sophist_monster started reading Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #1)
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature …
Re-reading the trilogy in eager anticipation of book four.
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sophist_monster rated 1Q84: 5 stars
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion …
sophist_monster finished reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows …
Impossibly stunning.
sophist_monster started reading Dune: Dune #1 by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles, #1)
La mayor epopeya de todos los tiempos, en nueva edición con la traducción corregida en …
re-reading (again) post Dune 2
sophist_monster started reading The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London-and a brilliant exploration …
Rereading after a long time to prep for a writing/research class I’m teaching for our prison program.
sophist_monster reviewed A rhetoric of pleasure by T. R. Johnson (CrossCurrents)
Teaching with style.
5 stars
An amazing book that I should have read 20-years ago! Changing a lot about my teaching because of it.
sophist_monster rated A rhetoric of pleasure: 5 stars
A rhetoric of pleasure by T. R. Johnson (CrossCurrents)
sophist_monster finished reading A rhetoric of pleasure by T. R. Johnson (CrossCurrents)
An amazing book that I should have read 20-years ago! Changing a lot about my teaching because of it.
sophist_monster rated House of X/Powers of X: 5 stars
sophist_monster rated Closet, Volume 1: 5 stars
sophist_monster finished reading Closet, Volume 1 by James Tynion IV
This one packed a punch. I breathless portrayal of the trauma generated by parental narcissism. Never have a felt such disdain for a protagonist.
sophist_monster rated Sky Vault: 3 stars
sophist_monster rated Gateway City Vol. 1: 4 stars
Gateway City Vol. 1 by Mark Russell
Set against the backdrop of Prohibition America, private investigator, "Lundy" Lundqvist, is on the trail of Johnny Russo, mob boss, …
sophist_monster rated The elements of eloquence: 4 stars
The elements of eloquence by Mark Forsyth
From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth …
