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book reviews

A running shelf of finished reads, reviews, and the books that ended up sticking with me.

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photo galleries

A growing archive of places I have loved.

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original thoughts

For when I feel the need to put my thoughts into words.

Photography

Frames worth keeping

A selection of photographs capturing the places I have loved.

San Juan, Puerto Rico / April 2026

Color, heat, old walls, and the kind of street light that makes San Juan feel instantly cinematic.

Puerto RicoTravelCity

Argentina, Argentina / April 2026

Big skies, long roads, and the kind of distance that makes even the quieter frames feel charged.

TravelArchive

Porto, Portugal / April 2026

Riverside facades, steep streets, tiled walls, and late light rolling across Porto.

PortugalTravelCity

Low Countries, Belgium & the Netherlands / April 2026

Canals, facades, bikes, and the flat northern light that gives the region its own steady rhythm.

EuropeTravelCity

Recently read

Books that stay with me after the last page.

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing

Memoir / labor / April 2026

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing

by Hu Anyan

Hu Anyan's memoir of delivery work in modern China is a sharp, humane reminder that the convenience economy depends on workers most of us barely notice.

★★★½

The CIA Book Club

History / Cold War / April 2026

The CIA Book Club

by Charlie English

Charlie English's The CIA Book Club traces the covert effort to smuggle millions of banned books into Eastern Europe and makes a larger case for the written word as one of history's most powerful political weapons.

★★★

The Taiwan Tinderbox

Geopolitics / current affairs / April 2026

The Taiwan Tinderbox

by J. Michael Cole

J. Michael Cole explains why Taiwan's rapidly consolidated identity and China's insistence on reunification have created one of the world's most combustible geopolitical standoffs.

★★★★

Nuclear War: A Scenario

Geopolitics / security / March 2026

Nuclear War: A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen

Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario is terrifying not because of the bombs themselves, but because it shows how little real human choice remains once the machinery of deterrence starts moving.

★★★★