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Joined June 2016

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Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
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Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
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1984 | George Orwell
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The rise of #AlternativeFacts is making me feel doubleplusungood. 1984 was meant to be a warning, not an instruction manual.

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The question at the center of the book literally, and if I had to guess, literarily as well.

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This screenplay recaptured the wonder I thought I'd lost after reading Cursed Child. Unlike the play, this screenplay was written by Rowling, and it shows.

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Stories upon stories upon stories. The past always making itself present. Yann Martel might not be Portuguese, but he writes like it.

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"An automobile is as harmless as a cigarette." Hah, 1904, you're funny.

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Does it rely on fanfiction-esque plot tropes? Yes. But it also addresses adult themes that I wasn't expecting, and that's what I enjoyed most. Having two beers as I read probably helped, too.

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Assholes: A Theory | Aaron James
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This was published in 2012. Things got worse.

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One of my childhood favorites! I learned English from Sesame Street. I can't wait to share this with my nieces.

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Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern Prometheus | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"Nothing is as painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change."

Too accurate to my post-graduation experience.

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Book of Disquiet | Fernando Pessoa
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This whole book is a handbook on inertia, but I mean that in the most loving way. I bought it back in August 2014 and I have yet to finish it.

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