End of the Summer Reading from Pocket

Note: This article was published while I was in my early 20s. I was much younger and dumber. Please don't hold it against me. One of the perils of having a 20+ year old website!

I recently cleared out my mile long reading list on @pocket – here’s the good stuff.

 

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