Reading Notes 3

Dear Living Dark reader,

This is the third entry in Reading Notes, the ongoing series of posts in which I track what I’m presently reading, researching, studying, and textually imbibing and enjoying—books, articles, essays, stories—by paraphrasing and labeling core points, quoting especially striking passages, and noting down my brief thoughts, reactions, and reflections. As before, and as always, I will repeat my original preamble to the first entry:

I have always taken notes on my reading. One o...