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the leftovers

I never really enjoy reading a book after watching the show or movie, but since I liked the series so much, I figured I’d give this one a shot. In comparison to the show, the book just scratched the surface. The show really took the idea and ran with it. …

right thing, right now

We could use some of that right now–people doing the right thing. At this point, I’m not convinced we’ll ever get back to it. But, I digress. This was another book in Ryan Holliday’s The Stoic Virtues Series. I’ve read a couple so far, but this one is probably my …

recursion

Another one from Blake Crouch. It was in the same vein as the previous book I read by him, yet still different. I liked the other one slightly more, but I wonder if this one would have come out on top had I read it first. I guess we’ll never …

the testaments

This was Margaret Atwood’s follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale, and it takes place 15 years later. It follows the stories of three characters (Aunt Lydia, Agnes, and Daisy). There’s enough dystopia going on at the moment, so this wasn’t the best book to read. But the series is coming out …