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Yume Kitasei's _The Deep Sky_ is a YA-focused, welcome addition to the "generation ship" genre. Unsure what that is? Check out the short review ...
mankinlevine.com/2025/11/read...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Yume Kitasei's _The Deep Sky_ is a YA-focused, welcome addition to the "generation ship" genre. Unsure what that is? Check out the short review ...
mankinlevine.com/2025/11/read...
#BookSky
#ReadingWell
mankinlevine.com/2025/11/read...
#BookSky
#ReadingWell
Hannah Kaner's _Fallen Gods_ trilogy was one of my favorite series of the past few years. Fast paced, great characters, creative and broad representation. Recommended.
mankinlevine.com/2025/11/read...
#ReadingWell #Booksky
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December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Hannah Kaner's _Fallen Gods_ trilogy was one of my favorite series of the past few years. Fast paced, great characters, creative and broad representation. Recommended.
mankinlevine.com/2025/11/read...
#ReadingWell #Booksky
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#ReadingWell #Booksky
If you have strong wrists, pick up these tomes: _The Priory of the Orange Tree_ and _A Day of Fallen Night_ by Samantha Shannon.
Short review at mankinlevine.com/2025/10/read...
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#Booksky
Short review at mankinlevine.com/2025/10/read...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you have strong wrists, pick up these tomes: _The Priory of the Orange Tree_ and _A Day of Fallen Night_ by Samantha Shannon.
Short review at mankinlevine.com/2025/10/read...
#ReadingWell
#Booksky
Short review at mankinlevine.com/2025/10/read...
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Another #ReadingWell!
This time, it's Peter Heller's _Celine_, which is both classic Heller and very different.
mankinlevine.com/2025/10/read...
I love me some Heller--his connection with nature, his fundamental commitment to examining questions of personal responsibility. Recommended.
#BookSky
This time, it's Peter Heller's _Celine_, which is both classic Heller and very different.
mankinlevine.com/2025/10/read...
I love me some Heller--his connection with nature, his fundamental commitment to examining questions of personal responsibility. Recommended.
#BookSky
October 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Another #ReadingWell!
This time, it's Peter Heller's _Celine_, which is both classic Heller and very different.
mankinlevine.com/2025/10/read...
I love me some Heller--his connection with nature, his fundamental commitment to examining questions of personal responsibility. Recommended.
#BookSky
This time, it's Peter Heller's _Celine_, which is both classic Heller and very different.
mankinlevine.com/2025/10/read...
I love me some Heller--his connection with nature, his fundamental commitment to examining questions of personal responsibility. Recommended.
#BookSky
It's another entry in #Listen/Here, my foray into writing about some of what I'm listening to.
Today it's trumpeter Peter Evans' trio album, _Extra_. Evans is magnificent, and worth listening to across his various projects.
mankinlevine.com/2025/09/list...
Today it's trumpeter Peter Evans' trio album, _Extra_. Evans is magnificent, and worth listening to across his various projects.
mankinlevine.com/2025/09/list...
October 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's another entry in #Listen/Here, my foray into writing about some of what I'm listening to.
Today it's trumpeter Peter Evans' trio album, _Extra_. Evans is magnificent, and worth listening to across his various projects.
mankinlevine.com/2025/09/list...
Today it's trumpeter Peter Evans' trio album, _Extra_. Evans is magnificent, and worth listening to across his various projects.
mankinlevine.com/2025/09/list...
A return to #ReadingWell by Teju Cole, this time for his 2023 novel, _Tremor_. If you are a fan of "novels of the mind," Cole is among the best out there right now.
mankinlevine.com/2025/09/read...
#BookSky
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September 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A return to #ReadingWell by Teju Cole, this time for his 2023 novel, _Tremor_. If you are a fan of "novels of the mind," Cole is among the best out there right now.
mankinlevine.com/2025/09/read...
#BookSky
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This #ReadingWell is about Jeff Vandermeer's _Absolution_. It's a pretty easy review: if you liked the original Southern Reach trilogy, you'll like this (and, honestly, have probably already read it).
mankinlevine.com/2025/08/read...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This #ReadingWell is about Jeff Vandermeer's _Absolution_. It's a pretty easy review: if you liked the original Southern Reach trilogy, you'll like this (and, honestly, have probably already read it).
mankinlevine.com/2025/08/read...
#BookSky
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#BookSky
Another #ReadingWell at mankinlevine.com/2025/08/read...
This one is my favorite sci-fi noir in years? Decades? If you like the genre, and want a taut, extraordinarily well realized, hard-boiled read, go get this. Now. Better news: another novel in the same world drops this Fall.
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This one is my favorite sci-fi noir in years? Decades? If you like the genre, and want a taut, extraordinarily well realized, hard-boiled read, go get this. Now. Better news: another novel in the same world drops this Fall.
#BookSky
August 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Another #ReadingWell at mankinlevine.com/2025/08/read...
This one is my favorite sci-fi noir in years? Decades? If you like the genre, and want a taut, extraordinarily well realized, hard-boiled read, go get this. Now. Better news: another novel in the same world drops this Fall.
#BookSky
This one is my favorite sci-fi noir in years? Decades? If you like the genre, and want a taut, extraordinarily well realized, hard-boiled read, go get this. Now. Better news: another novel in the same world drops this Fall.
#BookSky
One of the more literary addiction recovery narratives you'll ever read: _White Out_ by Michael Clune is the latest #ReadingWell.
mankinlevine.com/2025/07/read...
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August 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
One of the more literary addiction recovery narratives you'll ever read: _White Out_ by Michael Clune is the latest #ReadingWell.
mankinlevine.com/2025/07/read...
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New #ReadingWell: _The Angel of Crows_ by Katherine Addison. mankinlevine.com/2025/07/read... .
I'm a big fan of her mix of fantasy and traditional mystery with a spot of tea. Did not have a winged Sherlock Holmes solving Jack the Ripper on my card, but here we are. Strongly recommended.
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I'm a big fan of her mix of fantasy and traditional mystery with a spot of tea. Did not have a winged Sherlock Holmes solving Jack the Ripper on my card, but here we are. Strongly recommended.
#Booksky
July 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New #ReadingWell: _The Angel of Crows_ by Katherine Addison. mankinlevine.com/2025/07/read... .
I'm a big fan of her mix of fantasy and traditional mystery with a spot of tea. Did not have a winged Sherlock Holmes solving Jack the Ripper on my card, but here we are. Strongly recommended.
#Booksky
I'm a big fan of her mix of fantasy and traditional mystery with a spot of tea. Did not have a winged Sherlock Holmes solving Jack the Ripper on my card, but here we are. Strongly recommended.
#Booksky
Second installment of #Listen/Here, this one focused on Nik Bärtsch's Ronin's 2024 release, Spin. It's a bit of an IYKYK listen: if you like Bärtsch's notions of _moduls_, you'll love the jazz-adjacent, trance-adjacent grooves and explorations here. Recommended.
mankinlevine.com/2025/07/list...
mankinlevine.com/2025/07/list...
July 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Second installment of #Listen/Here, this one focused on Nik Bärtsch's Ronin's 2024 release, Spin. It's a bit of an IYKYK listen: if you like Bärtsch's notions of _moduls_, you'll love the jazz-adjacent, trance-adjacent grooves and explorations here. Recommended.
mankinlevine.com/2025/07/list...
mankinlevine.com/2025/07/list...
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June 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Another #ReadingWell. This one was a pleasant surprise--I almost gave up on _Some Desperate Glory_ by Emily Tesh, but I'm very glad I did not. Especially recommended for time travel afficionados.
mankinlevine.com/2025/06/read...
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June 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Another #ReadingWell. This one was a pleasant surprise--I almost gave up on _Some Desperate Glory_ by Emily Tesh, but I'm very glad I did not. Especially recommended for time travel afficionados.
mankinlevine.com/2025/06/read...
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A new thing for the half dozen of you following!
#Listen/Here tries to adopt the same form as #ReadingWell for music that wanders across my playlist. I'm picking albums at random, and first up we have Bugge Wesseltoft's _Am Are_.
mankinlevine.com/2025/06/list...
#Listen/Here tries to adopt the same form as #ReadingWell for music that wanders across my playlist. I'm picking albums at random, and first up we have Bugge Wesseltoft's _Am Are_.
mankinlevine.com/2025/06/list...
June 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A new thing for the half dozen of you following!
#Listen/Here tries to adopt the same form as #ReadingWell for music that wanders across my playlist. I'm picking albums at random, and first up we have Bugge Wesseltoft's _Am Are_.
mankinlevine.com/2025/06/list...
#Listen/Here tries to adopt the same form as #ReadingWell for music that wanders across my playlist. I'm picking albums at random, and first up we have Bugge Wesseltoft's _Am Are_.
mankinlevine.com/2025/06/list...
Another #ReadingWell!
If the combination of Oxford University, silver-powered magic, and linguistics sounds like the perfect combo, do I have a book for you. Short review of RF Kuang's _Babel_ here:
mankinlevine.com/2025/06/read...
If the combination of Oxford University, silver-powered magic, and linguistics sounds like the perfect combo, do I have a book for you. Short review of RF Kuang's _Babel_ here:
mankinlevine.com/2025/06/read...
June 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Another #ReadingWell!
If the combination of Oxford University, silver-powered magic, and linguistics sounds like the perfect combo, do I have a book for you. Short review of RF Kuang's _Babel_ here:
mankinlevine.com/2025/06/read...
If the combination of Oxford University, silver-powered magic, and linguistics sounds like the perfect combo, do I have a book for you. Short review of RF Kuang's _Babel_ here:
mankinlevine.com/2025/06/read...
Another #ReadingWell, this time a Nobel Prize winner. All three volume's of Naguib Mahfouz' _Cairo Trilogy_ were published in the 1950s. The trilogy spans 3 generations of life in Cairo, providing an eye-opening look at the emergent nation.
mankinlevine.com/2025/05/read...
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May 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Another #ReadingWell, this time a Nobel Prize winner. All three volume's of Naguib Mahfouz' _Cairo Trilogy_ were published in the 1950s. The trilogy spans 3 generations of life in Cairo, providing an eye-opening look at the emergent nation.
mankinlevine.com/2025/05/read...
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Another Reading Well! Today it's _Blue in Green_ by Wesley Brown. It's a lovely novella on a very eventful night in the life of Miles Davis. Highly recommended, especially for jazz heads.
mankinlevine.com/2025/04/read...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Another Reading Well! Today it's _Blue in Green_ by Wesley Brown. It's a lovely novella on a very eventful night in the life of Miles Davis. Highly recommended, especially for jazz heads.
mankinlevine.com/2025/04/read...
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This Reading Well is all about the gamble and the Barthelme brothers. mankinlevine.com/2025/04/read... reviews Bob the Gambler and Double Down, with a strong preference for the former.
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April 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This Reading Well is all about the gamble and the Barthelme brothers. mankinlevine.com/2025/04/read... reviews Bob the Gambler and Double Down, with a strong preference for the former.
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I mean, who am I to write about the amazing Zadie Smith? But here's a short review of _The Fraud_, which I liked a lot.
mankinlevine.com/2025/03/read...
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March 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I mean, who am I to write about the amazing Zadie Smith? But here's a short review of _The Fraud_, which I liked a lot.
mankinlevine.com/2025/03/read...
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Another short review! This one of the raucous, bloody, stunningly entertaining #Bloodsworn Trilogy by John Gwynne. mankinlevine.com/2025/03/read... . A long read for sure, but a good one.
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March 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Another short review! This one of the raucous, bloody, stunningly entertaining #Bloodsworn Trilogy by John Gwynne. mankinlevine.com/2025/03/read... . A long read for sure, but a good one.
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Another #ReadingWell! Mini review of SL Huang's _The Water Outlaws_ at mankinlevine.com/2025/03/read... .
March 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Another #ReadingWell! Mini review of SL Huang's _The Water Outlaws_ at mankinlevine.com/2025/03/read... .
I really enjoyed this one. If you're looking for a lovely, well-paced and emotionally compelling alternative history YA fantasy novel, including a diversity of representation, try Moniquill Blackgoose's _To Shape A Dragon's Breath_. Short review at mankinlevine.com/2025/02/read... .
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February 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I really enjoyed this one. If you're looking for a lovely, well-paced and emotionally compelling alternative history YA fantasy novel, including a diversity of representation, try Moniquill Blackgoose's _To Shape A Dragon's Breath_. Short review at mankinlevine.com/2025/02/read... .
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Another mini-review, this one of hannah baer's _Trans Girl Suicide Museum_.
mankinlevine.com/2025/02/read...
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February 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Another mini-review, this one of hannah baer's _Trans Girl Suicide Museum_.
mankinlevine.com/2025/02/read...
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Another #ReadingWell ! Want your fantasy novel to feel like a BBC Mystery, complete with tea and overly repressed emotions? Do I have a series for you: Katherine Addison's _The Witness for the Dead_ and _The Grief of Stones_.
Highly recommended; mini-review at mankinlevine.com/2025/01/the-...
Highly recommended; mini-review at mankinlevine.com/2025/01/the-...
January 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Another #ReadingWell ! Want your fantasy novel to feel like a BBC Mystery, complete with tea and overly repressed emotions? Do I have a series for you: Katherine Addison's _The Witness for the Dead_ and _The Grief of Stones_.
Highly recommended; mini-review at mankinlevine.com/2025/01/the-...
Highly recommended; mini-review at mankinlevine.com/2025/01/the-...