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Duncan is on page 206 of 720 of Palo Alto

Tue, 06 May 2025 06:11:06 -0700

Duncan Anderson is on page 206 of 720 of Palo Alto.

Duncan is on page 137 of 720 of Palo Alto

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:58:56 -0700

Duncan Anderson is on page 137 of 720 of Palo Alto.

Duncan wants to read 'The Octopus: A Story of California'

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 05:41:22 -0700

Duncan wants to read The Octopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris

Duncan started reading 'Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World'

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 07:38:43 -0700

Duncan started reading Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris

Duncan added 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 05:52:58 -0700

Duncan gave 4 stars to A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Paperback) by Dave Eggers
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Reading this a decade after my first time at 22 was�� illuminating? I loved it back then, as I felt like Eggers was speaking directly to my young, self-important brain.

This time reading it was more layered, complicated. I still admire the book’s ambition, rawness, but this time around I was more attuned to how much the confidence in the voice feels like a mask. Beneath it there is real pain - a young man thrust into parenthood, trying to grieve while keeping everything together.

I noticed how often the narrative takes wild detours or cracks jokes just as things are starting to genuinely vulnerable. It started to feel like a hyper self-conscious defence mechanism and wore me out a little.

That’s not a knock on the writing, and it actually deepened my empathy. Maybe the performance is the vulnerability?

Some parts haven’t aged well, with many stretches feeling self-indulgent or off-key now. But I get why I loved it then and I appreciate it differently now.

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Robyn Crump started reading The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry

Duncan wants to read 'The Left Hand of Darkness'

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 03:58:43 -0700

Duncan wants to read The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Duncan wants to read 'The Kite Runner'

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 14:25:40 -0700

Duncan wants to read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini