Category: Books
The Shape of The Sentence Is Death (Literacy 2021: Book 5)
Thoughts on the second book in Anthony Horowitz’s self-referential murder mystery series (mild spoilers)
Bespoke Dissidence
An essay by Gregory Thompson intelligently and compassionately rejects the lie of far-right manufactured victimization.
I Don’t Think You’re Ready For This Player
How the book Ready Player Two could be a teachable moment for the internet.
The October Country
Ray Bradbury’s The October Country is something I should’ve read a long, long time ago.
Good Bones
Thoughts on pledging to be better, and giving up on the idea that people are basically good, which was kind of a lousy idea anyway.
The Word Is Murder, or, Write What You Know
Anthony Horowitz’s detective story “The Word Is Murder” is a page-turner, in both directions
Two Things I Love About Piranesi
Entry for the 7th day of the 10th month in the year everything was relentlessly awful
Ten Little Influencers
Thoughts about The Guest List by Lucy Foley, my constantly-changing opinions about snobbery, and the value of, well, trash
Paper Exhalation
A double book report for two tangentially-related books: Paper by Mark Kurlansky, and Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Museum of the Weird
Reading Rolly Crump’s book convinced me I’ve been wrong about Disney’s tension between originality and familiarity.
Magpie Murders
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz is a murder mystery nested within a murder mystery nested within a defense of murder mysteries as a literary genre
10% Chance of Soft Rains
Reading The Martian Chronicles in 2019 feels wonderfully transgressive and optimistic, and is the best example of Ray Bradbury’s genius that I’ve read so far.
