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2025 In Review (Books, Mostly)
An incredibly personal note, 20 book reviews, and more
Dec 19, 2025
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November 2025 Book Reports (this time all hits)
Loved and Missed - Susie Boyt ❊ Nervous Conditions - Tsitsi Dangarembga ❊ What Belongs to You - Garth Greenwell ❊ The Most Secret Memory of Men …
Dec 5, 2025
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When a Book is Like a Tapestry (The Books of Jacob, Olga Tokarczuk)
reading a really long, really ambitious book with profound bias, authorial reverence, and personal stakes
Nov 9, 2025
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Laurel Clayton
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Exercises in Paying Attention
Oct 15, 2024
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Laurel Clayton
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Mystery Novels for Snobs
Sep 30, 2024
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Co-buying a house, the life-changing power of collaboration, and The Artist’s Way
Jan 13, 2025
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Laurel Clayton
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A Year of Reading: 2024 in Books
Dec 14, 2024
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Laurel Clayton
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May 2025 Book Report
Jun 4, 2025
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Laurel Clayton
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November 2025 Book Reports (this time all hits)
Dec 5, 2025
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Media Report, October 2025 (Badly Behaved Women; Surreal Stories)
Best Woman by Rose Dommu ❊ After Claude by Iris Owens ❊ Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin ❊ Universal Language
Nov 4, 2025
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September 2025 Book Report
A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K Le Guin ❊ Ruins - Amy Taylor ❊ Flesh - David Szalay ❊ The Wall - Marlen Haushofer
Oct 7, 2025
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August 2025 Book Report (& memory theories)
Short reads for a short reading month (Tell ❊ Small Things Like These ❊ Exhibit), thoughts on memory and erratic passing of time
Sep 10, 2025
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Laurel Clayton
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3 Women in Translation + July 2025 Reading Report
Fever Dream ❊ The Diary of a Void ❊ The Employees ☀︎ The Mobius Book - Catherine Lacey ❊ O Sinners - Nicole Cuffy ❊ Flashlight - Susan Choi ❊ Liquid …
Aug 1, 2025
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Laurel Clayton
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Read These Books: Certified_Bangers_Vol.1.mp3, (and a re-introduction)
One year of Intellectual Rigor Mortis and Three Books I recommend: The Body in Question by Jill Ciment ❊ Barney’s Version by Mordecai Richler ❊ Lakewood…
Jul 11, 2025
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Laurel Clayton
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June 2025 Reading Report
Staying busy with: Perfume & Pain - Anna Dorn ❊ Cautery - Lucia Lijtmaer ❊ The Other Valley - Scott Alexander Howard ❊ Blue Light Hours - Bruna Dantas…
Jul 2, 2025
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May 2025 Book Report
Thoughts on: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison ❊ Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda ❊ Audition by Katie Kitamura ❊ The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K Le…
Jun 4, 2025
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