Hi, I'm Devin. I work as a technical writer. In my free time, I like to read books and write about books and other things.


2023 reading recap (01-05-2024)
In search of a good western book (05-06-2023)
Books I read in 2022/2023 (a running list)
Some thoughts about the books I read in May and June 2022 (07-24-2022)
All the books I read in April 2022 (05-01-2022)
All the books I read in February and March 2022 (04-10-2022)
All the books I read in January 2022 (01-29-2022)
All the books I read in December 2021 (12-27-2021)
All the books I read in November 2021 (12-04-2021)
All the books I read in October 2021 (10-29-2021)
A beautiful book, you were not (09-21-2021)
Third-person omniscient narration in Free Food for Millionaires (08-05-2021)
Don’t sleep, there are tons of boring linguistic details (07-07-2021)
Buy Nothing groups in Mountain View and San Mateo (05-02-2021)
I didn't like Mexican Gothic, but a lot of critics did (04-28-2021)
So...what does a technical writer actually do? (April 2021)
The House of Mirth and The Awakening have so many similarities (02-04-2021)
Kindred didn't pander to me and I liked that (01-18-2021)
I like e-readers now (01-01-2021)
Books I read in 2021 (a running list)
American Woman considers how radicalism can produce ambivalence (09-26-2020)
Normal People is about shifting power dynamics, not love (06-13-2020)
Elantris has a great plot, but a disappointing love interest (06-08-2021)
How to use tables in technical documentation (02-03-2020)
Books I read in 2020 (a running list)

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