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Book Report

Thoughts on books I’m reading.

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Another Life

I read this novella on a whim after seeing in mentioned in a thread about Hugo drama. It’s a quick, straight forward, breezy read. I genuinely admire Ulibarri’s political optimism on display, and I found the character, plot, and style enjoyable. Read more…
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Rabbit Run

Updike is a nuanced and linguistically competent writer, and the plot is fast and engaging. As a character study it is engrossing. Read more…
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Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home

In Belonging, Krug digs deep into an identity of collective inherited guilt. Read more…
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The Pisces

This book was recommended effusively by an author I admire, Lulu Miller. So it went on my list. Broder is an exquisite writer, and I love a first-person narrative that goes deep, so it’s no surprise I loved this. Read more…
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Stolen

I was engrossed by the first act of Stolen, seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl. Read more…
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Sofia Coppola Archive

I love getting these glimpses into Coppola’s visual inspiration. The book is full of them. Read more…
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Dracula

Somehow I got this far in life without ever reading Dracula. Read more…
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The Great White Bard

Karim-Cooper, an accomplished Shakespeare scholar and woman of color, does the hard work, turning to the text, and the history of racial language… Read more…
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Egg

I adore this kind of book. It’s a sort of renaissance work of affection and obsession. Read more…
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But Will You Love Me Tomorrow

This book is almost 100% constructed from excerpts from first person interviews with a wide cast of characters from the industry and era, all meticulously edited… Read more…
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Madonna

I grew up in Indiana to mostly liberal parents in the heart of conservative America, and in the thick of the AIDS crisis. Which is to say Madonna was, for the most part, a villain in the cultural mind of my surroundings. Read more…
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Fairyland

I spotted this book on a promo table at a book store in San Francisco and I suppose I was taken in by the striking cover, and because you know, like, I’m a father of girls. Read more…
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The Scarlet Letter

Over dinner, Isabel told me they re-read this because their students are reading it in Literature class. Isabel said it was so much better than they remembered. Read more…
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The Westing Game

My brother and I read this book together during a family trip when we were maybe 10 and 11. I had completely forgotten about it… Read more…
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Olga Dies Dreaming

What an engrossing and possessing book this is. Read more…
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The Future is Female

This collection of sci-fi short stories by women authors is, unsurprisingly, a mixed bag, but also a lot of fun. Read more…
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Holy the Firm

I re-read this book yesterday as a sort of healing balm as I grieve… Read more…
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A Brief History of Black Holes

What a delight this book is. It’s deeply engrossing, perfectly light for a non-scientist with genuine interest, and wonderfully structured. Read more…
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Eight Mountains

It’s a beautifully written book about that friction between the world we sometimes imagine we want. Read more…
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The Six

This book is so well constructed. Even though you probably know many of the events, Grush unfolds them for us beautifully. Read more…
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Cleopatra

Schiff does such a good job illuminating the source material and putting what has been said about Cleopatra into historical and cultural context. Read more…
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Indigenous Continent

The steady drumbeat of violence described in Indigenous Continent, put into terminology that is not so tainted by white supremacy, made all this very bare. Read more…
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Marie Antoinette

I decided to read this because it is the basis of one of my favorite films, Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. And because the cover is gorgeous. But it is also a very timely read. Read more…
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What She Said

I devoured this book today from beginning to end. Powerful, intimate, redemptive, and beautifully illustrated. It brought me to tears. Read more…
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

I can see why this book resonated. It is very good. I love a first-person narrative. I love an epistolary novel. And I love a distinctive voice. This book is all three… Read more…
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The Road

To me this book is the opposite of hopeless… Read more…
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Alan Turing

A little over-long and short on insight, but still a worthy read… Read more…
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