the buff who fell to earth

My favorite reads of 2023 (not all new, all literary fiction except where noted):

Biography of X - #CatherineLacey
Traces of Enayat - #ImanMersal (nonfic)
After Sappho - #SelbyWynnSchwartz
Noopiming - #LeanneBetasamosakeSimpson
This Accident of Being Lost - #LeanneBetasamosakeSimpson
The Wall - #MarlenHaushofer
Bad Cree - #JessicaJohns (horror)
Your Love Is Not Good - #JohannaHedva
Flux by #JinwooChong
The New Animals - #PipAdam
Tomb of Sand - #GeetanjaliShree

#bookstodon

Dec 30, 2023 at 6:00pmWeb
Show threadthe buff who fell to earthDec 30, 2023
I'm the only one who uses most of the above author hashtags. So either I'm the only one here reading these authors, or #bookstodon folks don't like using hashtags, lol.
Show threadCrone Cold Kate SherrodDec 30, 2023
@buffyleigh I bought The Books of Sand this year but haven't gotten to it yet!
Show threadthe buff who fell to earthDec 30, 2023
@KateOfMind It's lovely. And it was my first Mastodon recommendation! The translator used to be on here (looks like they're no longer active though).
Show threadAloysius BestDec 30, 2023
@buffyleigh I haven't read the newest Catherine Lacey yet but I've read her other books. Her partner is one of my literary heroes.
Show threadthe buff who fell to earthDec 30, 2023
@aloysius Biography of X was my intro to her, read Pew immediately after. Who is her partner?
Show threadAloysius BestDec 30, 2023
@buffyleigh Jesse Ball
Show threadElysia MachtJan 11, 2024

@buffyleigh I haven't been able to read in years nor have ever heard of any of the above so not relevant there, but this place consistently had me doing upcast eyes over no logic in tagging for months here.

How does it make sense to not tag Hatshepsut in a post about her, instead of at most just slapping # History on it, Egypt if lucky? There were HUNDREDS of posts on Filmstodon style # daily, but no actors or movie names tagged? Can't find XYZ even a day later w/ the NAMES never tagged.

Show threadthe buff who fell to earthJan 11, 2024
@ElysiaMacht Yeah, tagging is incredibly inconsistent here, a lot of people carry over Twitter practices, where tagging was for witty catchphrases more than functional search. I'm guilty of being inconsistent too though, especially if the tag doesn't already exist, or is ambiguous/ used for something totally different (e.g. AFI band vs. film).