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November's worst read is also Pantone's color of the year
the story of whiny white guys. Wrapping up 4th quarter reviews in preparation for 2025's superlative awards season.
Dec 31, 2025
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horror novels for snobs: part 1
going beyond Shirley Jackson, plus a few classic horror film recs
Oct 31, 2025
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September [reading] was based on a true story
September book reviews plus things to watch and all the book news
Oct 22, 2025
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The Curator: where I get my book recs
Feb 14, 2025
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why you should read books that are really hard to finish
May 25, 2025
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22 books to read before you die?
May 16, 2025
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How to read an intimidating book
Apr 13, 2025
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the best reads of 2024
Jan 3, 2025
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a steady diet of female literature
Mar 21, 2025
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The Curator
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November's worst read is also Pantone's color of the year
the story of whiny white guys. Wrapping up 4th quarter reviews in preparation for 2025's superlative awards season.
Dec 31, 2025
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Natalie McGlocklin
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horror novels for snobs: part 1
going beyond Shirley Jackson, plus a few classic horror film recs
Oct 31, 2025
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Natalie McGlocklin
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September [reading] was based on a true story
September book reviews plus things to watch and all the book news
Oct 22, 2025
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Natalie McGlocklin
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the strangest August reads yet
August book reviews, the best TV and movies for Fall, and a whole bunch of readerly links
Sep 21, 2025
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a July of severe summer ennui reading captured
July book reviews: fairytale dream house retellings, impeccable Nordic Noir, new reasons for serial murder, and a new favorite classic
Aug 24, 2025
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what I'm reading for Women in Translation month - horror edition
plus some recent recommendations
Aug 1, 2025
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June reads as triumphant struggle
manifesting only the best from here on out
Jul 6, 2025
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May reads as self-assigned homework
May book reviews: a riveting fever dream, a hypnotist, and something for your Sinners hangover
Jun 6, 2025
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Reading Life
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a halfway celebration of bookish miscellany
a lookback at the first half of the year, my summer TBR, and new releases summer edition
Jul 11, 2025
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book buying as hunting & gathering
rules for navigating consumerism in a social media world
Jun 27, 2025
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have yourself a Hitchcock summer
you don't have to go outside. in fact it might be better if you don't.
Jun 13, 2025
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why you should read books that are really hard to finish
enter the zone of growth (book experience #12)
May 25, 2025
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22 books to read before you die?
how about 22 book experiences to have before you die instead
May 16, 2025
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How to read an intimidating book
side quests, book supplies, and the will to finish [Solenoid]
Apr 13, 2025
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a steady diet of female literature
can stories be your savior?
Mar 21, 2025
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everything is on fire
Octavia Butler predicted it. does this mean we are doomed?
Jan 14, 2025
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Spooky Season
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horror novels for snobs: part 1
going beyond Shirley Jackson, plus a few classic horror film recs
Oct 31, 2025
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Natalie McGlocklin
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the books I'm preordering for fall
plus a few I'm keeping my eye on and a bunch of big book lists
Sep 5, 2025
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what I'm reading for Women in Translation month - horror edition
plus some recent recommendations
Aug 1, 2025
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The Curator: everything I read in Fall
spooky season to sweata weatha book vibes for your TBR
Nov 22, 2024
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The Curator: the book I reread every October
how one Ray Bradbury novel defined my childhood
Oct 31, 2024
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The Curator: what books or stories gave you nightmares as a kid?
whoever thought scary kids books was a good idea should go straight to jail
Oct 25, 2024
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The Curator: underrated spooky season film recs & book pairings for everyone from weenies to pros
on a scale from mild-mannered to absolutely unhinged
Oct 18, 2024
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The Curator: spooky season's crazy Uncle King
on writing and failing and becoming 1% weirder every day
Oct 11, 2024
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Book Essays
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the [in]sanity of The Haunting of Hill House
is the house haunted or am I?
Sep 18, 2024
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The tragic comedy of The Bee Sting
why Paul Murray is the best of the Booker Pauls [thus far].
Aug 6, 2024
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The audacity of The Shards
why Bret Easton Ellis' latest book proves he hasn't changed a bit
Jul 16, 2024
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The dreadful beauty of East of Eden
searching for the good and evil in Steinbeck's masterpiece
Jul 2, 2024
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Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
when we become the virus
May 31, 2024
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Stephen King's The Stand
or Stephen King Rules
Feb 2, 2024
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Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Finding a new favorite author in Mariana Enriquez and why family will be the death of us in any language.
Dec 29, 2023
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North Woods by Daniel Mason
Time is an infinite loop vortex.
Nov 16, 2023
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