Feb 12
Typhoid Mary by Anthony Bourdain
Typhoid Mary — by Anthony Bourdain
I recently finished Typhoid Mary by Anthony Bourdain. I am a huge fan of Bourdain&
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Hello, friends.
This blog is a record of a reading life.
A public notebook about the experience of moving through books and what lingers afterward. The reading will range widely, from thoughtful and demanding works to what I like to call candy bar books.
Think of it less as a review site and more as an ongoing conversation with books.
Latest
Feb 05
Severance by Ling Ma
Book Notes
* Title: Severance
* Author: Ling Ma
* Finished: January 2026
* First Reaction: Mixed, but lingering
* Would I Recommend It?: To
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Nov 04
Todos Lost Fantasmas De Esta Casa/All the Ghosts in This House
Todos Los Fantasmas De Esta Casa/All the Ghosts in This House by Frydha Victoria and translated by J. Allen
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Oct 04
Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King
Welcome to this unofficial meeting of our book club, Reading in Public.
We will start by reciting the Reader'
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Sep 30
The Little Ghost Who Was A Quilt
Welcome to this unofficial meeting of our book club, Reading in Public.
We will start by reciting the Reader'
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Sep 15
What I've Read in 2025 (So Far)
Below is a list of everything I've read so far this year. In June, I started reading the
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Sep 12
Verity Vox and the Curse of Firefox
Welcome to this unofficial meeting of our book club, Reading in Public.
We will start by reciting the Reader'
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Sep 12
Come for the Giant Hamsters, But Stay for the Trolley Problems
Columbus Day: Book 1 of the Expeditionary Force Series by Craig Alanson
Do you like military sci-fi? No? Are
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Sep 12
That's Not Right by Scott Meyers
Do you remember Art Bell? He hosted a radio show in the 90s and early 2000s called Coast to Coast
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Apr 12
Revisiting In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Reading In Public
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Jul 20
14 by Peter Clines
Accidental Book Club
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Jan 14
The Source by Dr. Tara Swart
Second read book of 2024 -
A combination of neuroscience and the power of positive thinking (which I’m sure the
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