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The Best Books of 2025: Round 3
At last! We’ve made it to the finals. If we were following along with our silly bracket, it would look like this:
again: SILLY
But this isn’t quiiiiite accurate, because per round two, Água Viva should still be in the mix as well. I’m no...
Best Books of 2025 Bracket: Round 2
Listen, I know most people come out with their end-of-the-year wraps well before the year actually ends, but personally, I need a little bit more time to stew on things. This round especially needed extra time to marinate, because I’ll be h...
The Best Books of 2025: Round One
Well, well, well, if it isn’t 2026 already.
If Goodreads is to be believed, I read 62 books in 2025. I smashed the goals I set for myself to read more short story collections and books in translation (7/6 and 16/4, respectively), read exa...
Still full of beans
Hi friends,
We’ve approached my least favorite/favorite time of year. It’s cold, it’s dark, everybody you know is perpetually a little sick. Really, the only thing this time of year is good for is reading.
But we’re also approaching a r...
Beneath every history, another history
Hi friends,
Does anyone else feel like time has been moving suspiciously fast and loose this year? Like I blinked, and suddenly, it’s November.
I’m trying to be really intentional about my reading for the rest of the year, keeping in mi...
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