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The Joy of Re-reading: Circe
If you love to read: -about a woman telling a bully who is much bigger than she is, "You don't know what I can do," -or, if you love...
Jul 24, 20223 min read
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How I use my planners, digital edition
Last week, I wrote about my paper planners: one for work, one for this, and one notebook to track information like how I've slept and...
Jul 10, 20224 min read
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How I use my planners, paper edition
At my proper job At the end of June, I sat down with my planners at the library (one paper and one digital) and just checked-in. Half of...
Jul 3, 20226 min read
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The mid-year reading challenge check-in
Last December, I set myself what seemed like an easy challenge: each month, I'd read one book from my own shelves. I thought I'd ace...
Jun 27, 20223 min read
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Some good DNFs
When I was young, I would never put a book down without finishing it. I once spent four months plowing through Martin Chuzzlewit when I...
Jun 19, 20223 min read
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A Gen X Book List
Not that we care or anything, but Gen X seems to be the ignored middle child of all the generations. There's no way to make an...
Jun 14, 20222 min read
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I don't know who to root for in Civilizations
Binet, Laurent- Civilizations The premise of this book is a fascinating what-if. It begins with Viking exploration of Canada. A woman,...
Jun 5, 20222 min read
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Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy
Liu, Cixin- The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death's End A quote from The New Yorker on the cover of the 3rd book reads "[Liu's]...
May 31, 20225 min read
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Off the Edge: trying to understand conspiracy theorists
Weill, Kelly- Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything I was a little worried that this book...
May 21, 20223 min read
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The Kaiju Preservation Society
Scalzi, John- The Kaiju Preservation Society This was a quick, fun read. I was slightly annoyed that all the characters had very similar...
May 15, 20221 min read
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