Reading in the Margins

Michael Scott Meets Mr. Darcy; a Jane Austen / The Office Mashup

Are the shades of Dunder Mifflin to be thus polluted?

Jun 17 • Amy Colleen

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Didn't like YESTERYEAR? Read these books instead.

For your summer reading consideration.

Jun 8 • Amy Colleen

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When book reviews get ugly

On taste, subjectivity, and the ad hominem fallacy. That subtitle makes this sound Scholarly but it's really just a rant.

Jun 5 • Amy Colleen

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May 2026

Spring 2026 Round-Up

Links, books, articles, recipes

May 23 • Amy Colleen

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April 2026

Even if all these facts about AI were *not* true, it would still be destroying us.

Why I refuse to use ChatGPT, and how I believe it's making us stupider.

Apr 21 • Amy Colleen

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Book Review: When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough by Taylor S. Schumann

A five-star review, personal bias notwithstanding.

Apr 12 • Amy Colleen

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On Learning That the U.S. Bombed a School in Iran

A poem for precedented times.

Apr 7 • Amy Colleen

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March 2026

Reading in the Margins

Finding and making a space, and revising a name.

Mar 18 • Amy Colleen

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I Want My Son to Be a Bookworm

An old wish, revisited.

Mar 14 • Amy Colleen

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Why I Am Not a Serious Book Reviewer

As an anxious person who overthinks her own subjectivity.

Mar 2 • Amy Colleen

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January 2026

Maybes for 2026

Idk guys, we're just surviving over here.

Jan 9 • Amy Colleen

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December 2025

Have a Magical Christmas, But Not Like That

Just so you know, you're doing it wrong, mama.

Dec 18, 2025 • Amy Colleen

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