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– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

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September 15, 2023May 11, 2023

Two Graphic Novels and a Biography about Caravaggio

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Fantasy, Fiction, Novel  5 Comments

September 8, 2023August 3, 2023

Piranesi – Susanna Clarke

The meanest thing I can say about this novel is to just ask the question “why do we demonize one-hit wonders anyway?”

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History, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

September 1, 2023May 11, 2023

The Book – Kieth Houston

It is a book. About the book. Not ‘books’, but about the book itself. As in the technology.

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Fiction, Historical Fiction  0 Comments

August 25, 2023May 11, 2023

Antica Madre – Valerio Massimo Manfredi

A DNF. Sometimes it just doesn’t work.

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Non-Fiction, Philosophy  0 Comments

August 18, 2023May 11, 2023

Word and Object – Willard Van Orman Quine

Reading is hard, sometimes you try and fail.

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Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

August 11, 2023May 11, 2023

Heaven’s River – Dennis E. Taylor

When I was a kid, I could pick up a book that I had put down, even months later, and

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Non-Fiction, Self-Help  0 Comments

August 4, 2023May 11, 2023

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals – Oliver Burkeman

Here is a book with some hard truths that no one wants to hear.

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Crime, Fiction, Novel, Thrillers  0 Comments

July 28, 2023May 11, 2023

The Talented Mr. Ripely – Patricia Highsmith

This is an excellent little thriller, that doesn’t seem to fall in the trap of glorifying it’s anti-hero.

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Cognitive Science, Non-Fiction, Science  0 Comments

July 21, 2023May 11, 2023

How the Mind Works – Steven Pinker

I am pretty happy to be reading a book of Pinker’s that was written well before he went out to

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Comedy, Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

July 14, 2023May 11, 2023

The Stainless Steel Rat’s Revenge – Harry Harrison

More reading for escapism.

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