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Day: July 8, 2022

Review: Sphere by Michael Crichton

July 8, 2022July 7, 2022 E.F. Sunland

20 Books of Summer 2022: Book 2

Michael Crichton’s Sphere and Jurassic Park are the oldest books on my shelf. I can’t remember the first time I read them—middle school?—but they’ve survived all the moves and reorganizations of the intervening years. It’s risky to revisit books you loved as a kid, but given how well Jurassic Park held up, I added Sphere to my summer list. read more

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