📚💬 “It is all that we know, and so we easily mistake it for all there is to know.” Ed Yong, An Immense World

Finished reading: The Brilliant Abyss: Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It by Helen Scales 📚

Want to read: The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses by Paul Koudounaris 📚

📚 In 2008, 8 years before my kid was born, I replied to a Slate article that asked, “do you really want the Hulk teaching your kid to read?” with a resounding “Yes but Spider-Man or the X-Men would be better.” I stand by my earlier sentiment.

Finished reading: Star Trek: Discovery: Succession by Kirsten Beyer 📚

I honestly don’t know how anyone is left living in the Terran Empire. Mirror Universe stuff stresses me out. But Discovery Annual #1 is chef’s kiss. Seeing how Paul and Hugh meet? 😍

Finished reading: Star Trek: Discovery - The Light of Kahless by Mike Johnson 📚

Finished reading: The Dead Zone by Stephen King 📚

I love the way King has characters reference his own other work. “Like in that book, Carrie!”

Another, as W. puts it, compulsively readable book. A little chilling in its political prescience, really.

Currently reading: The Dead Zone by Stephen King 📚

Finished reading: Carrie by Stephen King 📚

I don’t recall the last time I read a book inside of 24 hours.

Editor Jordan Pavlin says historical fiction “has a unique ability to elicit deep compassion and empathy,” and I can’t help but wonder if that isn’t the precise reason the people leading the call for book bans want these books gone. 📚