Mine’s The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Thick books never stopped me from reading nonstop before, but there are entries in the book that just has me stopping and taking time to mull things over.
Also, sharing this excerpt: “Not to be sentimental, as I sound, but why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life?”
“Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry” ed David Ly and Daniel Zomparelli.
I normally like gay short stories, I normally like horror short stories, but I’m just not vibing with these. They’re leaning too heavily into the “monsters as an allegory for queerness” angle, but I just want to be spooked.
I just have The Iliad going on loop, I’m doing the Lattimore translation with a guide-book right now.