Quickie Chat: a tragic bookish event, Aiskrim Malaysia

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

I hate water damage in a book 😢 That’s the edition of _Unknown Soldiers_ that I have. I liked it.

[@SluggishReader]

My biggest fear with wet books is mold 😭 Can't wait to start Unknown Soldiers!

[@ThatsSoPoe]

Loved that the color similarity between your ice pop and shirt inspired you to make a video! Too bad about your wet books, though. I read a nonfiction book on textiles earlier this year, Blue Jeans by Carolyn Purnell, which was absolutely fascinating, so I get the interest! Really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on The Hearing Trumpet in more detail. If you feel like buddy reading it or anything, let me know!

[@SluggishReader]

I remember you talking about Blue Jeans! I think by that time I already had a bit of interest in clothing history, heheh. I would love to buddy read The Hearing Trumpet with you! I'll contact you on Voxer.

[@heathereads]

I bought The Hearing Trumpet not long ago, no idea what to expect. You have made me think I need to read that soon

[@SluggishReader]

Ooooh definitely give it a try!! 😍😁

[@MarilynMayaMendoza]

Vanilla and strawberry are my favorite flavors in ice cream. PS I’ll check my Instagram tomorrow. I don’t have it on this phone. It’s raining today in Hawaii as well. Aloha.

[@SluggishReader]

My favorite flavor is raspberry ripple which combines the wonderful aspects of vanilla and raspberry (it is not strawberry, but a berry nonetheless, hahah). Take care Marilyn! It's rainy season here too.

[@bilbobryan]

Wow a aiskrim mukbang!!

[@SluggishReader]

Hahaha!

[@lindysmagpiereads]

Matching your snack to your clothing… so funny! Freddie, I need to watch your videos more often. Love the textile talk, and thanks for reminding me about Golden Thread, which I’ve been meaning to read. I enjoyed a library copy of St Clair’s Secret Lives of Color so much that I bought my own copy.

[@SluggishReader]

Ooh thank you Lindy! 💚 I'm waiting for my copy to completely dry because I really want to read it soon. The writing is warm and welcoming, almost cozy! Also, I didn't know she wrote a book about colors - history of colors has always fascinated me! (Coincidentally I was looking for a book also about history of colors by another author at the book store today.. I couldn't find it though ☹️)

[@lindysmagpiereads]

@@SluggishReader My paperback edition of St Clair’s The Secret Lives of Colour was published by John Murray in the UK

[@lindysmagpiereads]

@@SluggishReader Worn: A People’s History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser is another really good book about textile history

[@SluggishReader]

@@lindysmagpiereads Thank you so much for these recs!!

[@alldbooks9165]

We called them cool pops when I was a kid. Nice you styled it with your shirt for the video. 🏆 Hope your wet books made it. 😬

[@SluggishReader]

Thank you! My books are still in the process of drying (day 2 😤) but fortunately it's really sunny today.

[@bilbobryan]

So sorry to hear that your books were drenched! You can sunbath or sunbake them under our Malaysian humid weather

[@SluggishReader]

It was sunny for many days so it was good! It did take a few days to dry though..

[@binchickenbookz]

We would make ice pops growing up too! Thought we call them icy poles here which is super boring compared to ice pops 😂

[@SluggishReader]

The weather is super hot here right now and I would kill for some ice pops! Icy poles sounds cool though.

[@apocalypsereading7117]

i first went to japan (and east asia) when i was 18 and i got caught in the summer rain in a place called amanohashidate - my copy of On the Road (i know, i know) and my diary got damaged and i was devastated. then like a day or two later i was super happy coz i felt like i'd gotten two book tattoos that would always keep a trace of that rain in that place at that time, and i still feel happy if i see them. admittedly your rain has maybe less romantic potential than mine did, and looking weather-beaten is probably less fitting for the virgin suicides and the golden thread than for jack kerouac, but i suppose every moment has its own kind of wonder, and maybe in a few years the rain-marks will be a nice memento from that particular rain? or you could always give them a charity-shop burial and move on (when the grief stings less!) to brighter, firmer copies =P

[@SluggishReader]

On the Road *and* your diary? Is a screenplay of a biographical film in the works? I can see it being both an indie- and Oscar-darling. I guess my rain was a bit unromantic because I, alongside my book, ended up being soaked through and through and I had to stop by at a fast fashion store on my way to uni (again, totally wet) to get some dry clothes. I also had painful memories of my mildly wet books becoming homes for termites and mold. I had to throw away those books, which included the first ever Elif Shafak book I ever read. T__T

[@alldbooks9165]

I think I would call that color aqua, or even pastel aqua. It is also turquoise I guess, but turquoise for me always seems more dramatic or vibrant, an in your face kinda color.

[@SluggishReader]

I think pastel aqua sounds about right. Turquoise does feel a bit more vibrant than this shade to me.

[@HereTheThea]

wait?! you don't call it "aiskrim Malaysia"? I called it that & probably a regional thing. While I was still living in the Peninsular, wherever you go to a market, it is called aiskrim Malaysia hehe

[@SluggishReader]

I only learned about that name last month! 🤣 I have always just called it aiskrim.