The Reading Life
What I'm reading
& what I've thought
Books I'm living inside right now, and an honest record of those I've closed.
2026 Reading Log
3/ 52 books
A promising start. The shelves await.
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The Reader's Ledger
2026
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Read in 2026
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Verdicts rendered
Essential
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Loved
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Good
1
Preferred genre: Historical / Romantic Poetry(1 books)
Currently Reading
Previously Read
EssentialThe Lady of the Lake
Sir Walter Scott · 2026
Historical / Romantic Poetry
"“The rose is fairest when 't is budding new,And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;The rose is sweetest washed with morning dewAnd love is loveliest when embalmed in tears.”"
EssentialCity Of Night Birds
Juhea Kim · 2025
Historical / Performance Fiction
"“All the beauty and tragedy of life can be found in the space between what could have been and what turns out to be.”"
LovedSummer and Bird
Katherine Catmull · 2022
Mythic/Gothic Fantasy
"“But when you find your soul, you have to go. When you find your true shape, when the wind lifts you up, when you remember who you are, you have to go.”"
LovedThe Birth House
Ami McKay · 2026
Historical Fiction
"Sin has many tools, but a lie has a handle to fit them all."
GoodBeautiful Boy
David Sheff · 2026
Memoir
""Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.""