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Finished reading Souvankham Thammavongsa’s “How To Pronounce Knife: Stories.”
https://amzn.to/3UlKfEU
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Man, this was an impressive, and enlightening, collection of #ShortStories . Need to check out her #poetry next. #books #reading #ShortStory

01:50 AM - May 06, 2024

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Finished reading Noelle Kocot's "Phantom Pains Of Madness: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3OzJHsI
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Interesting stuff, even if the structure — one word per line — did start to wear thin at the end. #books #reading #poems #poetry

01:04 AM - May 06, 2024

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Are we sure he didn't say "gazpacho"?

11:15 PM - May 04, 2024

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Started reading Christopher Ruocchio's "Disquiet Gods: The Sun Eater, Book Six."
https://amzn.to/3J3DIJK
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Always excited when I get to dig into another installment of this epic #ScienceFiction #SpaceFantasy series. #Books #Reading #SciFi

03:03 AM - May 03, 2024

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Started reading Noelle Kocot's "Phantom Pains Of Madness: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3OzJHsI
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Not sure if the "one word per line" approach will still be working for me at the end when I get to the end of this book, but it is, and well, for the first 28, so... #books #reading #poems #poetry

01:25 AM - May 03, 2024

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So on the fence about the #Challengers soundtrack. Some of it is great Reznor / Ross mood music, but then there's the sounds of tennis balls or amped up techno...
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02:35 PM - May 02, 2024

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Read Linnea Axelsson's epic poem "Ædnan: An Epic" tonight.
https://amzn.to/3VW2naA
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Sprawling in scope and timing, but also deeply personal. Good stuff. #books #reading #poems #poetry #EpicPoetry

03:14 AM - May 02, 2024

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Finished reading Michael Dickman's "Pacific Power & Light: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3vl6RwO
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The last batch of his impressionistic #poems paired very well with me sitting in the sun outside an L.A. taco joint. #books #reading #poetry

03:30 PM - May 01, 2024

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Read Neil LaBute's play "Reasons To Be Pretty" tonight.
https://amzn.to/3WmB21D
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Just brutal. Even more than I expected from this guy. But that just made it a great read. #books #Reading

02:26 AM - May 01, 2024

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Read tayi Tibble's "Rangikura: Poems" today.
https://amzn.to/4di4FY3
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Tore through this excellent and expressive collection. Especially loved the epic poem at the center. #books #reading #poems #poetry

11:06 PM - Apr 30, 2024 (Edited)

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Started reading Souvankham Thammavongsa’s “How To Pronounce Knife: Stories.”
https://amzn.to/3UlKfEU
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Liked the first and third stories so far. #books #reading #ShortStory #ShortStories

11:41 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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Finished reading Kelly Gay's "Halo: Epitaph."
https://amzn.to/42Ti7Ng
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While I prefer “Halo” novels about human characters (and one in particular), this story of the Didact was interesting. #Books #Reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SciFiBooks #SpaceOpera #MilitarySciFi #VideoGames

10:51 PM - Apr 26, 2024

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Read Malka Older's "The Imposition Of Unnecessary Obstacles" today.
https://amzn.to/3Ii3pWG
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Was as smart and engaging as the previous installment in what I hope is a continuing #noir #SciFi #mystery series. #books #reading #ScienceFiction

01:39 AM - Apr 23, 2024

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Started reading Peter Reading’s “Collected Poems I: 1970-1984.”
https://amzn.to/3xR4kLF
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So far, he seems like someone whose best #poems are his least poetic, which is some of them. #books #reading #poetry

01:33 AM - Apr 23, 2024

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Finished reading John Jackson Miller's "Star Wars: The Living Force."
https://amzn.to/4cZmJpu
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Not my favorite #StarWars book, but it was reasonably entertaining. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceFantasy

02:28 AM - Apr 22, 2024

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Started reading Michael Dickman's "Pacific Power & Light: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3vl6RwO
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Kind of reads like poetic impressionistic paintings of ordinary scenes. #books #reading #poems #poetry

07:23 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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Started reading John Jackson Miller's "Star Wars: The Living Force."
https://amzn.to/4cZmJpu
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Always interested in stories from the prequel era (or, in this case, slightly before it). #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceFantasy

03:02 AM - Apr 19, 2024

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Started reading "The Collected Poems Of Audre Lorde."
https://amzn.to/3vnAqha
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A strong start to this sprawling collection. #books #reading #poems #poetry

01:29 AM - Apr 17, 2024

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Finished reading Rahul Mehta's "Feeding The Ghosts: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3PwaLtF
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This was quite exceptional, especially the narrative and more personal #poems . I look forward to reading their next book of #poetry . #books #reading

03:48 AM - Apr 16, 2024

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Started reading Marisa Wolf's "Beyond Enemies."
https://amzn.to/49myTGw
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Is shaping up to be an inventive, and unexpected, #MilitarySciFi story. #Books #Reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

04:06 AM - Apr 15, 2024

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Started reading Dean Koontz's "The Bad Weather Friend."
https://amzn.to/47FRkEG
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Well, this is pretty interesting so far (though I suspect it's about to get...weird). #Books #Reading #fantasy

03:02 AM - Apr 12, 2024

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Finished reading Tim Waggoner's "Alien: Prototype."
https://amzn.to/49wV11E
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Okay, this one got super good when...uh...something happened to the Xenomorph. Cough cough. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

01:55 AM - Apr 12, 2024

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Started reading Rahul Mehta's "Feeding The Ghosts: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3PwaLtF
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Oh, this is super good. Especially the more personal / narrative #poems . #books #reading #poetry

04:02 PM - Apr 10, 2024

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Started reading Tim Waggoner's "Alien: Prototype."
https://amzn.to/49wV11E
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Seems like more a companion to "Alien: Isolation" than a sequel, but it's still pretty interesting so far. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

02:53 AM - Apr 10, 2024

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Finished reading Sarah Ghazal Ali's "Theophanies: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3INGEtN
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Really good, especially the more obviously personal ones. #books #reading #poems #poetry

01:13 AM - Apr 10, 2024

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Finished reading Keith R.A. DeCandido's "Alien: Isolation."
https://amzn.to/46fyzr0
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Like the game, this was engaging, unnerving, but also rather fun. Now for the sequel. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

02:41 AM - Apr 09, 2024

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Started reading the #ShortStory anthology "The Reinvented Detective."
https://amzn.to/3ISewWC
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Really dug C.C. Finley's policing for profit story; excited to dig into the rest. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

01:36 AM - Apr 08, 2024

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Started reading Keith R.A. DeCandido's "Alien: Isolation."
https://amzn.to/46fyzr0
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So far, this is as engaging as the game it's based on (and expands upon). #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

03:58 AM - Apr 07, 2024 (Edited)

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Finished reading Jason Pargin's "Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick."
https://amzn.to/3v6KFWS
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Was as weird and nutty and ribald and damn fun as the first one. Glad there's still one more. #Books #Reading

02:29 AM - Apr 07, 2024

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Started reading Sarah Ghazal Ali's "Theophanies: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3INGEtN
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Rather interesting so far, especially the (relatively) longer ones. #books #reading #poems #poetry

01:18 AM - Apr 07, 2024

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