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Matthew Buck
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Happy 6th gotcha day to my girlfriend and the love of my life!
April 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A beautifully woven tale. Full of humanity and heart. Just such a lovely gem.

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Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, perhaps the most bestselli...
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February 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Melania?

Inauguration invitee Carrie Underwood killed as Fraulein Maria, but it seems the Donald only has eyes for a South African who looks like Rolf and has fathered more kids than Baron von Trapp. Will Frau Trump make him think before he cheats?

by Maureen Dowd
January 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Sometimes life don't be like that. But sometimes it do.
January 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Good book update (2/2)

In total withdrawal over this one. Stunning writing. Stuart has a mastery over the English language that is second to none. An ability to weave very human characters through very dark themes. What story telling should be.

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Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
A story of queer love and working-class families, Young Mungo is the brilliant second novel from ...
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January 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Been awhile since I've made a good book update (1/2)...

Rules of Civility.

Amor Towles will go down as a great American novelist. And Rules of Civility is the start of that Canon. Damn near as good as A Gentleman In Moscow (#HighPraise)

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Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
A sophisticated and entertaining debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon s...
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January 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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It is a relief to know that our ancestors were worriers — awake in the darkness with crowded minds. Their worry is why we’re here.
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:

Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity
January 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Little gem of a novel, here. Somehow equal parts devastating and hopeful. 10/10.

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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the...
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December 29, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Lovely little novel, here. Was a much needed diversion.
November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM