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  • TBR 05-07-2026

    TBR 05-07-2026

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    “Platform Decay” is the latest installment of a series of books from Martha Wells nicknamed “The Murderbot Diaries.” I read it in two days and enjoyed it, but then I enjoyed all the books in the series, although I enjoyed the earlier books more than the later ones, if I’m honest. The books chronicle Murderbot’s… Read.

  • TBR 4/9/2026

    TBR 4/9/2026

    Last week, my pile of books to be read (TBR) was down to just two. Today, it’s up to seven. At the top of my pile: Right now I’m powering my way through “Solaris” by Stanislaw Lem. I read this science fiction classic when I was in high school, didn’t understand it at all. The… Read.

  • to be determined

    to be determined

    I want to spend the morning sitting on the sofa with a book, nursing a big mug of very black, very strong coffee. It’s the perfect day for it, cold and rainy and windy. Going out to do almost anything today would be no fun at all. I can stay in, I can stretch out… Read.

  • One Ring

    One Ring

    I just finished my twice-in-a-lifetime re-read of The Lord of The Rings yesterday evening. Twice in a lifetime seems like enough. First time was in high school, so that was, what, about forty years ago? And so I didn’t remember many of the details. I remembered the names of the principle characters, and there was… Read.

  • books books books

    books books books

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    It took me a while, but I finally finished reading “Lord Jim” by Joseph Conrad. And when I say “it took me a while,” I mean it took me years. As in, decades. I’m pretty sure I tried to read it for the first time forty years ago after I read “Heart of Darkness.” Probably… Read.

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