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The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by …
What an absolute delight. I haven't read this in a decade and didn't realize how thematically in line with Jeeves and Wooster it is
For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as …
I didn’t think this book was as strong as the start of the series; it got a little… whimsical? and some of the character dynamics didn’t make a ton of sense to me, but I still was very happy to revisit this
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing …
I've been on a bit of a re-reading kick and this was so fun to revisit
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. …
So far, I'm really liking this
How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will …
I was curious about this book because Davis has seemed ubiquitous lately when there's any mention of housework. I thought it was really good -- a lot of the approaches she uses (like framing cleaning as a kindness to your future self, and arranging your space to serve your needs) are things I've been doing for a long time and were very helpful in becoming someone who now has an overall functional and happy relationship with housework.
A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town …
dead parents and john prine; they got my number for this one
Volume 1 of The Mirror Visitor Quartet
Winner of the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire
Where …
This really did not hold up to a reread; perhaps knowing how disappointing I found the later books colored it. But it was an escape when I needed one.
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the …
This was a delightful quick read; lively and engaging and ultimately sad
A young woman's workplace is the size of the world. She fills increasingly bizarre placements …
Re-reading to see if this hold up enough to give my sister for Christmas
John Boswell's National Book Award-winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the …
I would say I'm back on my bullshit but I can't say I ever got off it -- really enjoying this so far.
Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations. . . but only one is …
I would like to say, since I continue to wish I didn't have to stumble on other people posting their Cain's Jawbone solving thoughts, that I'm not going to post any of my Cain's Jawbone solving thoughts. Just, if anything, genuine, uncritical reactions to the text.
Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations. . . but only one is …
I'm doing this with some friends, a real "sickos hahah yes" choice for us
Nikolai Gogol's novel Dead Souls and play The Government Inspector revolutionized Russian literature and continue …
I watched Viy (1967) last night so it's time to re-read some Gogol
This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you …
I just haven't been able to get into this. I feel like there's just too many ideas in it, all squished together squabbling to take the forefront over regular old Holmes and Watson stuff
I've been missing doing math lately? So I'm doing a calc refresher...
