Short notes on novels, essays and the occasional library sale. Written slowly, usually in the evenings.
Stoner, read again
The second reading is quieter than the first, and somehow it is not a sad book any more.
Read the note →On long novels
Why I keep choosing the thousand-page book, and how I actually get through it.
Read the note →Library sale haul
Twelve books, one tote bag, and a strong suspicion that I already own two of them.
Read the note →The Leopard in summer
Heat, decline, and a prince who sees the end coming and decides to be gracious about it.
Read the note →Annotating in pencil
On marginalia, soft graphite, and the conversation with your past self.
Read the note →Short books for busy weeks
When there is no time for a long novel, these are the ones I reach for.
Read the note →The Remains of the Day
A narrator who explains everything except the one thing that matters.
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