I just couldn’t finish the last third at this time. It became a chore.
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I read primarily queer books. I love everything from basic mlm romances to classic literature to contemporary fiction. I’m slowly trying to add more non-fiction and challenging subject matter, but I don’t need any additional dystopia in my life. My spice tolerance fluctuates, so sometimes I want all the spice and sometimes I can skim over it.
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22% complete! Mr. Acton has read 8 of 36 books.
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Mr. Acton finished reading Hood Vacations by Michal “MJ” Jones

Michal “MJ” Jones: Hood Vacations (Paperback, 2023, Black Lawrence Press)
Hood Vacations by Michal “MJ” Jones
Michal “MJ” Jones’ debut Hood Vacations is a rhythmic & quiet rumbling – an unflinching recollection of Blackness, queerness, gender, …
Mr. Acton rated Hood Vacations: 5 stars

Michal “MJ” Jones: Hood Vacations (Paperback, 2023, Black Lawrence Press)
Hood Vacations by Michal “MJ” Jones
Michal “MJ” Jones’ debut Hood Vacations is a rhythmic & quiet rumbling – an unflinching recollection of Blackness, queerness, gender, …
Mr. Acton stopped reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Mr. Acton wants to read After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
Mr. Acton commented on A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
I’m getting stuck here. I enjoyed the first half or so, but I’m drowning in philosophical references after a difficult swim through all the religious references. Am I going to be nonplussed by the time I get to the end or do I just DNF…
Mr. Acton finished reading Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt
Mr. Acton set a goal to read 36 books in 2026
Mr. Acton started reading Hood Vacations by Michal “MJ” Jones
Michal “MJ” Jones’ debut Hood Vacations is a rhythmic & quiet rumbling – an unflinching …
For my book club.
Mr. Acton started reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Stephen Dedalus grows up in Dublin, feeling different from the other boys. His childhood and adolescence are shaped by bullying, …
Mr. Acton finished reading Enshittification by Cory Doctorow (Duplicate)

Enshittification by Cory Doctorow (Duplicate)
Enshittification: it’s not just you―the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify.
We’re living through the …
Mr. Acton finished reading Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
A little too dense for me, but it was good to see the past 50 years of the assault on gender and queer scholarship and communities put together in a narrative. I found the conclusion to be the most accessible, but I was hoping for specific tools to fight it.
Mr. Acton started reading Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
This is a slow read so far as it is written for academics and much different from the narrative fiction we normally read. Sitting in the middle of the regressive moment on gender politics, it’s a lot, but it’s a good record of how we got to this moment that future researchers can dig into.
Mr. Acton rated Under the Whispering Door: 4 stars

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through.
When …
Mr. Acton finished reading Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
I Read this for a book club. Parts of it hit me hard and close to home. TJ Klune meditates on loss and grief following the afterlife of a Scrooge figure who died the jerk he always was. Can one redeem themselves after dying?






