Notes from the margins of what I read
Short reviews written within a week of finishing a book, plus the occasional list. Fiction, essays, and more science writing than planned.
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Popular science that respects the reader
The good ones explain the uncertainty instead of hiding it.
A novel told in letters, reconsidered
The epistolary form still works when the letters are allowed to be dull sometimes.
Reading in two languages
Alternating chapters between an original and a translation taught me more than either alone.
Library hold lists as a reading plan
Letting the library decide when a book arrives removes a surprising amount of indecision.