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Comment on Varats olidliga lätthet by No et moi – Koba English

No et moi – Koba English — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:03:58 +0000

[…] in my international WhatsApp book club that I was reading this book, now that I’d finished Varats olidliga lätthet, and another member asked me what I thought of it, since she’d read it too. I was at the […]

Comment on Bloomsday Weekend by Varats olidliga lätthet – Koba English

Varats olidliga lätthet – Koba English — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:46 +0000

[…] (which I read in Swedish: Varats olidliga lätthet), because it’s a long-time favorite of my Bloomsday book buddy and in all the years I’ve known him he’s proven to have impeccable taste. Once again, […]

Comment on Vacation Reading List: Kiruna by Resan till Armenien – Koba English

Resan till Armenien – Koba English — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:40:19 +0000

[…] Mandelstam’s Resan till Armenien (Journey to Armenia) was the first book off my vacation TBR and I managed to finish it in one day of dedicated reading. It’s a short book, but it […]

Comment on Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We’ll Win Them Back by Filterworld – Koba English

Filterworld – Koba English — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:11:28 +0000

[…] shape our Internet, and our broader cultural, experience. It covers a lot of the same territory as Chokepoint Capitalism, though with less pissed-off creator-side rage in favor of a more anxious user-side perspective. […]

Comment on To The Lighthouse by Vacation Reading List: Kiruna – Koba English

Vacation Reading List: Kiruna – Koba English — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:39:25 +0000

[…] was a recommendation from a book friend. I started it back in February but quickly realized I would want the time to really focus on it, in […]

Comment on Review: Journal of a Solitude by My Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2017, According to GoodReads – Koba English

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:13:58 +0000

[…] Journal of a Solitude, May Sarton. Walden was one of my favorite books I read in high school, and one that deeply influenced me. With the account of Thoreau’s stay in the woods fresh in my mind, I picked up this up at a library sale years ago. But much as I wanted to read it, I somehow dropped off after a few pages every time I attempted until I read it during my trip to the US this summer. Maybe it was a question of needing enough time to get into it; maybe it was a question of age or life path. But I’m so glad I hung on to this book through countless library down sizes. […]

Comment on En japansk näktergal by Yellowface – Koba English

Yellowface – Koba English — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:41:31 +0000

[…] is from over a hundred years ago: Winnifred Eaton writing as Onoto Watanna, producing books like A Japanese Nightingale. Still, her writing was her own work, even if it she was still a British-Chinese woman writing […]

Comment on Baby Driver by 2026 Reading Goals Check-In – Koba English

2026 Reading Goals Check-In – Koba English — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:31:52 +0000

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Comment on Tordyveln flyger i skymningen by Tordyveln flyger i skymningen – handling & ålder - Dreamfilm.se

Tordyveln flyger i skymningen – handling & ålder - Dreamfilm.se — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 22:33:41 +0000

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Comment on Jag heter inte Miriam by A Brief History of Seven Killings – Koba English

A Brief History of Seven Killings – Koba English — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:53:04 +0000

[…] I don’t know to do it! I won’t pretend to know! But that makes A Brief History one of the rare books published since 2000 that I’m actually vaguely aware of, and so I was excited to see this book proposed for my international WhatsApp book club. I fell behind, however, and only finished this sometime in mid-June even though it was May’s book—probably because I was still making a heroic effort to finish Jag heter inte Miriam. […]