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A Darker Shade of Magic – V.E. Schwab
First off, how can this author be almost a decade younger than me and have 60 books published? Second, how can they be so good?? This very well-crafted tale of four Londons (existing on different planes at the same time) is such a fun ride that 400 pages flew by in a flash. The story …
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days – Rebecca Donner
Donner gives us a deeply researched account of her great aunt Mildred Harnack, a Milwaukee woman who in 1930s Berlin becomes the center of a German resistance to Hitler and the Nazis. The parallels to our current situation in the United States are truly distressing. I don’t know that I would be as cunning and …
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Mexican Gothic – Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Gothic for sure! I listened to this wonderful novel through the Libby App (thanks Arlington library!) and though it was read well I wish she hadn’t tried to do English accents. Woof. Rough. The writing was superb. You really get the sense of darkness both real and imagined in the house. I could almost see …
Preemptive End of Year Review – 2021 In Reading
Yeah, so we still have one week left and I have this 374 page book to finish, but I’m putting up the charts anyway! 122 books finished! That’s a record for me as far as I know (I only started this spreadsheet in 2018). I really tried to read my bookshelf this year and not …
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It’s not just books I read. Every day I send a collection of links to articles I’ve read through my Tiny Letter, the Internet Mix Tape. Come get some shorter recommendations!
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