Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
it's that time of the year again..
?'s
1. How has your reading year been so far?
2. What is the best book that you’ve read so far this year?
3. Best sequel you’ve read?
4. New release you’ve not read yet but want to?
5. Most anticipated release of the second half of the year?
6. What was the biggest disappointment of the year so far?
7. What is the biggest surprise of the year so far?
8. Who is your new favorite author?
9. Who is your fictional crush?
10. Who is your new favorite fictional character?
11. A book that made you cry?
12. What is a book that made you happy?
13. What is the most beautiful book you've bought this year?
14. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
15. Any plans for the rest of your reading year ahead?
it's that time of the year again..
?'s
1. How has your reading year been so far?
2. What is the best book that you’ve read so far this year?
3. Best sequel you’ve read?
4. New release you’ve not read yet but want to?
5. Most anticipated release of the second half of the year?
6. What was the biggest disappointment of the year so far?
7. What is the biggest surprise of the year so far?
8. Who is your new favorite author?
9. Who is your fictional crush?
10. Who is your new favorite fictional character?
11. A book that made you cry?
12. What is a book that made you happy?
13. What is the most beautiful book you've bought this year?
14. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
15. Any plans for the rest of your reading year ahead?

![intermezzo
0:00 — intro
1:12 — love your brother, love your sister (intermezzo updates)
3:22 — adding to the dust of the world (intermezzo final thoughts)
17:38 — special guest 💜💜💜
18:48 — there exists another evolution but in this one
20:34 — were at a bookshop...
22:18 — time escapes you and my camera is broken..
25:50 — poetry and problems
27:02 — outro
“It [composing chess problems] is a beautiful, complex and sterile art related to the ordinary form of the game only insofar as, say, the properties of a sphere are made use of both by a juggler in weaving a new act and by a tennis player in winning a tournament. Most chess players, in fact, amateurs and masters alike, are only mildly interested in these highly specialized, fanciful, stylish riddles, and though appreciative of a catchy problem would be utterly baffled if asked to compose one.” - Nabokov | Speak, Memory
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Creators Mentioned:
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Books Mentioned:
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6797358364
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9557.Sputnik_Sweetheart?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=YltCFL0nI1&rank=1
Films Mentioned:
What Happened Was (1994):
https://letterboxd.com/bulgogiboi/film/what-happened-was/
Renees Book Haul:
On Writing by Stephen King:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10569.On_Writing?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=RqtwQFLbfG&rank=1
My Year Abroad by Chang Rae Lee:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55333981-my-year-abroad?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
The Plague by Albert Camus:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11989.The_Plague?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
On Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2871976184
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58877223-kairos?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=uhohOoxghN&rank=1
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1736739.Olive_Kitteridge?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16
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