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+	<img src="/media/content/read/murakami_miso.jpg" class="size-s">
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+	<img src="/media/content/read/smith_shore.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/cronin_passage.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/broad_japan.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/bradbury_martian.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/elgin_tongue.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/kawakami_night.jpg" class="size-s">
+</aside>
+<details>
+	<summary>2025</summary>
+	<section>
+		<h2 id="dec25">december</h2>
+		<ul>
+			<li>In the Miso Soup, Ryu Murakami</li>
+		</ul>
+		<h2 id="nov25">november</h2>
+		<ul>
+			<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
+				<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
+				<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
+				<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
+				<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">
+			started reading a weekly newspaper which had quite the
+			impact on my reading time. i have a test subscription for
+			10 weeks, let's see if i can figure out how to balance my
+			reading out...
+		</p>
+		<h2 id="jan25">january</h2>
+		<ul>
+			<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>