https://pinebookshelf.com/ Slow notes on books I keep coming back to. en Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000 https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/stoner-read-again/ https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/stoner-read-again/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000 The second reading is quieter than the first, and somehow it is not a sad book any more. https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/on-long-novels/ https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/on-long-novels/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000 Why I keep choosing the thousand-page book, and how I actually get through it. https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/library-sale-haul/ https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/library-sale-haul/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000 Twelve books, one tote bag, and a strong suspicion that I already own two of them. https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/the-leopard-in-summer/ https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/the-leopard-in-summer/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:30:00 +0000 Heat, decline, and a prince who sees the end coming and decides to be gracious about it. https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/annotating-in-pencil/ https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/annotating-in-pencil/ Sun, 24 May 2026 19:30:00 +0000 On marginalia, soft graphite, and the conversation with your past self. https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/short-books-busy-weeks/ https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/short-books-busy-weeks/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:30:00 +0000 When there is no time for a long novel, these are the ones I reach for. https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/remains-of-the-day/ https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/remains-of-the-day/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:30:00 +0000 A narrator who explains everything except the one thing that matters. https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/rereading-middlemarch/ https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/rereading-middlemarch/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:30:00 +0000 The book did not change in fifteen years. I did, and it noticed. https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/moby-dick-finally/ https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/moby-dick-finally/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:30:00 +0000 Third attempt, first finish. The trick was to stop fighting the digressions. https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/winter-reading-list/ https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/winter-reading-list/ Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +0000 Seven books for the dark months, chosen mostly for their length and their weather. https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/why-this-shelf/ https://pinebookshelf.com/notes/why-this-shelf/ Sat, 08 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000 A small corner for short notes on what I read. No ratings, no summaries.