Derek
ddubs.bsky.social
Derek
@ddubs.bsky.social
Just a guy looking for a quiet place to read a book. Go birds, Phils, and, sigh, Sixers.
Haiku Book Review

A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady Martine

slow space opera
with palace intrigue afoot
needs less talk, more do

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December 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Haiku Book Review

Satantango
by Laszlo Krasznahorkai

a writing savant
dark, propulsive, riveting
baffled by ending

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December 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Haiku Book Review

Seascraper
by Benjamin Wood

gem of a novel
perfect for dark foggy nights
and a strong cuppa

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November 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Haiku Book Review

We the People
by Jill Lepore

timely and urgent
shows how the sausage gets made
Scalia dissents

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November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Haiku Book Review

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad

El Akkad shines a
bright spotlight on genocide
do not look away

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November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Haiku Book Review

On the Calculation of Volume III
by Solvej Balle

Tara finds others
stuck in November 18
an unsolved puzzle

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November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Haiku Book Review

The Feast of the Goat
by Mario Vargas Llosa

lit-fic with a punch
fear and loathing in D.R.
fiercely readable

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November 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Haiku Book Review

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride

great American
melting pot novel but left
some meat on the bone

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November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Get ready
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
lol
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Maybe tonight’s the night he finally catches a spiked ball.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Love it
November 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Outline is my favorite, mostly because of how fresh and new her voice was to me on that first read. Pairs nicely with Lagavulin 16 🙂
November 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Haiku Book Review

Kudos
by Rachel Cusk

reading Cusk’s novels
is like sipping Islay scotch
pleasant yet complex

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November 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
ETA for live game action?
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Haiku Book Review

Endling
by Maria Reva

wild messy novel
about Russo-Ukraine war
and Lefty the snail

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October 31, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Haiku Book Review

The Warmth of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson

pure storytelling
backed by extensive research
a must-read list must

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October 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Haiku Book Review

The Hunger Angel
by Herta Muller

Nobel prize winner
set in a Russian work camp
a rather grim read

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October 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Thomas Cromwell right now
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk looking at a book .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk looking at a book .
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October 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Haiku Book Review

King of Ashes
by S.A. Cosby

a cracking good read
but a plot with more holes than
a shot apart corpse

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October 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Reading The Girl on the Train made me so mad I yelled at the person who recommended it to me and then had to read The Goldfinch to console myself.
October 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Haiku Book Review

Katabasis
by R.F. Kuang

Two descend Hell’s depths
to save their sadistic prof
Dante would never

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October 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Haiku Book Review

No Straight Road Takes You There
by Rebecca Solnit

seek the tunnel’s light
via the road less traveled
and a crooked mile

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October 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Haiku Book Review

The Mirror & the Light
by Hilary Mantel

an epic series
that defines palace intrigue
God save Tom Cromwell

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September 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM