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Mystery and suspense: One by One, Moonflower Murders, Crooked House
One by One, by Ruth Ware
Moonflower Murders, by Anthony Horowitz
Crooked House, by Agatha Christie
Jan 14, 20212 min read


Sci-fi and Fantasy: Ready Player 2, Crossings
Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline Crossings, Alex Landragin Ready Player Two: If you liked Ready Player One, which I think was better, then...
Jan 10, 20212 min read


General fiction: Older, The Glass Hotel, Perestroika in Paris
Older, Patricia Redmond The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel Perestroika in Paris, Jane Smiley Older: This was cute. It's a sequel to...
Jan 2, 20212 min read


2021 reading goals: challenge level
When I was in my last year of college, I decided that I was reading too many old books (I really liked Victorian novels), so I made...
Dec 27, 20204 min read


Favorite reads of the year, 2020
Some of the links are to the book in Bookshop.org, and some are to blog posts. I didn't find Nelly Dean in Bookshop, so you'll have to...
Dec 22, 20202 min read


Christmas chapters
A bookish Christmas tradition that I go back to every few years is to read Christmas chapters from books that I love. My favorite ones...
Dec 15, 20203 min read


General Fiction: The Margot Affair, If We Were Villains
I loved If We Were Villains, and I liked The Margot Affair quite alot. I started and stopped two other books in this category; it's a...
Dec 11, 20203 min read


2021 reading goals: taking it easy
I don’t usually set reading goals, because I’m always reading anyway. I’ve found that if I set many restrictions on my book choices, it...
Dec 5, 20204 min read


Mystery and Suspense: The Truants, The Thursday Murder Club, and Only Truth
The Truants- Kate Weinberg
The Thursday Murder Club- Richard Osman
Only Truth- Julie Cameron
Nov 22, 20203 min read


Fantasy and Sci-fi: Piranesi, Hench, The Once and Future Witches
What a great group of books from this autumn. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke This book blew my mind. I almost didn't read it. The reviews...
Nov 12, 20205 min read

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