Reading
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What I read in February 2022
I’m back after a short break from reviewing! In February I checked out Issue 1 of Archive of the Odd. The magazine presents itself as an archive of found documents, and all the stories within are some form of realistic artifact, be that notes on a PhD dissertation, text logs, NDAS, forums, or scientific reports…
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What I read in June 2021
I was sent a book by a friend this month (a great recommend on his part), and also read through the first issue of Black Cat Magazine.
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What I read in May 2021
A little late because I had a holiday on the 31st, and we all deserve rest. In May I read a fantastic novella, and several short stories of a mournful, and sometimes bitterly triumphant, nature.
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What I read in March 2021
March was a month for dinosaurs. I read two books about fossil law (and what could be described as heists, depending on who you believe), re-read a childhood favorite, and read a book I never got around to in childhood. I also read some museum-based poetry, a short story about growing pains as a young…
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What I read in November 2020
A little late because I was sick (with a regular cold), but oh well! It gave me time to lay in bed and finish some reading.
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What I read in September 2020
I was worried I wouldn’t have anything to write about this month. For some reason I thought I hadn’t read a lot this month. But I did, I read a whole lot! So here’s my thoughts on what I read in September, a wonderful assortment of books, webcomics, short stories, and a dissertation, for fun.
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What I read in August 2020
All the books I read this month in some way touched on the formation and tensions of the United States, and the way people travel through it physically. This was partially on purpose, as I decided to read Twenty Thousand Roads: Women, Movement and The West this month in the hopes that it would in…
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What I read in July 2020
Books: The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium by Bernd Brunner, which is what the title says. This one’s a weird recommend for me. This book is a fun, breezy read, while being super informative, highlighting the development of the aquarium from at-home scientific observations to the educational institution of the Aquarium,…
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What I read in June 2020
I read two books this month, Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires and The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany.