Returning here from a jaunt on an apparently down-for-the-third-time instance. Recent reviews were there and possibly lost; see this local list for a rundown of top recent reads: ramblingreaders.org/list/256/s/top-recents
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Not meant for me: in the introduction, author establishes that he's an old man who has no interest in the major cities and doesn't like the Shinkansen or anything touristy. Has good reviews if that's your vibe; it just isn't mine.
"Sidewalking is an impressionistic take on Los Angeles in its current moment, which is a flashpoint of great transition, as …
Something of a hagiography, but has plenty of photos to help determine one's interest in going.
Imogen Scott has questions…
Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down. …
After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again. Love—and …
Dans cet essai, Camille Étienne identifie les mythes qui nous entravent : éco-anxiété, fracture générationnelle, déclic, fausses peurs. Les paniques …
In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more …
The question of how falling cats land on their feet has long intrigued humans. In …
Page 64, and finally a cat. Up until now it's been European dudes with varying amounts of money and morals.
Olive, Rose, Laurel, Ivy, Hazel, Rowan. Six teenagers, connected in ways they could never have imagined.
A moving record of America’s great earthquake and fire: San Francisco, April 18, 1906
Remarkable black-and-white photographs of structures reduced to rubble by the temblor and subsequent fire. As a map geek, I would have liked more maps, but the endpapers are large maps of the shaken and burned area.
