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Jonathan is on page 105 of 210 of The Night of Turns
Excellent stuff so far
Feb 06, 2026 09:09AM Add a comment
The Night of Turns

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Jonathan is on page 22 of 210 of A Trick of the Shadow
That first story was great. Glad I followed my gut and got hold of this after seeing a random review on here.
Jan 29, 2026 11:56AM Add a comment
A Trick of the Shadow

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Jonathan is on page 40 of 368 of Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures of Early Blues Music
Great stuff and inspiring lots of re-listening to Ma Rainey from me
Jan 28, 2026 06:35AM Add a comment
Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures of Early Blues Music

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Jonathan is on page 210 of 372 of The Master and Margarita
This is as much fun as I remembered
Jan 27, 2026 04:03AM Add a comment
The Master and Margarita

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Jonathan is on page 60 of 372 of The Master and Margarita
I keep having flashbacks to reading this for the first time at age 18 and having my mind blown…Not as earth shattering now after almost 30 more years of reading, but still great
Jan 24, 2026 02:51AM Add a comment
The Master and Margarita

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Jonathan is starting The Master and Margarita
Reread of this one for me - read it first about 20 years ago
Jan 23, 2026 08:56AM Add a comment
The Master and Margarita

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Jonathan is on page 40 of 274 of The Memory Police
Coming from just reading Gaddis, the drop off in quality here is so severe it is actually making me angry
Jan 22, 2026 02:29PM 2 comments
The Memory Police

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Jonathan is on page 550 of 956 of The Recognitions
I had forgotten some of these fabulous set-pieces (the Swede too long under the sun-lamp etc)
Jan 12, 2026 02:29PM Add a comment
The Recognitions

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Jonathan is on page 440 of 956 of The Recognitions
This book man, this book. Second time through even better than the first.
Jan 08, 2026 12:32PM Add a comment
The Recognitions

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Jonathan is on page 160 of 956 of The Recognitions
God, this is even better than I remembered. If there is a criticism, it would be the well known one that it is perhaps weighed down with both its own erudition and its sadness. If I prefer JR it is probably for that reason.
Jan 02, 2026 06:20AM 1 comment
The Recognitions

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Jonathan is on page 67 of 956 of The Recognitions
Starting my 2026 reread of this a day early as had a few hours of good reading time this morning. As extraordinary as I remember it from my first read almost 15 years ago.
Dec 31, 2025 07:59AM Add a comment
The Recognitions

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Jonathan is on page 10 of 168 of Gentleman Overboard
All of you need to go and buy everything Boiler House press have put out.
Dec 30, 2025 12:55PM Add a comment
Gentleman Overboard

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Jonathan is on page 40 of 190 of The Lime Twig
Time for a reread of this
Dec 29, 2025 10:29AM Add a comment
The Lime Twig

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Jonathan is on page 200 of 608 of The Tin Drum
This might have to be moved up into my top 10 of all time. It really is an extraordinary work.
Nov 30, 2025 03:32AM Add a comment
The Tin Drum

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Jonathan is on page 40 of 608 of The Tin Drum
Rereading this for the first time. I read it once over 25 years ago, and still have some of my strongest reading memories from that time as a 19 or 20 year old. It definitely put me on the path of my love for this sort of literature. This new translation is astonishingly good so far. Feel like this and The Tunnel need rereading in light of the state of the world right now
Nov 29, 2025 03:11AM Add a comment
The Tin Drum

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Jonathan is on page 127 of 256 of A Big Storm Knocked It Over
I think why I enjoy her books when I am a bit tired and frazzled is she is part of the same genre as, say, Elizabeth Taylor (whom I adore), but a bit easier and more relaxed/lighter. Sometimes that fits where my head is at.
Nov 21, 2025 02:55PM Add a comment
A Big Storm Knocked It Over

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Jonathan is on page 200 of 400 of The Siege Of Krishnapur
Not loving this, but not hating it either
Nov 13, 2025 05:56AM Add a comment
The Siege Of Krishnapur

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Jonathan is on page 50 of 125 of The Shutter of Snow
Rereading this extraordinary book. This time I feel more of a Stein influence than I did before, though that may be because I have had Stein on my mind and am planning to read that recent bio of her…
Nov 08, 2025 03:01AM Add a comment
The Shutter of Snow

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Jonathan is on page 100 of 242 of When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold
What is frustrating here, I think, is that there is an interesting book buried within far too much performative, self-mythologising MFA writing by the author
Nov 01, 2025 02:47AM Add a comment
When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold

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Jonathan is finished with Greek Lives (Oxford World's Classics) by Plutarch(2010-01-15)
Reading these ahead of a trip to Athens and enjoying them immensely.
Oct 14, 2025 07:51AM Add a comment
Greek Lives (Oxford World's Classics) by Plutarch(2010-01-15)

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Jonathan is on page 100 of 256 of The Last Days of Socrates
Rereading the apology in particular feels appropriate in these shitty times
Oct 12, 2025 03:18AM Add a comment
The Last Days of Socrates

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Jonathan is on page 30 of 293 of Shadow Ticket
Huzzah! Back in TP land!
Oct 08, 2025 02:04AM 1 comment
Shadow Ticket

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Jonathan is on page 120 of 320 of Bruno's Dream
The funny thing is both this and the last of hers I read take place where I live in London. It is always an odd sensation when one is reading a novel and the character turns down one’s street, or to the pub at the end of the road. A character was just waiting at the traffic lights I had waited at 20min earlier on my way home this evening. Makes it all feel more “mine” somehow.
Sep 21, 2025 02:25PM Add a comment
Bruno's Dream

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Jonathan is on page 200 of 432 of A Fairly Honourable Defeat
This is just excellent.
Sep 18, 2025 01:45AM Add a comment
A Fairly Honourable Defeat

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Jonathan is on page 300 of 784 of The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture From the Margins to the Mainstream
The topic is an important and fascinating one, sadly I am finding this a bit of a mess. It just feels like there is too much for him to get a proper handle on, and too much to cover (unsurprisingly), so it doesnt really hang together.
Sep 15, 2025 01:37AM Add a comment
The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture From the Margins to the Mainstream

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Jonathan is on page 200 of 416 of Bel-Ami
well this is rather enjoyable
Sep 04, 2025 07:27AM Add a comment
Bel-Ami

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Jonathan is on page 20 of 416 of Bel-Ami
ticking another one off the "can't remember if I read this or not" list
Sep 02, 2025 05:23AM Add a comment
Bel-Ami

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