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February 3, 2025
Random Reading
A rogue reader’s annotated list of books, all kinds of short-form writing, and, of course, Medium articles read over the last few weeks
I would call my annotated reading lists “reading journals,” but I only write here about the reading I found the most interesting in the last few weeks. There was more! Here’s what made the cut this time.
Books
I am just full of thoughts about The Guest List by Lucy Foley. First off, I must say that as a reader I am not a fan of alternating points of view, especially when there are several of them and every point of view sounds like the others. In fact, I recognized the first couple of chapters of The Guest List, because I’d started to read it before and gave up on it. Probably because of the p.o.v. switches. This time I stuck with it and ended up staying up until 2:15 AM a few nights later to finish reading it. Didn’t have to fight sleep for even a minute. This thing has a number of surprises that are of the best kind…surprises that you realize make all the sense in the world because they are so intricately set up. Additionally, I had nearly finished the book when I realized it has a structure that I have been…
