Absorbed
Mae Riceadventuring thru the attention economy
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 48 | Founded | 7 years ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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Which books are the best book club books?
Since I started running a book club, I’ve been evaluating books in a new way: Will they be fun to discuss at club?
I used to mainly evaluate books on pleasure reading potential and that muscle is strong. Before I open a book, I can pretty...
Fake hags get it done!
The book club I run just finished our second book, If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin, and I’m here with a couple thoughts about it!
I’m not going to even pretend to write about book club discussion topics anymore, because it’s r...
The worm and the incel
I’ve been thinking about how I want this newsletter and my progeny Cool New Book Club to interact, and my v1 thought is that I’ll write about book club discussion topics here. That way anyone who couldn’t make it to IRL book club has someth...
New year, new book club
I’ve never been big on new year’s resolutions, because I think you can change your life whenever. But for me, the start of 2026 coincided with a powerful urge to start something new. The typical new projects of people my age — getting marri...
17 things I loved in 2025
Hi! Here’s a list of things that brought me joy this year, mostly music and books and movies, plus some chaos items. Be influenced! Revile my preferences! A little of both! It’s all fun.
1. Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke
This nov...
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