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+<aside class="desaturate squish">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/stephenson_crash.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/alharthi_celestial.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/kawabata_snow.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/rek_devine_busy.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/shea_illuminatus.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/kutscher_stumme_tod.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/lovecraft_madness.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/neuvel_only_human.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/vonnegut_champions.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/gibson_neuromancer.jpg" class="size-s">
+	<img src="/media/content/read/murata_convenience.jpg" class="size-s">
+</aside>
+<details>
+	<summary>2024</summary>
+	<section>
+		<h2 id="dec24">december</h2>
+		<ul>
+			<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
+				<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
+			<blockquote>
+				somehow i fell down the rabbithole (lol) of rek &
+				devine's world this month. their log is fascinating and
+				inspiring. much of their stuff makes you want to set
+				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></li>
+		</ul>
+		<h2 id="aug24">august</h2>
+		<ul>
+			<li><code>DROPPED</code>
+			<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></li>
+		</ul>
+		<h2 id="jul24">july</h2>
+		<ul>
+			<li>Der stumme Tod, Volker Kutscher</li>
+			<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
+				<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
+			while traveling in south korea. i only got a replacement in june.
+			that's why there is a 6 month gap where i did not read anything
+			this year.
+		</p>
+	</section>
+</details>