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Erik

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Web developer, traveler, reader, cat dad, electric car lover, and Chicago resident. 📚🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈

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Erik

@es06x.com

Hot take: I don’t love a novel written in excerpts, transcripts or newspaper clippings. I’m currently reading “Murder in the Family” by Cara Hunter and I cannot keep focus.
#booksky #reading

October 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Erik

@es06x.com

Currently reading Evenings and Weekends by Osín McKenna. Loving this great summer read.

August 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM

Erik

@es06x.com

Quick Review: As someone at an HFT firm, Flash Boys threw me into the electric early days of speed trading. Lewis unpacks how microseconds became millions, the secrecy and tech wizardry behind it all. Still thrilling and eye-opening years later. #booksky #currentlyreading

May 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM

Erik

@es06x.com

Currently wrapped up in Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano - lush, emotional, and beautifully written. Perfect hammock read. Loving how the story unfolds in my home city of Chicago.

#CurrentlyReading #HelloBeautiful #AnnNapolitano #OprahsBookClub #FictionLovers #Bookworm #HammockReads #Booksky

A person relaxing in a hammock holding a copy of the book “Hello Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano. The book cover is colorful and features an abstract painted portrait of a woman’s face. Stickers on the cover note it’s a New York Times Bestseller and an Oprah’s Book Club 2023 selection. A blurred tropical background with blue sky and greenery is visible in the distance.

April 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM

Erik

@es06x.com

Currently reading, “All the colors of the dark,” by Chris Whittaker with my fuzzy little friend. 🐾
#booksky #blackcat #currentlyreading

March 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM

Erik

@es06x.com

Currently making my way through The Topeka School by Ben Lerner. It’s a bit of a slog at times, but there’s something intriguing about its writing style, debate, and cultural critique. Not the easiest read, but I’m sticking with it.

#NowReading #BookSky #LitFic #BenLerner #TheTopekaSchool

A paperback copy of The Topeka School by Ben Lerner resting on a wooden surface. The cover features a dark stormy sky over a road, with a tornado or dust cloud forming in the distance. The book is labeled as a Pulitzer Prize finalist and one of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year. A brown bookmark peeks out from the top of the book.

March 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM

Erik

@es06x.com

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the most handsome cat of them all?

#blackcat #cat #catpics

March 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM

Erik

@es06x.com

I’m, so far, reading more this year but taking less book pics. I guess my booksky/bookstagram/bookthreads career is over 🤣

Here is what I’m currently reading.

“The mystery guest” by Nita Prose