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Egan's voice seems to fly past all the pitfalls and obstacles that typically block an author from entering one's heart. She is hilarious, direct, b...
Literature is a hygienic convenience, a pseudoscience, a subset of urban planning. In the aftermath of collapse, all genres decompose into a postmo...
There is some strangely humane aspect about the story of Xenophon's Ten Thousand. Are they thugs, bandits, kidnappers, and murderers?
👷♀️ The long awaited Goodreads import feature is out. It only took almost 2 years and a custom book DB to enable it, turns out. You just need to upload the .csv file, it's that simple!
2026 so far, has been a bad reading year. I've enjoyed some of the books I've read but not loved any, and feel as though I don't have a clear sense of my taste anymore. This in turn is causing me to become somewhat disaffected with reading, not something I ever thought would happen! Any tips for breaking the cycle of unsatisfying books, finding your taste and falling in love with reading again? Thanks!
