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February 2021 updates

March 3, 2021March 2, 20212 Comments

A roundup of what I've been doing

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January 2021 updates

February 2, 2021February 1, 20211 Comment

A roundup of what I've been doing

My Reading Rules

my reading rules

June 10, 2020June 3, 20202 Comments

This Book Riot post made me start thinking about my reading rules and what they say about me. 1. Never crack the spine. When I was in middle school, I had a friend who would grab the brand-new paperback I was reading out of my hands and crack the spine. It was horrifying. I don't … Continue reading my reading rules

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the longest books I’ve read

June 18, 2019September 16, 20191 Comment

A while back, Forever Lost in Literature posted a list of the the ten longest books they had read. This week, I'm adding my own list.

3 on a theme: Teen boot camps

3 on a theme: teen “boot camps”

February 25, 2019February 23, 20191 Comment

Three books that deal very realistically with the phenomenon of the "boot camp" and how corrupt and dangerous these places truly are.

December 2018 reading round-up

December 2018 reading round-up

January 2, 20191 Comment

Kingdom of Ash, more five-star reviews, and year-end totals.

5 reasons to DNF* a book

September 26, 2018December 19, 20181 Comment

Five good reasons to stop reading that book right now.

reading while traveling

May 25, 2017May 25, 20172 Comments

Apparently this is a thing I like to do: read a book set in the place I'm traveling to. Right now, I'm heading off to a weekend in Acadia, Maine, and I'm reading The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel, about a man who lived as a hermit in the backwoods of Maine for nearly … Continue reading reading while traveling

March reading round-up

March 31, 2017March 31, 20174 Comments

# of books read: 14 audiobooks listened to: 3 ebooks read: 3 books from the Throne of Glass series: 2 graphic novels: 3 total page count: 3,998 year total page count: 12,251 Well, I still haven't beat that crazy reading streak I had in January.  It does seem that I'm reading roughly 4,000 pages a month, … Continue reading March reading round-up

3 on a theme: Books within books

3 on a theme: books within books

March 2, 2017September 10, 2018Leave a comment

I am often reading between 3 and 5 books at the same time, and occasionally there’s a theme that might not be remarkable in one book… but when I see it in three books, I take notice. Well, I started this blog post with three recent titles, then I kept finding more.  I'll try to … Continue reading 3 on a theme: books within books

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