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A Short, Healing Novella
A Short, Healing Novella
A book review of ‘Moon Soul’ by Nathaniel Luscombe
Phoebe Richardson
Apr 9
Two Feel-good Japanese Novels About Books And Libraries
Two Feel-good Japanese Novels About Books And Libraries
Read these fun books that are perfect for book lovers
Ranjani Rao
Apr 7
Life and Death in Laura Bylenok’s ‘Living Room’
Life and Death in Laura Bylenok’s ‘Living Room’
Exploring motherhood and grief in a Backwaters Prize–winning poetry collection
C. E. Janecek
Apr 5
Liking a book that I wanted to love — Feel Good Productivity Tries To Do A Little Too Much
Liking a book that I wanted to love — Feel Good Productivity Tries To Do A Little Too Much
Ali Abdaal is known for his presence on YouTube and insightful content on productivity. While I still need to verify this, he may be…
Mark Laflamme
Feb 25
‘The Book of Goose’ Redefines Female Friendship
‘The Book of Goose’ Redefines Female Friendship
Yiyun Li’s strange and vibrant novel explores the opposing sides of strength, loyalty and storytelling in the context of friendship
Eliza Lita
Feb 18
We all carry our own death within us
We all carry our own death within us
I wish there were more novels like this one
Kristine Harper
Feb 18
90s Sapphic Romance: Book Review of ‘Two is a Pattern’
90s Sapphic Romance: Book Review of ‘Two is a Pattern’
Is Annie destined to repeat her past?
Phoebe Richardson
Feb 10
The Obstacle Is The Way — A Gateway To Stoic Philosophy?
The Obstacle Is The Way — A Gateway To Stoic Philosophy?
Ten years later, this is still one of the best introductions to Stoicism.
Mark Laflamme
Feb 7
Twenty Modern Fairy Tales
Twenty Modern Fairy Tales
A brief comment on Calvino’s ‘Marcovaldo’
Flaminia D.
Feb 3
I Read 45 Books in 2023. Here Are My Top 5
I Read 45 Books in 2023. Here Are My Top 5
My year of poetry and gentle reading
Eliza Lita
Jan 24
As A Man Thinketh — Impressions
As A Man Thinketh — Impressions
Unlike some timeless classics, this book is stuck in its period.
Mark Laflamme
Jan 21
Like Reading a Surrealist Painting
Like Reading a Surrealist Painting
A personal comment on Leonora Carrington’s short stories collection ‘The Skeleton’s Holiday’
Flaminia D.
Jan 15
Eliza Mace Is The Teenage Poirot We Never Knew We Needed
Eliza Mace Is The Teenage Poirot We Never Knew We Needed
A review of ‘Eliza Mace’, a historical fiction mystery by Sarah Burton and Jem Poster
Eliza Lita
Jan 6
An Education I Needed, and Still Need
An Education I Needed, and Still Need
A review of ‘Pageboy’ by Elliot Page
Julie Borden
Jan 4
January TBR and 2024 Reading Goals
January TBR and 2024 Reading Goals
Coffee Time Tuesdays: Happy New Year! Let’s get our lives together
Eliza Lita
Jan 2
Quality Over Quantity? — What I Read in 2023 (And How Little I Did)
Quality Over Quantity? — What I Read in 2023 (And How Little I Did)
Reflections on a year I read too little
Elián Varretto
Dec 30, 2023
My Challenge-Free Reading Year: Reviving my Love for Books in 2023
My Challenge-Free Reading Year: Reviving my Love for Books in 2023
Not setting myself a reading challenge had some interesting effects this year — let’s talk about it
Eliza Lita
Dec 19, 2023
Reading — or the art of staying sane
Reading — or the art of staying sane
How my past month’s reading of three books, a manifesto and an essay saved me from despair
Kristine Harper
Dec 10, 2023
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Eliza Lita
Nov 22, 2023
Love-Hate Relationships With Books And Reading Updates
Love-Hate Relationships With Books And Reading Updates
Coffee Time Tuesdays: What I’ve been reading, how I feel about Spotify’s audiobooks add-on and a new reading routine
Eliza Lita
Nov 21, 2023
On Distorted Realities and Flowing Tears
On Distorted Realities and Flowing Tears
A review of my first encounter with Philip K. Dick’s dystopian worlds in ‘Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said’
Flaminia D.
Nov 21, 2023
How to Sound Smarter When Talking About Books
How to Sound Smarter When Talking About Books
Tips and tricks on sounding and feeling smarter when sharing your thoughts about books
Eliza Lita
Nov 15, 2023
Living in Bad Faith
Living in Bad Faith
An existentialist discussion on choosing yourself and living the life you are meant to live
Kristine Harper
Nov 14, 2023
Delving Into ‘Our Share of Night’
Delving Into ‘Our Share of Night’
Mariana Enriquez’s Reflections on the Abyss of Humanity
Nayanika Saikia
Nov 6, 2023
We Are ‘One, No One and a Hundred Thousands’ — and It’s Beautiful
We Are ‘One, No One and a Hundred Thousands’ — and It’s Beautiful
It took Pirandello over ten years to write this short novel, and it will take the reader way more to fully understand it
Flaminia D.
Nov 6, 2023
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