-23-21

47. "Jottings From A Far Away Place" (Brendan Connell) 5-27-21

48. "The Paris Notebooks" (Quentin S. Crisp) 5-29-21

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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Currently Reading: 

"The Temptation of Saint Anthony" (Gustave Flaubert) 

2021 Reading List Monthly Update: April

  Books read in April of 2021:

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"Prince Narcissus and Other Stories" (Robert Scheffer) 4-5-21

"Asphodels" (Bernardo Couto Castillo) 4-10-21

"A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology" (Toby Wilkinson) 4-11-21

"The Monk" (Matthew Lewis) 4-13-21

"Lovesickness" (Junji Ito) 4-16-21

"Spiritus Ex Machina" (L.C. von Hessen) 4-17-21

"A Decadent Woman" (Georges de Peyrebrune) 4-26-21

"Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Four" (Alan Moore) 4-27-21

"The Mirror of Her Dreams: Mordant's Need Vol. 1" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 4-29-21

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2021 Reading List Total:
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1. "Hate" (Michael Salerno) 1-6-21

2. "Just Kids: Illustrated Edition" (Patti Smith) 1-9-21

3. "The Thing About Attraction" (Tom Champagne) 1-10-21

4. "Desperate" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 1-11-21

5. "Jerk" (Nathan Blake/Dennis Cooper) 1-16-21

6. "The Moon Down To Earth" (James Nulick) 1-20-21

7. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One" (Alan Moore) 1-27-21*

8. "Morose Vignettes" (Remy de Gourmont) 1-30-31

9. "The Universe Is A Haunted House: COIL through their art & archives" (Coil) 1-31-21

10. "Ruthless Little Things" (Elizabeth V Aldrich) 2-6-21

11. "Sentimental Education" (Gustave Flaubert) 2-10-21

12. "Comes a Pale Rider" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 2-12-21

13. "Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos" (Various; edited by Justin Isis) 2-13-21

14. "Soviet Cities: Labour Life Leisure" (Arseniy Kotov) 2-13-21

15. "Let Me Tell You What I Mean" (Joan Didion) 2-17-21

16. "Paresis" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-20-21

17. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two" (Alan Moore) 2-21-21 *

18. "The Castle of Otranto" (Horace Walpole) 2-23-21

19. "Genesis 0" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-25-21

20. "Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist" (Charles Brockden Brown) 3-16-21
21. "The Secret History of Kate Bush" (Fred Vermorel) 3-17-21

22. "The Frail Soul and Other Stories" (Camille Mauclair) 3-19-21

23. "The Bull-Man and the Grasshopper" (Jean Richepin) 3-20-21

24. "Urien's Voyage" (André Gide) 3-21-21

25. "The Last Train" (Arnaud Rykner) 3-23-21

26. "The Fallen West" (Douglas Thompson) 3-27-21

27. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Three" (Alan Moore) 3-28-21

28. "Vathek" (William Beckford) 3-29-21

29. "Sentimental Stories" (Enrique Gómez Carrillo) 3-30-21

30. "Prince Narcissus and Other Stories" (Robert Scheffer) 4-5-21

31. "Asphodels" (Bernardo Couto Castillo) 4-10-21

32. "A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology" (Toby Wilkinson) 4-11-21

33. "The Monk" (Matthew Lewis) 4-13-21

34. "Lovesickness" (Junji Ito) 4-16-21

35. "Spiritus Ex Machina" (L.C. von Hessen) 4-17-21

36. "A Decadent Woman" (Georges de Peyrebrune) 4-26-21

37. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Four" (Alan Moore) 4-27-21

38. "The Mirror of Her Dreams: Mordant's Need Vol. 1" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 4-29-21

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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Currently Reading: 

"The Setting Sun" (Osamu Dazai) 

"Alabaster: Wolves" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 

2021 Reading List Monthly Update: March

  Books read in March of 2021:

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"Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist" (Charles Brockden Brown) 3-16-21

"The Secret History of Kate Bush" (Fred Vermorel) 3-17-21

"The Frail Soul and Other Stories" (Camille Mauclair) 3-19-21

"The Bull-Man and the Grasshopper" (Jean Richepin) 3-20-21

"Urien's Voyage" (André Gide) 3-21-21

"The Last Train" (Arnaud Rykner) 3-23-21

"The Fallen West" (Douglas Thompson) 3-27-21

"Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Three" (Alan Moore) 3-28-21

"Vathek" (William Beckford) 3-29-21

"Sentimental Stories" (Enrique Gómez Carrillo) 3-30-21

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2021 Reading List Total:
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1. "Hate" (Michael Salerno) 1-6-21

2. "Just Kids: Illustrated Edition" (Patti Smith) 1-9-21

3. "The Thing About Attraction" (Tom Champagne) 1-10-21

4. "Desperate" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 1-11-21

5. "Jerk" (Nathan Blake/Dennis Cooper) 1-16-21

6. "The Moon Down To Earth" (James Nulick) 1-20-21

7. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One" (Alan Moore) 1-27-21*

8. "Morose Vignettes" (Remy de Gourmont) 1-30-31

9. "The Universe Is A Haunted House: COIL through their art & archives" (Coil) 1-31-21

10. "Ruthless Little Things" (Elizabeth V Aldrich) 2-6-21

11. "Sentimental Education" (Gustave Flaubert) 2-10-21

12. "Comes a Pale Rider" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 2-12-21

13. "Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos" (Various; edited by Justin Isis) 2-13-21

14. "Soviet Cities: Labour Life Leisure" (Arseniy Kotov) 2-13-21

15. "Let Me Tell You What I Mean" (Joan Didion) 2-17-21

16. "Paresis" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-20-21

17. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two" (Alan Moore) 2-21-21 *

18. "The Castle of Otranto" (Horace Walpole) 2-23-21

19. "Genesis 0" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-25-21

20. "Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist" (Charles Brockden Brown) 3-16-21
21. "The Secret History of Kate Bush" (Fred Vermorel) 3-17-21

22. "The Frail Soul and Other Stories" (Camille Mauclair) 3-19-21

23. "The Bull-Man and the Grasshopper" (Jean Richepin) 3-20-21

24. "Urien's Voyage" (André Gide) 3-21-21

25. "The Last Train" (Arnaud Rykner) 3-23-21

26. "The Fallen West" (Douglas Thompson) 3-27-21

27. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Three" (Alan Moore) 3-28-21

28. "Vathek" (William Beckford) 3-29-21

29. "Sentimental Stories" (Enrique Gómez Carrillo) 3-30-21

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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Currently Reading: 

"The Mirror of Her Dreams: Mordant's Need Vol. 1" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 

"The Monk" (Matthew Lewis) 

"Prince Narcissus and Other Stories" (Robert Scheffer) 

2021 Reading List Monthly Update: February

 Books read in February of 2021:

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"Ruthless Little Things" (Elizabeth V Aldrich) 2-6-21

"Sentimental Education" (Gustave Flaubert) 2-10-21

"Comes a Pale Rider" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 2-12-21

"Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos" (Various; edited by Justin Isis) 2-13-21

"Soviet Cities: Labour Life Leisure" (Arseniy Kotov) 2-13-21

"Let Me Tell You What I Mean" (Joan Didion) 2-17-21

"Paresis" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-20-21

"Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two" (Alan Moore) 2-21-21

"The Castle of Otranto" (Horace Walpole) 2-23-21

"Genesis 0" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-25-21

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2021 Reading List Total:
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1. "Hate" (Michael Salerno) 1-6-21

2. "Just Kids: Illustrated Edition" (Patti Smith) 1-9-21

3. "The Thing About Attraction" (Tom Champagne) 1-10-21

4. "Desperate" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 1-11-21

5. "Jerk" (Nathan Blake/Dennis Cooper) 1-16-21

6. "The Moon Down To Earth" (James Nulick) 1-20-21

7. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One" (Alan Moore) 1-27-21

8. "Morose Vignettes" (Remy de Gourmont) 1-30-31

9. "The Universe Is A Haunted House: COIL through their art & archives" (Coil) 1-31-21

10. "Ruthless Little Things" (Elizabeth V Aldrich) 2-6-21

11. "Sentimental Education" (Gustave Flaubert) 2-10-21

12. "Comes a Pale Rider" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 2-12-21

13. "Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos" (Various; edited by Justin Isis) 2-13-21

14. "Soviet Cities: Labour Life Leisure" (Arseniy Kotov) 2-13-21

15. "Let Me Tell You What I Mean" (Joan Didion) 2-17-21

16. "Paresis" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-20-21

17. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two" (Alan Moore) 2-21-21

18. "The Castle of Otranto" (Horace Walpole) 2-23-21

19. "Genesis 0" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-25-21

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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Currently Reading: 

"The Mirror of Her Dreams: Mordant's Need Vol. 1" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 

"A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology" (Toby Wilkinson) 

RIP Griffin (2008-2021)

It saddens me to have to say that early this morning (as in close to 3:30 AM) one of our longtime pets, Griffin, was put to sleep at the vets. These last few months his health had been on the decline: he got diabetes last summer, started to go blind in the fall, then had a bad bout of pancreatitis last month that almost put him out of commission for good (though he did temporarily recover). Since then his health had been up and down over the last few weeks, with some good days and some bad days, but in recent days his physical and mental decline just became too great. In fact last evening he started with seizures... after a 4th very bad seizure shortly before 2 AM, my parents and my brothers Tom and Andrew (who were always closest to him) decided to take him to an all-night animal emergency hospital to be put to sleep. I volunteered to stay behind and watch the house, partly because space in the car was limited and if Griffin would have had another seizure on the ride up I knew he’d need his space... my last words to him on the way out were “Goodbye Griffin, I love you.”

We got Griffin in early January of 2009 (though he was born in 2008). At the time of his death he was around 12 years of age. He enjoyed going outside on his daily walks, licking people’s feet, stealing tissues out of people’s pockets (indeed, his appetite was voracious and it was amazing how much non-edible items he consumed over the years, tissues being one of his preferred delicacies, and we had to always be careful to never leave food at the table’s edge because he WOULD eat it), playing with his toys, going to Maine on our annual summer trips (back when we could still do that, before the pandemic), roughhousing with our cats, and so on and so forth. He was a mischievous sort, somewhat easily excitable, but it was always easy to overlook his madcap antics because he was very loveable. Some of his many, many nicknames over the years included Griff, Griffo, Griffendor, Griffendog, Young Griff, the Little Monkey, the Joker, the Sad Clown, Fo, Fo Fo, Black Beauty, Big Black & Beautiful, Heater Dog (for those times he would lie against the heater), Miguel, McGregor, Shadowpuss, Mossman, Sneakthief, Docile Dominion, Gandalf the Gray, Piccadilly Pub, Dinty Moore, Campbell’s Chunky, Pepperidge Farm, Saturday Son, and Magoo (this was one of the last nicknames he earned, on account of his blindness). He leaves behind two “siblings” (Amber and Spencer the cats). RIP Griffin... you will be missed!

In times like these I like to think of one of my favorite scenes from Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Tolkien’s THE RETURN OF THE KING:

Pippin: I didn't think it would end this way.

Gandalf: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.

Pippin: What? Gandalf? See what?

Gandalf: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.

Pippin: Well, that isn't so bad.

Gandalf: No. No, it isn't.

2021 Reading List Monthly Update: January

 Books read in January of 2021:

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"Hate" (Michael Salerno) 1-6-21

"Just Kids: Illustrated Edition" (Patti Smith) 1-9-21

"The Thing About Attraction" (Tom Champagne) 1-10-21

"Desperate" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 1-11-21

"Jerk" (Nathan Blake/Dennis Cooper) 1-16-21

"The Moon Down To Earth" (James Nulick) 1-20-21

"Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One" (Alan Moore) 1-27-21 *

"Morose Vignettes" (Remy de Gourmont) 1-30-31

"The Universe Is A Haunted House: COIL through their art & archives" (Coil) 1-31-21
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2021 Reading List Total:
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1. "Hate" (Michael Salerno) 1-6-21

2. "Just Kids: Illustrated Edition" (Patti Smith) 1-9-21

3. "The Thing About Attraction" (Tom Champagne) 1-10-21

4. "Desperate" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 1-11-21

5. "Jerk" (Nathan Blake/Dennis Cooper) 1-16-21

6. "The Moon Down To Earth" (James Nulick) 1-20-21

7. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One" (Alan Moore) 1-27-21

8. "Morose Vignettes" (Remy de Gourmont) 1-30-31

9. "The Universe Is A Haunted House: COIL through their art & archives" (Coil) 1-31-21

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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Currently Reading: 

"Sentimental Education" (Gustave Flaubert) 

2020 Reading List Monthly Update: December (Finale)

 Books read in December of 2020:

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"Fake Ass Lawyers" (Justin Isis) 12-5-20

"Remina" (Junji Ito) 12-6-20

"The Death of a Man" (Yukio Mishima/Kishin Shinoyama) 12-6-20

"Reave the Just & Other Tales" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 12-11-20 

"The Beauty of the Death Cap" (Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze) 12-14-20

"V for Vendetta" (Alan Moore) 12-19-20 * 

"Mendicant City" (Yarrow Paisley) 12-19-20 

"Miracleman Book One: A Dream of Flying" (Alan Moore) 12-20-20 

"The Sound of the Mountain" (Yasunari Kawabata) 12-23-20 

"Miracleman Book Two: The Red King Syndrome" (Alan Moore) 12-26-20 

"Miracleman Book Three: Olympus" (Alan Moore) 12-27-20 

"Babels, Balloons and Innocent Eyes" (Charles Morice) 12-29-20 

"D'aulaires' Book of Greek Myths" (Ingri & Edgar Parin D'aulaire) 12-30-20 *

"Mistletoe and the Christmas Kittens" (Joe Troiano) 12-30-20 *

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2020 Reading List Total:
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1. "Beauty and Sadness" (Yasunari Kawabata) 1-8-20
2. "Egyptian Mythology" (Geraldine Pinch) 1-15-20
3. "The Last Crusade" (Jean-Louis Costes) 1-24-20
4. "Writings from Ancient Egypt" (edited by Toby Wilkinson) 1-25-20
5. "If Beale Street Could Talk" (James Baldwin) 1-27-20
6. "The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Complete Papyrus of Ani: Twentieth Anniversary Edition" (Unknown) 2-9-20
7. "Cleopatra: A Life" (Stacy Schiff) 2-10-20
8. "Pyramid" (David Macaulay) 2-11-20
9. "Hiccups in Paradise: the Fiction of Justin Isis and Alienation" (Colby Smith) 2-19-20
10. "Neo-Decadent Manifesto of Interpersonal Relationships" (Justin Isis) 2-20-20
11. "What Makes the Wave Break?" (Toadhouse) 2-20-20
12. "Sentimental Doubts" (Teresa Wilms Montt) 2-22-20
13. "Desire for a Holy War" (Simon Morris) 2-25-20
14. "Hauntings" (Édouard Dujardin) 2-25-20
15. "Invisibility: A Manifesto" (Audrey Szasz) 2-27-20
16. "When a Girl Loves a Girl" (Jeremy Reed) 2-29-20
17. "The Magician" (Christopher Zeischegg) 3-1-20
18. "The Nurses at Eris Hospital" (Gea Philes + Simon Morris) 3-5-20
19. "The Metapheromenoi" (Brendan Connell) 3-7-20
20. "Stand on Zanzibar" (John Brunner) 3-10-20 
21. "The Snuggly Satyricon" (Various; edited by Brian Stableford) 3-21-20 
22. "Spring Snow" (Yukio Mishima) 3-28-20
23. "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World" (Jack Weatherford) 3-31-20
24. "Everyday Life of the Aztecs" (Warwick Bray) 4-7-20
25. "Aye, and Gomorrah and Other Stories" (Samuel R. Delany) 4-13-20
26. "The Invisibles: The Deluxe Edition Book One" (Grant Morrison) 4-16-20 +
27. "The Crowds of Lourdes" (J.-K. Huysmans) 4-22-20
28. "The Invisibles: The Deluxe Edition Book Two" (Grant Morrison) 4-23-20
29. "The Invisibles: The Deluxe Edition Book Three" (Grant Morrison) 4-29-20 +
30. "The Invisibles: Deluxe Edition Book Four" (Grant Morrison) 5-5-20 +
31. "The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore" (W.B. Yeats) 5-12-20
32. "A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome" (Alberto Angela) 5-14-20
33. "Runaway Horses" (Yukio Mishima) 5-18-20
34. "Listen, Little Man!" (Wilhelm Reich) 5-21-20
35. "The Temple of Dawn" (Yukio Mishima) 5-25-20
36. "The Decay of the Angel" (Yukio Mishima) 5-30-20 
37. "Come Down To Us" (Mark Gluth) 6-7-20
38. "Daughter of Regals & Other Tales" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 6-13-20
39. "Crippled Symmetry" (Mark Gluth) 6-13-20
40. "A Malediction" (Erckmann-Chatrian) 6-17-20
41. "Doomsday Clock Pt. 2" (Geoff Johns) 6-20-20
42. "Alone" (Thomas Moore) 6-21-20
43. "The Flowering Hedgerow" (Quentin S. Crisp) 6-23-20
44. "Past Lives of Old Books and Other Essays" (R.B. Russell) 6-28-20 
45. "Zac's Drug Binge" (Dennis Cooper) 6-29-20 

46. "Decadent Prose Pieces" (Léo Trézenik) 7-8-20

47. "The Desperate Man" (Léon Bloy) 7-8-20

48. "Life for Sale" (Yukio Mishima) 7-11-20 

49. "The Adventure Zone Vol. 3: Petals to the Metal" (The McElroys/Carey Pietsch) 7-16-20

50. "Wrong: A Critical Biography of Dennis Cooper" (Diarmuid Hester) 7-21-20 

51. "Monsieur de Bougrelon and Other Stories" (Jean Lorrain) 7-24-20 

52. "There Is a Graveyard That Dwells in Man" (Various; edited by David Tibet) 8-3-20

53. "Shrike" (Quentin S. Crisp) 8-3-20

54. "No Country For Old Men" (Cormac McCarthy) 8-8-20 *

55. "Thirst for Love" (Yukio Mishima) 8-10-20

56. "Agents of Dreamland" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 8-12-20 *

57. "Idols" (Dennis Cooper) 8-18-20

58. "The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard" (J.G. Ballard) 8-22-20 

59. "The Bride of Christ and Other Fictions" (Montague Summers) 8-24-20 

60. "Venus in the Blind Spot" (Junji Ito) 8-27-20 

61. "The Mindshaft" (Steve Finbow) 8-29-20 

62. "Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games" (Sid Meier/Jennifer Lee Noonan) 9-5-20 

63. "Posterity" (Mark Samuels) 9-12-20

64. "The Little One: A Meditation" (Quentin S. Crisp) 9-12-20

65. "Circles" (Josiah Morgan) 9-13-20

66. "Black Helicopters"  (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 9-16-20 +

67. "Madame Bovary" (Gustave Flaubert) 9-20-20

68. "Costumes of the Living" (Gaurav Monga) 9-20-20

69. "The Neo-Decadent Cookbook" (Various: edited by Brendan Connell & Justin Isis) 9-23-20 

70. "The Acephalic Imperial" (Damian Murphy) 9-29-20

71. "Witch-Cult Abbey" (Mark Samuels) 10-1-20

72. "The Tenant" (Roland Topor) 10-7-20

73. "New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos" (Various; edited by Ramsey Campbell) 10-10-20

74. "The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb" (John Bellairs) 10-15-20 *

75. "Masques of Satan: Twelve Tales and a Novella" (Reggie Oliver) 10-19-20 

76. "The Tindalos Asset"  (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 10-25-20 

77. "The Age of Decayed Futurity: The Best of Mark Samuels" (Mark Samuels) 10-27-20 

78. "No Icon" (Kim Gordon) 10-31-20 

79. "Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series" (James Hibberd) 11-1-20 

80. "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" (Yukio Moshima) 11-10-20 

81."Super-Cannes" (J.G. Ballard) 11-15-20

82. "Hieronymus Bosch: Garden of Earthly Delights" (Hans Belting) 11-19-20

83. "In the Flesh" (Clive Barker) 11-19-20

84. "Ruins" (Gaurav Monga) 11-26-20

85. "Spring Rain, Summer Heat" (Josh Peterson) 11-28-20

86. "Erith" (Quentin S. Crisp) 11-30-20 

87. "Fake Ass Lawyers" (Justin Isis) 12-5-20

88. "Remina" (Junji Ito) 12-6-20

89. "The Death of a Man" (Yukio Mishima/Kishin Shinoyama) 12-6-20

90. "Reave the Just & Other Tales" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 12-11-20 

91. "The Beauty of the Death Cap" (Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze) 12-14-20

92. "V for Vendetta" (Alan Moore) 12-19-20 * 

93. "Mendicant City" (Yarrow Paisley) 12-19-20 

94. "Miracleman Book One: A Dream of Flying" (Alan Moore) 12-20-20 

95. "The Sound of the Mountain" (Yasunari Kawabata) 12-23-20 

96. "Miracleman Book Two: The Red King Syndrome" (Alan Moore) 12-26-20 

97. "Miracleman Book Three: Olympus" (Alan Moore) 12-27-20 

98. "Babels, Balloons and Innocent Eyes" (Charles Morice) 12-29-20 

99. "D'aulaires' Book of Greek Myths" (Ingri & Edgar Parin D'aulaire) 12-30-20 *

100. "Mistletoe and the Christmas Kittens" (Joe Troiano) 12-30-20 *

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+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

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