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ranjit started reading Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …
ranjit wants to read The Care of Things by Jérôme Denis

The Care of Things by Jérôme Denis, David Pontille
What does a coffee machine, a car, road signs, a smartphone, a cathedral, a work of art, a satellite, a …
ranjit started reading Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer (duplicate)

Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer (duplicate)
The Renaissance is one of the most studied and celebrated eras of history. Spanning the end of the Middle Ages …
ranjit finished reading Ingrained by Callum Robinson
ranjit started reading Lote by Shola von Reinhold

Lote by Shola von Reinhold
Lush and frothy, incisive and witty, Shola von Reinhold’s decadent queer literary debut immerses readers in the pursuit of aesthetics …
ranjit finished reading A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. (St. Leibowitz, #1)
ranjit started reading Old in Art School by Nell Irvin Painter

Old in Art School by Nell Irvin Painter
Following her retirement from Princeton University, celebrated historian Dr. Nell Irvin Painter surprised everyone in her life by returning to …
ranjit finished reading The moon moth by Jack Vance
ranjit finished reading Suggested in the Stars by Yōko Tawada
ranjit reviewed The Expedition by Bea Uusma
Obsession & folly
4 stars
A strange and fun (and short!) recounting of the author’s obsession with a failed polar expedition a century before.
The ebook’s formatting makes parts of it very difficult to read on an epaper tablet - this is probably better on a regular screen or real paper.
ranjit finished reading The Expedition by Bea Uusma

The Expedition by Bea Uusma
11 July, 1897. Three men set out in a hydrogen balloon bound for the North Pole. They never return. Two …
ranjit started reading The Expedition by Bea Uusma

The Expedition by Bea Uusma
11 July, 1897. Three men set out in a hydrogen balloon bound for the North Pole. They never return. Two …
ranjit started reading The listening book by W. A. Mathieu

The listening book by W. A. Mathieu
The Listening Book is about rediscovering the power of listening as an instrument of self-discovery and personal transformation. By exploring …