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THE NEW FATHER: A DAD'S GUIDE TO THE TODDLER YEARS, 12-36 MONTHS by Armin A. Brott ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Each time I finish one of these Dad books, I can’t believe how fast the time has gone.
Nov 24, 20252 min read


THE LOOKING GLASS WAR (George Smiley #4) by John Le Carré ⭐⭐⭐
I like to think some reads are just bad timing. For whatever reason, this book was one of those.
Nov 23, 20252 min read


HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LISTEN: A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO LIFE WITH CHILDREN AGES 2-7 by Joanna Faber and Julie King ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I love my kid dearly, but sometimes I want to scream back. That’s not allowed, so here we are reading this book.
Aug 22, 20252 min read


THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, 2018 by N.K. Jemison (editor) John Joseph Adams (series editor) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Everyone should be reading short fiction. It’s good and good for you. Case closed.
Aug 7, 20257 min read


COMMENDABLE DELUSIONS: TALES OF MEANING AND IMAGINATION by A.T. French ⭐⭐⭐⭐
A head-swimmy dive into a dream.
May 30, 20253 min read




JAMES by Percival Everett ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I don’t think I’ve read a clearer book in message and execution before.
Mar 22, 20252 min read


THE WAGER: A TALE OF SHIPWRECK, MUTINY AND MURDER by David Grann ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A painstakingly researched marvel, Grann uncovers another long lost piece of history.
Jan 29, 20252 min read


LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’m not sure how I made it though this beautifully strange book without sobbing, but I did.
Jan 23, 20252 min read


THE MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley ⭐⭐⭐⭐
A welcome addition to the time travel catalogue of love (and insanely attractive book covers).
Jan 11, 20252 min read


CRIBSHEET by Emily Oster ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Math has a funny of generally being right, and in this case, comforting.
Jan 2, 20252 min read


REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Grief is a go-to emotion for a reason.
Oct 19, 20242 min read


CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The best parts reflect our own reality, the constant footnotes reminding you this isn’t all that far across the fiction/nonfiction line.
Feb 15, 20242 min read


DARK MATTER by Blake Crouch ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
It makes you want to hold someone close, to not take anything for granted. And that’s exactly the kind of stories I like.
Jan 6, 20243 min read


THE SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I enjoy a nice love story when the mood is right, but this was one for the ages.
Dec 27, 20232 min read


THE NEW FATHER: A DAD'S GUIDE TO THE FIRST YEAR by Armin A. Brott ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
It was a staple in my day-to-day in those early months, and a reliable check-in the whole way through.
Dec 27, 20232 min read


THE INVENTION OF NATURE: ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT'S NEW WORLD by Andrea Wulf ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
History can be mind-blowing, and I was mind-blown reading this book.
Aug 5, 20233 min read


TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
As it’s said somewhere in the book, you can tell a lot about a person by the games they like to play.
Mar 3, 20232 min read


52+2 Deck Draw #5: THE NEW JIM CROW: MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF COLORBLINDNESS by Michelle Alexander ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“It has been an astonishing decade. Everything and nothing has changed.”
Feb 6, 20232 min read


UPGRADE by Blake Crouch ⭐⭐⭐
Regardless of the outcome, there’s no author I get more excited for.
Jan 30, 20232 min read
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