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Final note for Watership Down, by Richard Adams, “Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it.”

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January 29, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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Gearing up for The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 2 by Martha Wells. I really liked Vol. 1 so this should be a treat.

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January 29, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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Swimming into Playground, by Richard Powers. I don’t know a lot about this one, so fingers crossed!

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January 27, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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Hopping into a comforting re-read of a favorite classic, Watership Down, by Richard Adams.

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January 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Final note for The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1 by Martha Wells, “As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.”

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January 24, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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Launching Vol. 1 of The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. Looking forward to some sci-fi levity!

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January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Final note on The Southern Bookclub’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix, “I am not sure what the appropriate gesture is to make toward the family of the woman who bit off your ear, but if you felt absolutely compelled, I certainly wouldn’t take food.”

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January 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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Moving on to a re-read of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. This was a high school assigned reading, and it’s always good to return to these and re-experience them with a fully formed pre-frontal cortex.

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January 7, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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Final note on The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe, “For a test pilot the right stuff in the prayer department was not ‘Please, God, don’t let me blow up.’ No, the supplication at such a moment was ‘Please, dear God, don’t let me fuck up.’”

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January 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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Sinking my teeth into The Southern Book Club’s Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. This author’s a recommendation so I’m expecting good things.

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January 5, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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Final note on Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller, “Ignorance is the most delightful science in the world because it is acquired without labor or pains and keeps the mind from melancholy.”

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January 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Casting off with Why Fish Don’t Exist, by Lulu Miller. Short and sweet to start the new year.

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January 2, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Final note on The Devils, by Joe Abercrombie, “Smile while you can, that's what I say. The world’ll kick you in the twat soon enough.”

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January 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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Blasting off to The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. Let’s learn about the space race!

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December 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Beginning The Devils, by Joe Abercrombie. I love the First Law series so I’m excited about this one.

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December 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Final note on Unruly, by David Mitchell, “It’s a tricky business appointing heroes from the past.”

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December 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Here we go with Unruly, by David Mitchell! This one will be an audio book to fully appreciate his voice and delivery.

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December 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Final note on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, “And there was nothing to do except to wait and to hurt.”

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November 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Next up is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon. Making progress through my used bookstore pile!

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November 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Final note on Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann, “It is a question in my mind whether this jury is considering a murder case or not. The question for them to decide is whether a white man killing an Osage is murder - or merely cruelty to animals.”

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November 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Kicking off Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann. Knocking one off of my latest used book store pile. I promised myself if I read the number of books I bought, I’d allow myself another shopping spree.

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November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Final note of Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurty, “He was a good boy, as gentle as the gray doves that came to peck for gravel on the flats behind the barn.”

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November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Final note of Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright, “The modern world may be making ancient wisdom more relevant than ever. We are evolutionarily primed for anxiety, craving, and dissatisfaction—and technology amplifies all three.”

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November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Moving into the modern classic Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry. Special guest appearance by my suncatcher crystal’s rainbow.

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October 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Final note of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, “The world might indeed be a cursed circle; the snake swallowed its tail and there could be no end, only an eternal ruination and endless devouring.”

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October 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM