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Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
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Stenosis Update
So its been 9 months since my stenosis produced the painful and disabling symptoms I shared earlier. I’m pleased to report that I am mostly back to normal, other than being measurably weaker than I was in January. This remarkable
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| In an era where barely relevant detail takes a lot of books down a path of excess, Seascraper is both beautifully and efficiently written. There is not a word that is out of place, or unnecessary, in ths spare but directed telling of a pivotal few da ...more | |
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| What makes a life significant? How does one grapple with traumatic memories? When does the preservation of these memories become a barrier to a truer life? This book contrasts the life of immigrant William Landsmann with that of his granddaughter's f ...more | |
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| A beautfully written, deeply evocative and passionate novel of life in rural Ireland in the 1950's, as things returned to normal after the war and before the coming of electricity. Written from the POV of an old man remembering his coming of age, the ...more | |
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| I have always critiqued KSR's writing as brilliant on facts and speculations and light on storytelling and character development. That holds true in this one, although the topic is of such a sweep and incorporates so much timely specualtion that the ...more | |
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| This book of seven linked stories explores male identity in a traditional context. Being old, I recognize the men in these stories failing at an identity stemming from the patriarchal expectations of Western culture even as a more modern interpretati ...more | |
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| There is a strong desire in a work like this to try and seek order in the chaos, but part of the point here is that the inner chaos of the characters is drivng the form. What is the inner life of a man? How does Adam reconcile the pressures of his li ...more | |
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| These two guys met when Paul was 15 and John was 17. Over the next 15 years they changed pop music forever. Each chapter of this book bears a song title, and song by song Ian Leslie traces this historic musical evolution. On the way, through theur be ...more | |
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The newly added book: Between Misery and the Sun, needs a spelling correction in the title and the description. Thank yo fro correctig this error.
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Jewish Book Club
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— last activity Mar 02, 2026 07:53AM
For those who share an interest in reading and discussing Jewish books of all sorts. The basic requirement for the books is that they have a Jewish th ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Book Club
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— last activity Jan 06, 2017 05:19PM
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's list of bike & livable streets books. As part of Bike Month in May, we're meeting up on Thu, May 29 to share t ...more
