<–The State of the Reader: 5/6/20 The State of the Reader: 6/3/20–>
A biweekly post updated every other Wednesday detailing my current reading projects and what new titles I’ve added to my to-read list. Title links go to Goodreads, and if you have an account there feel free to friend me! I’d love to see what you’re reading and/or planning to read.
Purchased
- Psychology and Alchemy by C. G. Jung (Collected Works) – $25.99 @ Amazon
- Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood by Sarah Arnold – $83.80 @ Amazon
- For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll – $0.99 @ Amazon
- Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa (The Bargainer) – $0.00 @ Amazon
Yeah, I spent a lot of money on research materials over the past month. I actually should’ve included the top two last week, but I guess I forgot? The film studies book has been on my radar ever since I heard about it in a video I watched a few months ago. That literally screams FFVII at me, and I knew I’d need it for critical analysis of that. It’s not an uncommon paradigm, and I guess I’m just surprised I haven’t really seen anyone else talking about since it’s such a major influence in that narrative, but video games are a bastard medium *shrug*. The Jung alchemy book was a must buy after watching Reinstall Paul’s Silent Hill analysis, because (of course) I thought about FFVII and the alchemical influences in that. I only have/had a passing knowledge of alchemy e.g. lead into gold, but had no clue it was so universally prominent. Now that I know a little more, I’m picking it up everywhere, so I need to learn more about it.