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I marked this book as read in December, even though I didn’t read it all the way through. (I probably read 3/4ths of it. But, I’m returning to it because I got called out on it. I am
— Mar 09, 2026 01:02PM
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I was going to say I am now (almost officially, because I skimmed a lot of The Singers and you can’t make me feel bad about that) more done with it than I was before. I like the stories and Saunders’ commentary, and I occasionally like his writing advice. However, most often, I think, “this section certainly could have been three pages shorter.”