{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Soft Sensibilities","provider_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog","author_name":"Kimberly","author_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/author\/kimberlypearl-92gmail-com\/","title":"Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 4) &#8226; Soft Sensibilities","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"P4GfjJV7MH\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/quarantine-reading-one-book-a-day-week-4\/\">Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 4)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/quarantine-reading-one-book-a-day-week-4\/embed\/#?secret=P4GfjJV7MH\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 4)&#8221; &#8212; Soft Sensibilities\" data-secret=\"P4GfjJV7MH\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"I&#8217;m reading one book a day for as long as this COVID-19 quarantine lasts. Here are the ones I read this past week. DAY 24:\u00a0THE IDIOT I re-read Elif Batuman&#8217;s acclaimed novel, The Idiot, because my friend had mentioned adding it to her Kindle\u2014and by the end, wasn&#8217;t impressed. It&#8217;s not that I didn&#8217;t trust my own judgment from the first time around (spoiler alert, I, like so much of the world, enjoyed it); I simply had the urge to pick it up once more. The narrative is addicting, the characters captivating: every moment, no matter how banal, was crafted with wit and intention. Needless to say, I couldn&#8217;t put it down until the last page. DAY 24 (CONT&#8217;D):\u00a0SEVERANCE After four weeks of daily reading, it&#8217;s clear that my M.O. in choosing books as an adult is a cross between intuition, recognition, and cover art (superficial, but the truth). Severance\u00a0had been sitting on my bookshelf since 2018\u2014not long after the book was published\u2014and not once was I prompted to pluck it off the top of my bookcase. Had I read it then, it would have been another well-written book: finished, shelved, most likely forgotten. Reading it now, two years later,&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/book-review-1-the-idiot-by-elif-batuman.jpg"}