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The mid-year reading challenge check-in
Last December, I set myself what seemed like an easy challenge: each month, I'd read one book from my own shelves. I thought I'd ace...
Jun 27, 20223 min read
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Some good DNFs
When I was young, I would never put a book down without finishing it. I once spent four months plowing through Martin Chuzzlewit when I...
Jun 19, 20223 min read
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A Gen X Book List
Not that we care or anything, but Gen X seems to be the ignored middle child of all the generations. There's no way to make an...
Jun 14, 20222 min read
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I don't know who to root for in Civilizations
Binet, Laurent- Civilizations The premise of this book is a fascinating what-if. It begins with Viking exploration of Canada. A woman,...
Jun 5, 20222 min read
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Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy
Liu, Cixin- The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death's End A quote from The New Yorker on the cover of the 3rd book reads "[Liu's]...
May 31, 20225 min read
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Off the Edge: trying to understand conspiracy theorists
Weill, Kelly- Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything I was a little worried that this book...
May 21, 20223 min read
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The Kaiju Preservation Society
Scalzi, John- The Kaiju Preservation Society This was a quick, fun read. I was slightly annoyed that all the characters had very similar...
May 15, 20221 min read
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Ambitious people problems
Korelitz, Jean Hanff- The Plot Sathian, Sanjena- Gold Diggers These two books don't have anything to do with each other, really, but both...
May 7, 20222 min read
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A short YA fantasy list
Levine, Gail Carson- Fairest Levine, Gail Carson- Ella Enchanted Novik, Naomi- A Deadly Education Novik, Naomi- The Last Graduate and...
Apr 26, 20223 min read
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Time Travel Titles
I've read a few really good time travel books in the past few years. I decided that I need to make a list. I'd love to get...
Apr 17, 20223 min read
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