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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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| It is the talent of Hemingway that this book feels deeply true. We meet Frederick Henry, an expat American serving as the lieutenant in charge of an ambulance unit in the Italian Army. He is stationed in a village, with the war seemingly far away, dr ...more | |
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| A coming of age novel set in the time that I came of age. Murakami (and his translator) has a gentle touch with words; even as the protagonist Toru Watanabe deals with the death of one friend, the madness and ultimate suicide of another, the seeming ...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 speculation that the ...more | |
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| I've often said that I don't know anyone who wants to relive their twenties, and this book graphically and painstakingly illlustates why. As it opens neither Sunny nor Sonia have learned how to trust themselves, how to just be a person without wearin ...more | |
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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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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