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The Essex Serpent

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Read it more for the mood and for the sadness of dashed fears, unrequited love, loss of purpose, and abject poverty than for the is-it-real monster hiding in the fog and the tides.

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Read 25k pages in 2026

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Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness

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A provocative but deliberative read by one of the professors I know at UT Austin. If you thought the nature-nurture debate was settled, be ready to re-engage because, like everything that life throws at you, it's not that simple. Even among idential twins that share the same DNA. The author is a lapsed Christian but knows enough about the Bible and her evangelical upbringing to hold forth on biblical interpretation (hence the title) and how it shapes our behavior as well.

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