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the jot

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a blog for book reviews, writing, & other adventures, around the world and inside my head.

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Jun 21, 20202 min read

On the World Going to Shit | Crudo

Jun 14, 20202 min read

Saving a City (& Intergalactic War) | The City We Became

Apr 26, 20202 min read

Romance, Racism, & Coming of Age in Japan | Go

Apr 12, 20202 min read

Murder, Mystery, & Gold | The Luminaries

Mar 29, 20202 min read

Serial Killers Amid Splendor in 1890's Chicago | The Devil in the White City

Mar 8, 20202 min read

This Is What It Means to Be a Mother | The Expatriates

Mar 1, 20203 min read

Mixed Race Family Trauma in Everything I Never Told You

Feb 16, 20202 min read

Wuthering Heights: My Take on the Romantic Classic

Feb 9, 20202 min read

The Thief Battles Existentialism in Tokyo

Feb 2, 20202 min read

No One Writes Back: A Journey of Words

Jan 14, 20202 min read

White Teeth Doesn't Glitter

Jan 1, 20204 min read

My Favorite Books of 2019

Dec 23, 20192 min read

Beyond Power & Privilege: Ghosts, Murder, and Secret Societies in Ninth House

Dec 15, 20193 min read

[tw] Show "A Little Life": Tragedy After Tragedy in this Misery-Soaked Epic

Dec 8, 20192 min read

Exquisite Flavor in The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Dec 1, 20192 min read

Reimagining the Manson Cult in The Girls

Nov 24, 20193 min read

A Korean Cult & Religious Tensions Spark in The Incendiaries

Nov 10, 20192 min read

A Light, Quiet Touch in The Nakano Thrift Shop

Nov 3, 20192 min read

Perfect Weather to Read Strange Weather in Tokyo

Oct 27, 20192 min read

Sorceress Circe Alive Again in this Grecian Re-imagining

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