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-	<img src="/media/content/read/kowalczuk_freiheit.jpg" class="size-s">
-	<img src="/media/content/read/miller_circe.jpg" class="size-s">
-	<img src="/media/content/read/goenawan_miwako.jpg" class="size-s">
-	<img src="/media/content/read/kuang_babel.jpg" class="size-s">
-	<img src="/media/content/read/atwood_testaments.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<!-- <img src="/media/content/read/kowalczuk_freiheit.jpg" class="size-s"> -->
+	<img src="/media/content/read/grrm_fireblood.jpg" alt="cover of grrm_fireblood" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/rek_devine_bears.jpg" alt="cover of 100r_bears" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/gould_jumper.jpg" alt="cover of gould_jumper" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/grrm_dunkegg.jpg" alt="cover of grrm_dunkegg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/kaestner_emil.jpg" alt="cover of kaestner_emil" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/hunt_thomas_pragprog.jpg" alt="cover of hunt_thomas_pragprog" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/atwood_testaments.jpg" alt="cover of atwood_testaments" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/kuang_babel.jpg" alt="cover of kuang_babel" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/goenawan_miwako.jpg" alt="cover of goenawan_miwako" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/miller_circe.jpg" alt="cover of miller_circe" class="size-s">
 </aside>
 <details open>
 	<summary>2026</summary>
 	<section>
 		<h2 id="now">now</h2>
 		<ul>
-			<li>Testaments, Margaret Atwood</li>
-			<li>Freiheitsschock, Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk</li>
+			<!-- <li>Freiheitsschock, Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk</li> -->
+			<li>Blood & Fire, GRRM</li>
+			<li><a href="//100r.ca/site/no_bears_none.html">No Bears, None</a>,
+			Rek Bellum &amp; Devine Lu Linvega</li>
+		</ul>
+		<h2 id="aug26">august</h2>
+		<ul>
+			<li>Jumper, Steven Gould
+				<blockquote>
+					picked this up because i remember liking the movie. turns out the book
+					is just a much more emotionally grounded story. i liked how the ability
+					was basically just dropped into an otherwise
+					ordinary world.
+				</blockquote></li>
+			<li>Tales of Dunk and Egg, GRRM</li>
+			<li>Emil und die Detektive, Erich Kästner</li>
+		</ul>
+		<h2 id="jul26">july</h2>
+		<ul>
+			<li>The Pragmatic Programmer, Andrew Hunt & David Thomas</li>
+		</ul>
+		<h2 id="apr26">april</h2>
+		<ul>
+			<li><code>DROPPED</code>
+			<i>Neongrau, Aiki Mira</i>
+			<blockquote>
+				while the premise what somewhat promising, i got bored with the world
+				and couldn't get myself excited about reading past 20%
+			</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="mar26">march</h2>
 		<ul>
+			<li>Testaments, Margaret Atwood</li>
 			<li>Babel, R.F. Kuang</li>
 			<li>The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida, Clarissa Goenawan</li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="jan26">january</h2>
 		<ul>
-			<li>Circe, Madeline Miller</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				fun way to get into greek mythology
-			</blockquote>
+			<li>Circe, Madeline Miller
+				<blockquote>
+					fun way to get into greek mythology
+				</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 	</section>
 </details>
@@ -52,93 +86,93 @@
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="nov25">november</h2>
 		<ul>
-			<li>Tod in Venedig, Thomas Mann</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				at the start the style of writing was preventing me from getting into
-				the story fully, as i was reading i got used to it and by the end found
-				myself quite enjoying it. apart from the style i find nothing
-				particularly special about it. the conclusion is quite unexpected
-				though. i found the epilog by terence james reed contextualised the
-				writing of the book in thomas manns life really useful.
-			</blockquote>
+			<li>Tod in Venedig, Thomas Mann
+				<blockquote>
+					at the start the style of writing was preventing me from getting into
+					the story fully, as i was reading i got used to it and by the end found
+					myself quite enjoying it. apart from the style i find nothing
+					particularly special about it. the conclusion is quite unexpected
+					though. i found the epilog by terence james reed contextualised the
+					writing of the book in thomas manns life really useful.
+				</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="oct25">october</h2>
 		<ul>
-			<li>The Burning Shore, Wilbur Smith</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				while it kept me awake until 3am for 3 days i really disliked the
-				tonal shift between the second and third acts. how can he portray the
-				lifestyle of the san the way he does and then have centaine tear up
-				their sacred place of ancestor worship for diamonds. then the in-world
-				justification, that it will provide "good water" for her son. to me is
-				just blatant sugarcoating of an act that clearly violates the memory
-				and principles of the people she has her life to thank for. though she
-				had already all but forgotten them, when it was time for the story to
-				move on from including o'wa and h'ani.
-				<br>
-				another gripe with the writing i've had is the way the female lead is
-				written. it is so obvious, that the author is a man of the last
-				century... centaine in both instances immediately falls for the male,
-				that is so clearly set up to be her love-interest.
-				<br>
-				The book
-				<i>is</i>
-				from 1985, that might put some of this into perspective.
-			</blockquote>
+			<li>The Burning Shore, Wilbur Smith
+				<blockquote>
+					while it kept me awake until 3am for 3 days i really disliked the
+					tonal shift between the second and third acts. how can he portray the
+					lifestyle of the san the way he does and then have centaine tear up
+					their sacred place of ancestor worship for diamonds. then the in-world
+					justification, that it will provide "good water" for her son. to me is
+					just blatant sugarcoating of an act that clearly violates the memory
+					and principles of the people she has her life to thank for. though she
+					had already all but forgotten them, when it was time for the story to
+					move on from including o'wa and h'ani.
+					<br>
+					another gripe with the writing i've had is the way the female lead is
+					written. it is so obvious, that the author is a man of the last
+					century... centaine in both instances immediately falls for the male,
+					that is so clearly set up to be her love-interest.
+					<br>
+					The book
+					<i>is</i>
+					from 1985, that might put some of this into perspective.
+				</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="sep25">september</h2>
 		<ul>
-			<li>The Passage, Justin Cronin</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				i can't quite remember where i even found this book. specifically the
-				part after the timeskip pulled me in and i just needed to know what
-				happens next. the book sets up a series and i am quite curious what
-				else they are going to do with the characters - i am personally happy
-				with what they did and wouldn't
-				<i>need</i>
-				more.
-				<br>
-				one small detail from the epilog i like is that apparently he co-wrote
-				the concept for the book together with his daughter.
-			</blockquote>
+			<li>The Passage, Justin Cronin
+				<blockquote>
+					i can't quite remember where i even found this book. specifically the
+					part after the timeskip pulled me in and i just needed to know what
+					happens next. the book sets up a series and i am quite curious what
+					else they are going to do with the characters - i am personally happy
+					with what they did and wouldn't
+					<i>need</i>
+					more.
+					<br>
+					one small detail from the epilog i like is that apparently he co-wrote
+					the concept for the book together with his daughter.
+				</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="aug25">august</h2>
 		<ul>
-			<li>Abroad in Japan, Chris Broad</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				after reading the first half, i would already recommend this
-				book. even without any context on the author or japan, this has
-				some really funny stories. i also like how i can almost hear
-				chris' voice in the writing.
-			</blockquote>
-			<li>The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				this one took a while. started reading pretty much right after
-				Native Tongue at the end of march. the book works well for piece
-				meal reading, since it's a collection of stories set in a
-				shared world. my favorites were the one where 'and the moon be
-				still as bright' and 'the million year picnic'.
-				overall i think i prefer this over fahrenheit if i had to
-				recommend one. this one executes the almost educational tone
-				better while telling actually great scifi stories, which often
-				left me thinking about them later.
-			</blockquote>
+			<li>Abroad in Japan, Chris Broad
+				<blockquote>
+					after reading the first half, i would already recommend this
+					book. even without any context on the author or japan, this has
+					some really funny stories. i also like how i can almost hear
+					chris' voice in the writing.
+				</blockquote></li>
+			<li>The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
+				<blockquote>
+					this one took a while. started reading pretty much right after
+					Native Tongue at the end of march. the book works well for piece
+					meal reading, since it's a collection of stories set in a
+					shared world. my favorites were the one where 'and the moon be
+					still as bright' and 'the million year picnic'.
+					overall i think i prefer this over fahrenheit if i had to
+					recommend one. this one executes the almost educational tone
+					better while telling actually great scifi stories, which often
+					left me thinking about them later.
+				</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="mar25">march</h2>
 		<ul>
-			<li>Native Tongue, Suzette Haden Elgin</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				read most of this in two long sessions while we were in
-				turkey. after a bit of a slow start i liked the spin on
-				"dystopian future-not-future society"; the world building
-				is reminiscent of handmaid's tale, but i felt like there
-				was more exploration of the inner workings of
-				<i>why</i>
-				society is that way; the feminist context shines through
-				especially towards the end, when the plot only works because the
-				men are all arrogant assholes, which was satisfying but a
-				bit one-dimensional.
-			</blockquote>
+			<li>Native Tongue, Suzette Haden Elgin
+				<blockquote>
+					read most of this in two long sessions while we were in
+					turkey. after a bit of a slow start i liked the spin on
+					"dystopian future-not-future society"; the world building
+					is reminiscent of handmaid's tale, but i felt like there
+					was more exploration of the inner workings of
+					<i>why</i>
+					society is that way; the feminist context shines through
+					especially towards the end, when the plot only works because the
+					men are all arrogant assholes, which was satisfying but a
+					bit one-dimensional.
+				</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="feb25">february</h2>
 		<p class="notice">
@@ -149,15 +183,15 @@
 		</p>
 		<h2 id="jan25">january</h2>
 		<ul>
-			<li>Record of a Night too brief, Hiromi Kawakami</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				the first half consists of surreal dreamlike short stories
-				that only refer to their protagonists as 'me' and 'the
-				girl'. second half is two longer stories. i enjoyed
-				interpreting what everything might mean, but wasn't
-				particularly drawn to the book because of the episodic
-				nature at the start. read the second half in one afternoon.
-			</blockquote>
+			<li>Record of a Night too brief, Hiromi Kawakami
+				<blockquote>
+					the first half consists of surreal dreamlike short stories
+					that only refer to their protagonists as 'me' and 'the
+					girl'. second half is two longer stories. i enjoyed
+					interpreting what everything might mean, but wasn't
+					particularly drawn to the book because of the episodic
+					nature at the start. read the second half in one afternoon.
+				</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 	</section>
 </details>
@@ -179,37 +213,37 @@
 	<section>
 		<h2 id="dec24">december</h2>
 		<ul>
-			<li>Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				had I not read Ready Player One and Neuromancer before,
-				this would surely have left a better impression.
-				the part about the sumarian virus is creative but feels
-				forced at the end when it is used to resolve
-				everything.
-			</blockquote>
+			<li>Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
+				<blockquote>
+					had I not read Ready Player One and Neuromancer before,
+					this would surely have left a better impression.
+					the part about the sumarian virus is creative but feels
+					forced at the end when it is used to resolve
+					everything.
+				</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="nov24">november</h2>
 		<ul>
-			<li>Celestial Bodies, Jokha Alharthi</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				read this while in iceland. basically a family history
-				focused on the women. i had no background on oman's
-				history or society. super interesting from that angle.
-				sometimes a bit slow and confusing, since it's jumping
-				around the timeline.
-			</blockquote>
-			<li>Snow Country, Kawabata Yasunari</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				i am a sucker for japanese novels and their erie vibe.
-				this one has it too. so many small details that feel
-				meaningless on the surface but add some much to the
-				experience of the book.
-			</blockquote>
+			<li>Celestial Bodies, Jokha Alharthi
+				<blockquote>
+					read this while in iceland. basically a family history
+					focused on the women. i had no background on oman's
+					history or society. super interesting from that angle.
+					sometimes a bit slow and confusing, since it's jumping
+					around the timeline.
+				</blockquote></li>
+			<li>Snow Country, Kawabata Yasunari
+				<blockquote>
+					i am a sucker for japanese novels and their erie vibe.
+					this one has it too. so many small details that feel
+					meaningless on the surface but add some much to the
+					experience of the book.
+				</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="oct24">october</h2>
 		<ul>
 			<li><a href="//100r.co/site/busy_doing_nothing.html">Busy Doing Nothing</a>,
-			Rek Bellum &amp; Devine Lu Linvega</li>
+			Rek Bellum &amp; Devine Lu Linvega
 			<blockquote>
 				somehow i fell down the rabbithole (lol) of rek &
 				devine's world this month. their log is fascinating and
@@ -217,48 +251,48 @@
 				out to sail yourself, and much of this book does too,
 				but then there is also details (like the wave incident)
 				that make you say: hell no.
-			</blockquote>
+			</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="aug24">august</h2>
 		<ul>
 			<li><code>DROPPED</code>
-			<i>Illuminatus! Part 1: The Eye in the Pyramid, Robert Shea</i></li>
+			<i>Illuminatus! Part 1: The Eye in the Pyramid, Robert Shea</i>
 			<blockquote>
 				I did not like the meandering writing and whacky
 				storylines that kept looping back onto each other.
-			</blockquote>
+			</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="jul24">july</h2>
 		<ul>
 			<li>Der stumme Tod, Volker Kutscher</li>
-			<li>At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				the story was mildly scary but entertaining. he kind of
-				overused "scary" adjective-noun pairs: cosmic fear,
-				blasphemous mountains. i don't understand how the pov
-				character thinks his report will hold back further
-				exploration of that region of antarctica. i would actually
-				expect it to inspire more attention.
-			</blockquote>
-			<li>Only Human (Themis Files #3), Sylvain Neuvel</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				i did not like this compared to the other two entries
-				to the series. mostly takes place on the world of the
-				creators of the "mechs". the style feels off compared
-				to the first novel when we were seeing the story evolve
-				through the eyes of the unnamed character.
-			</blockquote>
+			<li>At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft
+				<blockquote>
+					the story was mildly scary but entertaining. he kind of
+					overused "scary" adjective-noun pairs: cosmic fear,
+					blasphemous mountains. i don't understand how the pov
+					character thinks his report will hold back further
+					exploration of that region of antarctica. i would actually
+					expect it to inspire more attention.
+				</blockquote></li>
+			<li>Only Human (Themis Files #3), Sylvain Neuvel
+				<blockquote>
+					i did not like this compared to the other two entries
+					to the series. mostly takes place on the world of the
+					creators of the "mechs". the style feels off compared
+					to the first novel when we were seeing the story evolve
+					through the eyes of the unnamed character.
+				</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<h2 id="jun24">june</h2>
 		<ul>
 			<li>Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut</li>
 			<li>Neuromancer, William Gibson</li>
-			<li>Convenience Store Woman, Murata Sayaka</li>
-			<blockquote>
-				i admit, i probably started this out of nostalgia after
-				coming back from japan. it's a cute little story that
-				nicely shows how weird japanese society can be.
-			</blockquote>
+			<li>Convenience Store Woman, Murata Sayaka
+				<blockquote>
+					i admit, i probably started this out of nostalgia after
+					coming back from japan. it's a cute little story that
+					nicely shows how weird japanese society can be.
+				</blockquote></li>
 		</ul>
 		<p class="notice">
 			i left my ereader at a cafe on the 1st of january of this year