books i bought at books actually's 30% sale: 

the promise bird by zhang yueran
the outsider by albert camus
strangers by taichi yamada
lights out in wonderland by dbc pierce

wanted to also buy but had no money: 


the passion by jeanette winterson
the waves by virginia woolf
why be happy when you can be normal by jeanette winterson

am currently reading:

cat's cradle by kurt vonnegut

recently finished: 

the age of miracles by karen thompson walker
labyrinths by jorge luis borges

unable to finish:

the collected stories by amy hempel (given up)
the total devotion machine and other stories by rosaleen love (slowly but surely perhaps)

bought as a present (to annie, gus's sister): 

a heartbreaking work of staggering genius by dave egger