Journey to the End of the Shelf

Updates, extended thoughts, and discursive tangents as I try to work my way through every unread book I own

A Little Lit Roulette

I've selected the last couple of books from my shelf at random, and turns out I prefer it

A Little Lit Roulette

Geoff George|May 10, 2026

Dispatch from the Trail: A Depressing Duo

William T. Vollmann’s “Europe Central” is hitting uncomfortably close to home, and at the same time I'm braced for Yiyun Li’s latest

Dispatch from the Trail: A Depressing Duo

Geoff George|March 03, 2026

Douglas Adams on AI, Before There Was AI

A passage from one of the author’s comic novels of the 1980s clarifies a key user flaw of our AI present

Geoff George|January 31, 2026

Page-Turner Tunes: Boards of Canada’s “Music Has the Right to Children”

The first entry in a series on my favorite albums for locking in while reading

Page-Turner Tunes: Boards of Canada’s “Music Has the Right to Children”

Geoff George|January 10, 2026

At Present Pace ...

A year's-end reminder that the race is long but only against myself

Geoff George|December 24, 2025

When is a book TOO big?

In terms of sheer size, I’ve finally found my limit with one of my latest reads

When is a book TOO big?

Geoff George|December 16, 2025

Read What You Want

Engagement-based media has worried the concept of performative reading into a trend, and too many are falling for it

Geoff George|November 16, 2025

Up Next

One book closes, three more open

Up Next

Geoff George|October 16, 2025

Enter House

Mark Z. Danielewski might be for the adventure gamers

Enter House

Geoff George|October 16, 2025

My Current Read

A big, sprawling tip of the spear of what could have been an even bigger, even more sprawling thing

My Current Read

Geoff George|October 06, 2025

Take Three

Not the first iteration, probably not the last

Geoff George|October 05, 2025