The Joy and Sorrow of Rereading
I've started rereading books. It's something I was adamant about not doing for the longest time. Life is short, and I'll never be able to...
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- Dec 15, 2022
My Favorite Books This Year
If you're hoping to read more in 2023, check out my favorite reads from this year for inspiration. In no particular order: The Day of the...
- Nov 30, 2022
November Reads
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson - Told in the second person, this novella focuses with intense clarity on what it means to fall in love...
- Nov 1, 2022
October Reads
We Spread by Iain Reid - What better way to start off October than with some suspense? Reid's previous novel Foe is one of my favorite...
- Oct 5, 2022
Design for the Real World
I'm always hesitant to pick up a design book that's more than a decade old. Victor Papanek's Design for the Real World was published in...
- Sep 30, 2022
September Reads
I didn't get to read as much this month as I would have liked; September's words were snatched between meetings and quickly devoured on...
- Aug 30, 2022
August Reads
As much as I plan on focusing my reading every month, I tend to pick up anything that comes my way. August was no exception. Jude the...
- Aug 22, 2022
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
How can you not like a book with a title like that? The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is considered a sci-fi classic, and Heinlein is often...
- Aug 21, 2022
Second Time's Not the Charm
One of my friends said that an author's first book will always be their best: it's a culmination of life experience and artistic drive,...
- Aug 5, 2022
The Statistics of Literature
Did I spend an hour organizing my Goodreads books into genre-based shelves? Yes, yes I did. I'm always trying to diversify my reading. I...
- Aug 1, 2022
July Reads: A Month of Sci-Fi
This month, I got as far away from the heat as I could: mentally, at least. What better way to cool off than with some sci-fi escapism?...
- Jul 1, 2022
June Reads
I dedicated this month to reading books personally recommended to me. Some were hits, others misses, but as always: a book passed along...
- Jun 26, 2022
Solaris
I've written before about wishing I'd let myself love sci-fi earlier (my braces, nasal spray, and frizzy hair seemed like enough against...
- Jun 22, 2022
On Creative Writing and Daydreaming
I just finished Freud's On Creative Writing and Daydreaming, as well as a handful of essays analysing his analysis. Freud's main focus is...
- Jun 14, 2022
This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch
I mean, I had to read it. Tabitha Carvan's book, on the surface, is about her midlife fascination with Cumberbatch: every film he's in,...
- May 31, 2022
May Reads
Most of May's pages were read in airports and metro stations, which is fitting: my feelings on these books are all over the place. 1....
- May 4, 2022
10 Books I Read in April
I've decided to start reflecting on what I've read over the past month to see if it affects what I read in the next. Hopefully it will...
- Apr 21, 2022
How High We Go in the Dark
It's a pandemic story, but hopeful. It's sci-fi, but also a romance, and a space opera, and...oh, about four other genres are packed in...
- Apr 16, 2022
Breaking into NonFiction
I'll choose a novel over a memoir or history book any day of the week, but I've come to love nonfiction nearly as much in the past few...
- Apr 14, 2022
Anne of Green Gables: A Begrudged Love
I admit it: I can be a bit of a book snob. If a series is ridiculously popular, I tend to turn my back on it. It look me forever to read...
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