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@flotisserie My first suggestion is Kagi. My second suggestion is Kagi.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/90530778","date_published":"2026-05-20T02:17:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-20 02:17","date_timestamp":1779243469,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90530726","content_html":"@jtr these are not recent books, but if you haven’t read them already, I’d suggest Permutation City by Greg Egan and Queen of Angels by Greg Bear.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/90530726","date_published":"2026-05-20T02:15:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-20 02:15","date_timestamp":1779243346,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90182550","content_html":"@news is there a changelog or spec for the Book JSON API? The only thing I’ve found so far is this: help.micro.blog/t/json-ap…
\nwhich looks like it was last updated in May 2022.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/90182550","date_published":"2026-05-14T20:37:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-14 20:37","date_timestamp":1778791022,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87428049","content_html":"Great launch so far, Artemis II!
\n
@vincent something like this?
\nharlequin.sh
@manton done. thank you!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/85285439","date_published":"2026-03-01T17:42:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-01 17:42","date_timestamp":1772386952,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85284257","content_html":"@manton how does one join the beta? I’d love to try it!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/85284257","date_published":"2026-03-01T17:21:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-01 17:21","date_timestamp":1772385664,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84265534","content_html":"@manton I lived in Austin from 1995 to late 2000, working at 2 different tech startups on Congress Ave. The skyline is almost entirely unrecognizable!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/84265534","date_published":"2026-02-14T16:15:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-14 16:15","date_timestamp":1771085704,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84227519","content_html":"@manton I’ve been really looking forward to this!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/84227519","date_published":"2026-02-13T23:08:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-13 23:08","date_timestamp":1771024093,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82053147","content_html":"@timapple well, I got rid of goodreads a while back, so I now use micro.blog as my “system of record” for my books database. As such, the MCP server really just allows me to manage my books via natural language: add book X to “want to read,” move book Y from “currently reading” to “finished.” that sort of thing.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/82053147","date_published":"2026-01-14T17:48:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-14 17:48","date_timestamp":1768412939,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82050425","content_html":"@timapple I wound up taking a slightly different path. I spend a lot of my day in Claude Code in the mac terminal and actually do my micro.blog bookshelf updates via an MCP server I wrote and deployed. That MCP server just has a series of tools that connect to the API.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/82050425","date_published":"2026-01-14T17:06:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-14 17:06","date_timestamp":1768410403,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81173588","content_html":"Year in books for 2025: 7robots.org
","summary":"","url":"https://www.7robots.org/2026/01/01/year-in-books-for.html","date_published":"2026-01-02T03:04:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-02 03:04","date_timestamp":1767323080,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80783347","content_html":"And so they lived many happy years: 7robots.org
","summary":"","url":"https://www.7robots.org/2025/12/26/and-so-they-lived-many.html","date_published":"2025-12-26T16:12:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-26 16:12","date_timestamp":1766765557,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80088791","content_html":"Frost: 7robots.org
","summary":"","url":"https://www.7robots.org/2025/12/15/frost.html","date_published":"2025-12-15T20:48:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-15 20:48","date_timestamp":1765831723,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79161181","content_html":"@numericcitizen as a heavy user of both, I’d say Claude (in particular Claude Code) is worth it
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/79161181","date_published":"2025-12-02T13:07:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-02 13:07","date_timestamp":1764680856,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"78850063","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780575105249/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: City by Clifford D. Simak 📚\n4 stars. This year, I’ve really come to appreciate Simak’s pastoral sci-fi. This one has some serious reach and span … and dogs!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.7robots.org/2025/11/27/finished-reading-city-by-clifford.html","date_published":"2025-11-27T14:25:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-27 14:25","date_timestamp":1764253531,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78670650","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781982181338/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson 📚\n3 stars - a very quick read. Good thesis but I wanted more.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.7robots.org/2025/11/24/finished-reading-the-greatest-sentence.html","date_published":"2025-11-24T22:38:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-24 22:38","date_timestamp":1764023938,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78645406","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781541604384/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Into the Unknown by Kelsey Johnson 📚
\n4 stars — great framing of the big questions in Astrophysics and a thoughtful exploration of the possibilities just outside the lab.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.7robots.org/2025/11/24/finished-reading-into-the-unknown.html","date_published":"2025-11-24T16:17:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-24 16:17","date_timestamp":1764001049,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78538094","content_html":"Conway's Game of Life as a Claude Artifact: 7robots.org
","summary":"","url":"https://www.7robots.org/2025/11/22/conways-game-of-life-as.html","date_published":"2025-11-22T20:45:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-22 20:45","date_timestamp":1763844312,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"77823133","content_html":"Last night, the aurora put on a spectacular show in New England!
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.7robots.org%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Fimg-7645.png\")
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\n![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780316496544/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Dinner with King Tut by Sam Kean 📚\n4 stars. An engaging and entertaining intro to experimental archaeology. Also helpful for this year’s FLL innovation project topic!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.7robots.org/2025/10/23/finished-reading-dinner-with-king.html","date_published":"2025-10-24T03:07:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-24 03:07","date_timestamp":1761275260,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6enk36o334mhbwjdderhvyx/post/3m3vvhtrd5m2f"]}},{"id":"75298999","content_html":"@gregmorris I have been a big fan of the micro.social client. Thank you for your efforts in that area. It will be missed. Best of luck to you!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/75298999","date_published":"2025-10-08T14:18:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-08 14:18","date_timestamp":1759933133,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"74697724","content_html":"@manton FWIW … this is what I’m seeing when I look at the automatically generated profile. So, it’s not completely broken!
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.7robots.org%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Fscreenshot-2025-09-30-at-11.56.26am.png\")
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/74697724","date_published":"2025-09-30T15:58:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-30 15:58","date_timestamp":1759247899,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"74696563","content_html":"@manton connecting two different discussions, I just started following kite.kagi.com on Micro.blog to see if it will pick up the RSS feed. Fingers crossed!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/74696563","date_published":"2025-09-30T15:44:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-30 15:44","date_timestamp":1759247063,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"74095558","content_html":"@manton Here’s what I’ll be keeping an eye out for. Is the foldable iphone a potentially useful consolidation of an iPhone and an iPad Mini?
\nI’m a heavy user of the Mini for reading (books, news, long-form articles). I could see a path forward where I might do that on a foldable iPhone. It would be less compelling, though, if the camera were a big stepdown from an iPhone Pro.
\nNice to have – the ability to use apple pencil for light note taking on the foldable. I occasionally do that on the Mini as well.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/74095558","date_published":"2025-09-22T13:40:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-22 13:40","date_timestamp":1758548452,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73916766","content_html":"@Parag really great capture!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/73916766","date_published":"2025-09-19T13:06:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-19 13:06","date_timestamp":1758287211,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73789658","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780525657613/cover.jpg\")
I finished reading: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 📚\n5 stars. Exceptional book. Immersive, very well-written, and heartbreaking. Looking forward to the movie adaptation.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.7robots.org/2025/09/17/i-finished-reading-hamnet-by.html","date_published":"2025-09-17T21:38:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-17 21:38","date_timestamp":1758145115,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6enk36o334mhbwjdderhvyx/post/3lz2sbuqgyk2l"]}},{"id":"73607549","content_html":"@manton I had an API question for you. With the recent note improvements to work with books, were there any changes to the Book API itself? Closely related to that, do you publish an OpenAPI/Swagger specification somewhere for the Books API? I think the closest thing I’ve seen is a Help -> Documentation article.
\ni’ve built an MCP server for the books API and want to make sure that’s up-to-date and accurate to a specification!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/73607549","date_published":"2025-09-15T16:59:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-15 16:59","date_timestamp":1757955581,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72581158","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780525520054/cover.jpg\")
Finished reading: Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami 📚\n4 stars - one of Murakami’s better novels. While it contains (or repeats) several of the motifs that he often employs, it is well-written and compelling.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.7robots.org/2025/09/02/finished-reading-killing-commendatore-by.html","date_published":"2025-09-02T12:38:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-02 12:38","date_timestamp":1756816682,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6enk36o334mhbwjdderhvyx/post/3lxu55ac4te2t"]}},{"id":"72130140","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781481485029/cover.jpg\")
Finished reading: Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull 📚5 stars\nFantastic intermediate fantasy book
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.7robots.org/2025/08/26/finished-reading-dragonwatch-by-brandon.html","date_published":"2025-08-26T23:16:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-26 23:16","date_timestamp":1756250191,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6enk36o334mhbwjdderhvyx/post/3lxdnn5urtw2m"]}},{"id":"71387767","content_html":"@numericcitizen yes. I just need to see how much more user friendly I can make the install process. Claude has recently introduced desktop extensions as an easier way to install local MCP servers, but it’s a bit half-baked at the moment. For now, installation of my MCP server involves using a few CLI commands involving python and uv.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/7robots/71387767","date_published":"2025-08-16T17:12:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Jefferson Burson","url":"https://www.7robots.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F05%2F1333862.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"7robots"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-16 17:12","date_timestamp":1755364351,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71385887","content_html":"@numericcitizen I would second using Claude Code. You can run it in a terminal or load it into VSCode if you’re using that as an IDE. I tend to switch back and forth between those 2 approaches. I’m actually just about done building an MCP server for the micro.blog Books API – a mixture of my code and vibe coding.
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I finished reading: The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander 📚\n3 stars, probably not quite good in reality, but the nostalgia is real.
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Finished reading: Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert 📚\n3 stars. Herbert over-estimated how much his readers (or me anyway) would be interested in the political plotting of the first half of the book. However, it had a really strong, memorable ending.
\nMy first time to re-read the book since the 80’s.
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I finished reading: Love Letter to the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh 📚\n5 stars
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I finished reading: My Education by Susan Choi 📚\n3 stars
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I finished reading: Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane 📚\n4 stars
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I finished reading: The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown 📚\n3 stars
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I finished reading: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 📚\n5 stars. Second read. Looking forward to the movie adaptation!
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I finished reading: Pure Colour by Sheila Heti 📚\n3 stars
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I finished reading: Stardust by Neil Gaiman 📚\n3.5 stars
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I finished reading: Big Swiss by Jen Beagin 📚\n3 stars
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I finished reading: Diet for the Mind by Martha Clare Morris 📚\n3.5 stars
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Finished reading: Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 📚\n3 stars
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