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Stuff I Read: Sensation Machines by Adam Wilson
A Brooklyn couple in a bedbug-infested apartment finds their marriage suffering as their careers take inverse tracks. As they drift...

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 28, 20213 min read
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Stuff I Read: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
It’s the end of summer, 1983 in Malibu, California: time for the last days on the beach, the end of tourist season, the end of tourist...

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 27, 20213 min read
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Stuff I Read: The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
When an otherworldly entity endangers the awakening of the next great city—New York—the city chooses an avatar to defend it. But when...

Franklyn Thomas
Nov 28, 20214 min read
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Stuff I Read: Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
A newly divorced father experiences a new life in New York’s Upper West Side via dating apps. But when his ex-wife disappears, leaving...

Franklyn Thomas
Nov 16, 20213 min read
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Stuff I Read: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
After a young man and his friends win ownership of the largest and most influential tech company on the planet, they stumble on a...

Franklyn Thomas
Nov 3, 20213 min read
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Progress Report: June 2021
Summer is here!

Franklyn Thomas
Jun 2, 20212 min read
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Stuff I Read in 2020
I don’t think it’s controversial to say that last year was a wild ride. From nearly going to war with Iran, to months in quarantine amid...

Franklyn Thomas
Jan 20, 20218 min read
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Progress Report: January 2021
Is it over? Are we sure? Okay, cool. I want to wish you all a happy 2021. Last year was brutal, but if you’re reading this then you...

Franklyn Thomas
Jan 13, 20212 min read
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Stuff I've Read: Shakespeare for Squirrels by Christopher Moore
It’s time for another Shakespearian mash-up! When Pocket, the fool from Dog Snogging, England, washes ashore in the Greek Isles, he and...

Franklyn Thomas
Oct 29, 20203 min read
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Stuff I've Read: Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson
Robogenesis drops us right back in a future world that seems just plausible enough to be terrifying.

Franklyn Thomas
Sep 10, 20203 min read
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Stuff I Read: Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Two white-hot talents combine to form an iconic rock band in mid-1970’s California, with their meteoric rise to fame equaled only by how...

Franklyn Thomas
Aug 8, 20204 min read
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Stuff I've Read: Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont
It’s amazing what people will endure for their children’s sake. Some will take on extra work at terrible jobs, working double and triple...

Franklyn Thomas
Jul 10, 20204 min read
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Stuff I've Read: Troika by Adam Pelzman
Three stories form one enthralling, beautiful narrative in Adam Pelzman’s 2015 debut, Troika.

Franklyn Thomas
Apr 15, 20203 min read
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Stuff I've Read: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson tells a fascinating tale about what humanity is, what it means, and what it can be in his 2015 sci-fi epic, Seveneves.

Franklyn Thomas
Mar 28, 20205 min read
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Stuff I Read in 2019
Without further ado, here's a quick overview of my 2019 review list.

Franklyn Thomas
Jan 13, 20207 min read
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Stuff I've Read: The Paris Diversion by Chris Pavone
#bookreview #2019readingchallenge #author #2020vision #chrispavone #theexpats #theparisdiversion Old habits die hard for the expatriate...

Franklyn Thomas
Jan 6, 20202 min read
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Stuff I've Read: Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
Austin Grossman sends us on a fantastical deconstruction of modern superhero tropes in his 2007 novel, Soon I Will Be Invincible.

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 11, 20193 min read
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Stuff I've Read: The Tourist by Robert Dickinson
A review of The Tourist by Robert Dickinson

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 4, 20193 min read
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Stuff I've Read: Recursion by Blake Crouch
Before I get into my customary recap, I’d like to share this exchange I had with my fiancée about Blake Crouch’s Recursion: That about...

Franklyn Thomas
Oct 24, 20193 min read
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Stuff I've Read: Someone Like Me by M.R. Carey
There’s something dark inside Liz Kendall. It fought off her abusive ex-husband by taking control of her body and making Liz a helpless...

Franklyn Thomas
Sep 14, 20192 min read
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