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A Passing Moon

I read books and have thoughts about them.

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Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim (2026)

Warning: The Odyssey is Everywhere

Smallville

Ten seasons of Superman's backstory

What even is a review anyway tho

It’s totally fine, I’ve been telling myself, that I haven’t been consistently posting on here every Saturday like usual.

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (1962)

Footnote central!

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Good morning!

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (2026)

One thing about me is that I'm actually very nosy.

Redemption vs Self Forgiveness: On Hacks (HBO) and Vigil by George Saunders (2026)

The Inevitable Occurrence of shitty people

Television by Lauren Rothery (2025)

or: Phoebe Phoebe Phoebe Phoebe Phoebe

Cold Enough For Snow (2022) by Jessica Au

Brrrrrr

Flesh by David Szalay (2025)

Can Men Think?

Thoughts on Medium Rare by A. Natasha Joukovsky (2026)

I read Joukovsky’s debut a few weeks ago and wrote about it here, and generally I really enjoyed it (with a few gripes) so I was excitedly waiting for this to come out at the beginning of March.

Thoughts on The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper (2021)

Good morning!

Thoughts on Menewood by Nicola Griffith (2023)

When I wrote about Hild a few weeks ago, I mentioned that I would be reading the sequel the next weekend, as it had forecast to snow heavily.

Thoughts on The Portrait of a Novel by A. Natasha Joukovsky (2021)

Good morning!

Book Thoughts: Private Rites by Julia Armfield (2024)

Too short.

Book Thoughts: The Emigrants by W. G. Sebald (1992)

I have continually put off writing this post because I find it very hard to describe this novel and really articulate my thoughts on it.

Book Thoughts: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1847)

OBVIOUSLY...

Book Thoughts: Helm by Sarah Hall (2025)

This one will blow you away...... (i'm sorry)

Book Thoughts: Hild by Nicola Griffith (2013)

I'm still on the "medieval England in winter" kick...

Book Thoughts: Trespasses by Louise Kennedy (2022)

Cushla is 24, a school teacher, and living with her alcoholic mother during the height of the Troubles in a small town outside of Belfast.