Finished reading: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi 📚

I figured out how to post my year end book wrap up in micro.blog, evidence: this. Read more

Yes that’s right, 2022. Using micro.blog to track my reading is great. It has a nice feature to generate a year in review post like this one. Unfortunately, it doesn’t give me 2023, only 2022. I … Read more

Started reading: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi 📚

Finished reading: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi 📚

Started reading: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi 📚

Finished reading: Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut 📚

Started reading: Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut 📚

Finished reading: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📚

Finished reading: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 📚

No one low boils insanity like Shirley Jackson.

Started reading: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 📚

Started reading: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📚

Did not finish: Where it Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon 📚

Coming late to Clare Dederer’s The Art of Monstrous Men, tackling how you and I handle art we love from awful people. It is so incisive, dare I say brilliant, not shrinking from any angle. Added her new book Monsters to my reading list. 📚

Started reading: Where it Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon 📚

Finished reading: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu 📚

Brilliant razor blade dissections of what it feels like to live in the world right now.

Started reading: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu 📚

Finished reading: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe 📚

Started reading: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe 📚

Finished reading: The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff 📚I ate this up. Compelling on a subcutaneous level.

Started reading: The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff 📚

Did not finish: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho📚 Not for me. I’ve gotten my fill of “embrace your destiny” allegories.

Started reading: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 📚

Finished reading: Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse📚

What a fantastic novella. Beautifully rendered, dripping with character, and not a wasted page.

Currently reading: Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse 📚