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Nov 07 2024

Books I’ve Read in 2024…

Total Pages Read: 5,698
Shortest Book: 128
Longest Book: 624
Fiction: 10
Non-Fiction: 3
Cookbook: 8
Poetry:

Last Book Read:
21. The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt. The story of a retired librarian and his life as an introvert. 336 pages.

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Jan 04 2024

Books I’ve Read in 2023…

Total Pages Read: 2,798
Shortest Book: 98
Longest Book: 385
Fiction: 5
Non-Fiction: 1
Cookbook: 6
Poetry: 1

Last Book Read:
13. Denial by Jon Raymond. The world has been reshaped by climate change in 2052, but it could have been much worse. 20 years before some of the most powerful executives and lobbyists were convicted of crimes against the environment. This novel follows the discovery of one of them that had escaped arrest and gone into hiding. 240 pages. (Finished 31 Dec 2023)

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Dec 14 2022

Books I’ve Read in 2022…

Total Pages Read: 6,334
Shortest Book: 144
Longest Book: 688
Fiction: 9
Non-Fiction: 4
Cookbook: 8
Poetry: 1

Last Book Read:
22. The Winners by Fredrik Backman. (Beartown #3). It’s been a couple years since the events no one want’s to talk about (from book 1 of the trilogy). Change is coming to Beartown. What will happen now and what is Beartown’s future? 688 pages. (Finished 2 Dec 2022)

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Dec 31 2021

Books I’ve Read in 2021…

Total Pages Read: 7975
Shortest Book: 160 pages
Longest Book: 560 pages
Fiction: 14
Non-Fiction: 1
Cookbook: 9
Poetry:

Last Book Read:
25. Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov. (Foundation Prequel #2). Hari Seldon works on perfecting psychohistory and managing the forces that want to use the science for their own purposes. 384 pages. (Finished 19 Dec 2021.)

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Oct 13 2021

Sometimes I Might Be an Introvert

If you haven’t checked out Little Simz yet…you should…

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Oct 11 2021

Friends That Broke My Heart

Another great album from James Blake. Its a breakup album…with a twist, not a lover, but those breakups with friends that sometimes only hurt more.

(Also the video for the lead single “Say What You Will” is great…love the bit with FINNEAS being his foil.)

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May 18 2021

Loving someone…

“Loving someone is like having a mental illness that’s not covered by health insurance.”

           – from “On a Stone Pillow” in First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

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Dec 26 2020

Books I’ve Read in 2020…

Total Pages Read: 16945
Shortest Book: 33 pages
Longest Book: 656 pages
Fiction: 27
Non-Fiction: 9
Cookbook: 21
Poetry: 2

Last Book Read:
59. Just Like You by Nick Hornby. On the verge of the Brexit vote, Lucy is nearly divorced and not looking for love. She just needs a babysitter. 368 pages. (Finished 26 Dec 2020).

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Jul 26 2020

folklore

Taylor Swift dropped a new album on Friday and it is amazing and devastating all at the same time.

full album playlist on YouTube

So much to unpack. This is an album created in quarantine. Both a return to her earlier pre-pop roots and an exploration into new territory for Taylor. It is a reflection of the strange times we find ourselves in. A time when “the lines between fantasy and reality blur and the boundaries between truth and fiction become almost indiscernible.”

I have many thoughts after having listened at least a half dozen times already. Those however are for another day, time, or person.

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Dec 31 2019

Books I’ve Read in 2019…

Total Pages Read: 13,388
Shortest Book: 96 pages
Longest Book: 512 pages
Fiction: 13
Non-Fiction: 6
Cookbook: 26
Poetry: 0

Last Book Read:
45. Sous Vide: Better Home Cooking by Hugh Acheson. I liked this book better than the slow cooker book. 288 pages. (Finished 30 Dec 2019).

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