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Ronan is 51% done with I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris
Fine, I’m engaged, but I’m not happy about it.
Mar 24, 2025 10:15AM Add a comment
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

Ronan
Ronan is 22% done with I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris
I don’t think I’m gonna get through this one on the second try, either. I care about it because I miss Paris, but I’m not sure I care about the narrator yet— even at a quarter of the way through.
Mar 24, 2025 05:35AM Add a comment
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

Ronan
Ronan is 19% done with I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris
She argues there aren’t enough women’s stories about unmarried older women without children… I do not find that to be the case generally. I feel as though three quarters of the books I have read in the last several years are about unmarried women without children. Guess I’ll have to check the data.
Mar 22, 2025 06:22AM Add a comment
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

Ronan
Ronan is 55% done with The Haunting of Moscow House
Why so much use of the word ‘niggle’? 🫠
Mar 15, 2025 06:46AM Add a comment
The Haunting of Moscow House

Ronan
Ronan is 28% done with The Haunting of Moscow House
The writing feels sophomorish… and yet I’m hooked on the story. Le sigh.
Mar 12, 2025 09:03PM Add a comment
The Haunting of Moscow House

Ronan
Ronan is 9% done with The Haunting of Moscow House
In my to read list on Libby, listed under ‘best reviewed.’ No other notes on why this book. About 10% in now, and, while the setting isn’t one I’ve spent significant time with- post Bolshevik revolution in Russia- I feel as though the story itself will end relatively predictably. We shall see.
Mar 12, 2025 10:29AM Add a comment
The Haunting of Moscow House

Ronan
Ronan is 24% done with If You Could Be Mine
This is an easy read so far, and definitely plot driven.
Mar 07, 2025 06:14AM Add a comment
If You Could Be Mine

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Ronan is 63% done with How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
We’re a long way in, and with no solutions or action items in site.
Mar 04, 2025 06:04AM Add a comment
How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood

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Ronan is 40% done with How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
So far stories reflect the policy issues that cause gentrification- a lens we often don’t remember when discussing gentrification.
Feb 28, 2025 06:33AM Add a comment
How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood

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Ronan is 68% done with Cleanness
Sullen, well-written, and gaaaayyyy. Set in Bulgaria. Really enjoying my time with this one so far. Hopefully a sign that gay litfic is not dead ?
Feb 12, 2025 06:35AM Add a comment
Cleanness

Ronan
Ronan is 22% done with Cleanness
Clear prose… clean, if you will. Enjoying the explanation of emotion; it is not overly indulgent or convoluted in making its point or furthering the story.
Feb 08, 2025 05:38AM Add a comment
Cleanness

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Ronan is 31% done with Anatomy: A Love Story (The Anatomy Duology, #1)
Listening as an audiobook. Would probably be a much faster read if I was using my eyes.
Feb 06, 2025 04:48AM Add a comment
Anatomy: A Love Story (The Anatomy Duology, #1)

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Ronan is 57% done with Vengeance Is Mine
Hard to hold the plot
Feb 05, 2025 03:14PM Add a comment
Vengeance Is Mine

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Ronan is 27% done with Naked in the Rideshare: Stories of Gross Miscalculations
At least I am confident that every other book I read this year will be better than this one!
Jan 13, 2025 03:53PM Add a comment
Naked in the Rideshare: Stories of Gross Miscalculations

Ronan
Ronan is on page 15 of 81 of Always Open Always Closed
Picked this up from Alienated Majesty Books in Austin whilst doing ~research~ on book forms. So far I have greatly enjoyed the style and the experience of ‘real’ life being described.
Jan 09, 2025 04:54PM Add a comment
Always Open Always Closed

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Ronan is 62% done with Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Well. Far less amused by his opinions in this one so far.
Dec 26, 2024 10:39AM Add a comment
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

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Ronan is 69% done with Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
I like this guy. I feel like his words might be offensive to my more aggressively leftist folks- left enough for cancel culture, but not so far left that they are pro-gun again- but I think he’s got some good points.
Dec 13, 2024 12:10PM Add a comment
Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

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Ronan is on page 12 of 79 of Wilder Winds
First story in the pocket. I’m guessing, based on the first, that these are character studies, moments, not plot driven.
Dec 10, 2024 04:59PM Add a comment
Wilder Winds

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