Read in June 2026
This is the month where things got so slow at the office that I was able to treat reading like a full-time job for a week! Can you tell?? This is also the month where it really sunk in for…
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July 4, 2026
Read in April 2026
I spent most of this month reading slush. Expect something about that in like, half a year. My workload in fiscal year 2027 looks like it’s going to be normal??? I’m already able to take lunch breaks again?? I don’t…
May 1, 2026
Read in February 2026
Ignore that it’s basically April and I didn’t otherwise write a blurb for this. I am in three book clubs lately: A fantasy bookclub that a friend and I accidentally hijacked from a passive organizer, who seems quietly devastated to…
March 30, 2026
Favorite reads of 2025
I suspect this might be a short list. Or maybe it's that my memory is in shambles. Looking over what I read this year... Books Leech by Hiron Ennes was a fun, gothic, post-apocalyptic sci fi. The supporting characters were…
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January 2, 2026
Read in December 2025
Yay happy new year. I don’t like my brain chemistry lately. I have an anxiety disorder that means I do very well when kept desperately busy, but slide into malaise once the pressure lets up. On the plus side, I…
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January 2, 2026
Read in November 2025
Ughhhhhh sick. Just gonna post this without a “diary entry” preamble, or else it’ll never happen. Short Stories and Essays “Malfunctioning Sex Robot” by Patricia Lockwood A roast of John Updike that’s laugh-out-loud funny at times. It needed to be,…
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December 21, 2025
Read in October 2025
This is the month I read about 200 stories for the upcoming issue of Translunar Travelers Lounge. But I can’t talk about any of that yet. Short stories “Changeling” by William Alexander A robots-as-people story about mail fraud and theater…
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November 2, 2025
Read in August 2025
This month I decided fuck it: If I’ve read a nonfiction piece over a certain wordcount, it may go in the diary, depending on whether my left leg itches or Mars is in the fifth spleen. I’m on a nonfiction…
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September 7, 2025
Read in June 2025
I had a deadish day at the office this month, so I got to knock back about eight stories in a row. Yay! Otherwise, bluh. Summer vacation is a mistake. Them kids should be in school all year round. Two…
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July 5, 2025
Read in May 2025
I had just a tiny bit more free time this month than I usually do, but in fragments. This sucks. I miss the sense of peace that comes from the freedom of having spare hours to fill. I miss exploring,…
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June 2, 2025