Earlier this year I saw an Instagram post that said our 30s are about learning to revel happily in the things we discovered in our 20s but were too afraid to talk about because people would think we were weird. This is true for many aspects of my life, including my reading. For a long…
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What I read: October 2025
By GaslightSteven Price “There were leafless trees branched and cold like capillaries in the lungs of the dead and William saw this from the open seat of a rented carriage with a blanket over his knees and a scarf at his throat and he understood he had been waiting for something that had at last…
What I read: July 2025
Once There Were WolvesCharlotte McConaghyBook Club “There are languages without words and violence is one of them.” Biologist Inti Flynn has arrived in the Scottish Highlands with wolves and secrets — the former intended for release, the latter for close keeping. The locals are afraid, but Inti believes that “rewilding” is what’s best for the…
What I read: March 2025
The Theft of the Iron Dogs: A Lancashire MysteryE.C.R. Lorac “The harvest moon was just past the full, and it seemed to sail overhead in a sea of luminous iridescence, due to the vaporous clouds in the high steely vault of the sky.” While checking on their riverside cottage at the end of the harvest…
What I read: October 2023
What Color is Your Parachute?Richard N. BollesNon-fiction, hardback, library book “Always define WHAT you want to do with your life and WHAT you have to offer to the world, in terms of your favorite talents/gifts/skills-not in terms of a job-title.” Finding a job is hard — finding yourself is even harder. First printed in 1970…