Finished reading: Mina’s Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa πA gentle novel that has a lot to say. I want to read it again to further explore the symbolism in the story.
Finished reading: Mina’s Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa πA gentle novel that has a lot to say. I want to read it again to further explore the symbolism in the story.
Finished reading: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar πSuch an interesting dystopian sci-fi novel. The Haves and the Have-nots portrayed in a brutal, thought-provoking way. I also liked The White Mosque by this author, a completely different book about Mennonites in E. Europe.
Currently reading: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree π
Currently reading: World Without Us by Alan Weisman π
Currently reading: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar π
Currently reading: The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer π
Currently reading: Small Town, Big Oil by David W. Moore π
Currently reading: The Postcard by Anne Berest π
Finished reading: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami πI’m not sure what this novel was about. Sometimes I thought it was about the act of writing a novel. But still worth reading, even though it confused me.
Currently reading: Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane πIn my current theme of legal rights for non-human entities, note that this includes rereading The Wizard of Earthsea.
Hotel win: figured how to turn off the air conditioning AND open a window.
Currently reading: Abundance by Ezra Klein π
Currently reading: Burger’s Daughter by Nadine Gordimer π
Nice article about one of my favorite hobbies: www.knkx.org/arts-cult…
Finished reading: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak πI enjoyed this novel, though the subject matter is war and generational trauma.
Currently reading: Mina’s Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa π
Finished reading: Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a More-than-Human World by Brandon Keim πinteresting and thought-provoking. Considering animal consciousness and agency.
Finished reading: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa πBeautiful little novel, a meditation on kindness, class (in many of this word’s meanings), mathematics, and found family.
Currently reading: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak π
Currently reading: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa π
Currently reading: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami πEven the first chapters are wonderful. What do I mean when I say “you.” What do you mean when you say “I.” And other meditations on thinking and writing.
Finished reading: Electrify by Saul Griffith πHey, we can electrify everything. And the net use of energy in the US would be halved.
Finished reading: Small Things Like These (Oprah’s Book Club) by Claire Keegan πNice little novel, a little heavy-handed in its message but still worth reading.
Currently reading: Electrify by Saul Griffith π
Currently reading: Small Things Like These (Oprah’s Book Club) by Claire Keegan π