Foundation by Isaac Asimov
a flat opening to a series I’ll persist with (but only because the books are so short)
a flat opening to a series I’ll persist with (but only because the books are so short)
a fun Soho picaresque leads scott manley hadley astray
sadness, cruelty, oppression, magical realism, and a writer in their mid-80s putting out possibly the best depiction of the millennial experience to date
some thoughts and questions raised by Wharton’s wintry non-wonderland
Janet Malcolm did it again one last time
right up the Archbishop’s ceiling
thoughts on a book read on a trip
progressive(ish) proto-modernism from 1880s South Africa
definitely not a recent reading highlight…









