Two Short Story Collections
When I get into a rhythm, boy can I really get things done. I don’t have the best track record
La profezia dell’armadillo – Zerocalcare
I liked the last Zerocalcare book I read. I decided to go for another one. The nice person at the
Meditations – Marcus Aurelius, translated by Gregory Hays
I am proud to be a skeptic of very old books. Many of them are, despite their reputation, a bit silly.
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A Dance with Dragons – George R R Martin
(Note, in case some of this doesn’t make sense in the future, this post was written on September 25 2022)
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?”
The Book – Kieth Houston
It is a book. About the book. Not ‘books’, but about the book itself. As in the technology.
Antica Madre – Valerio Massimo Manfredi
A DNF. Sometimes it just doesn’t work.
Word and Object – Willard Van Orman Quine
Reading is hard, sometimes you try and fail.
