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

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Art History, History, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

September 26, 2025April 26, 2025

Bernini: His Life and His Rome – Franco Mormando

Bernini is a great master of the Baroque, had a fortunate and adventurous life.

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September 19, 2025July 20, 2025

Mother Night – Kurt Vonnegut

Some things, even those by beloved authors, just don’t resonate

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September 12, 2025August 31, 2025

The Trading Game: A Confession – Gary Stevenson

An insiders look at day trading that doesn’t paint a particularly good picture.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  2 Comments

September 5, 2025January 30, 2025

Critical Mass – Daniel Suarez

The sequel to the excellent Delta-v

It makes me wonder where this story is going.

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History, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

August 29, 2025April 17, 2025

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome – Mary Beard

A history of Ancient Rome. It says so on the cover.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  1 Comment

August 22, 2025March 5, 2025

Not Till We Are Lost – Dennis E. Taylor

Another book from the Bobiverse series.

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Art History, History, Non-Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

August 15, 2025April 21, 2025

Trillion Year Spree – Brian W. Aldiss

A very thorough history of sci fi

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Fiction, Novel  0 Comments

August 8, 2025February 9, 2025

Twilight of the Eastern Gods – Ismail Kadare

I got cheated by this book. That is all

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Non-Fiction, Science  0 Comments

August 1, 2025March 27, 2025

L’Avvocato Dell’Atomo: In difesa dell’energia nucleare – Luca Romano

Italy, and really much of the EU, has been sadly anti-nuclear energy. One brave Italian spoke against this trend

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Novel, Science-Fiction  2 Comments

July 25, 2025July 10, 2025

Excession – Iain M. Banks

Banks’ fifth novel in the series attempts to explore… well, i honestly have no idea.

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