The Reef: Book Five & Final Thoughts

The girl had been magnificent, and the only worthy return that Anna could make was to take Darrow from her without a question if she took him at all...

Sep 17 • 

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Summer and Ethan Frome: An Introduction

Reading Schedule, Major Themes, and Key Characters

Sep 1 • 

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August 2025

The Reef: Books Three & Four

“I feel as if I could trust my happiness to carry me; as if it had grown out of me like wings.” - Anna Leath

Aug 31 • 

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SITREP: Grief & Film

Grieving: The act of adapting to the fact that our loved one is gone, that we're carrying the absence of them with us

Aug 25 • 

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The Reef: Books One & Two

I wish I weren’t such an idiot about writing: all the words get frightened and scurry away when I try to catch them.

Aug 5 • 

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July 2025

SITREP: Jane Austen, AI, & Robot Noodles

Skilled noodle chefs can pull a single piece of dough into hundreds of noodles

Jul 22 • 

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Twilight Sleep: Discussion Post

Certainly, no amount of "mental deep-breathing" and all the other exercises in serenity; could combat the nervous apprehension produced by this…

Jul 5 • 

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The Reef: An Introduction

Reading Schedule, Major Themes, and Key Characters

Jul 1 • 

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June 2025

SITREP: I'm Officially Obsessed

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works. - Virginia Woolf

Jun 23 • 

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SITREP: Device Detoxes, Pilates, & Too Many Books

Pilates was initially designed as a rehabilitation method for soldiers during World War I

Jun 2 • 

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May 2025

The Custom of the Country: Chapters 37-46

“She had worn black for a few weeks-not quite mourning, but something decently regretful…”

May 19 • 

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SITREP: It's A Juicy One

Ballerinas dancing en pointe support three times their body weight on their big toes.

May 6 • 

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