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I heard about Matthew Dicks and this latest book of his when he was interviewed on a podcast series I listen to, and some of his ideas intrigued me. In brief, Dicks has asked himself — and asks the reader — to think long ahead to being very old and lying on our deathbeds. Consider, … Read more

A slim month, given various and sundry other things going on, not the least of which is actually working toward getting my voiceover side hustle going. But I managed to get a bit of reading in. Always enjoyable and always something I hope to get in more of. ReadThe Salt Grows Heavy – Cassandra Khaw … Read more

A bit tight on time due to expected busyness and the family being home for March Break — as I’ve mentioned previously, it’s ironically when my wife and teen are home that I get the least progress made there on work and preferred passtimes — but I still managed to start a couple of new … Read more

February became an unexpectedly busy month, but I managed to get one important book under my belt: ReadThe Let Them Theory – Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins ReadingWrite Down The Bones: Freeing The Writer Within – Natalie Goldberg The Let Them Theory caught my eye at a book store not long ago, and the blurb … Read more

Bit of a slow month, reading-wise, largely due to trying to catch up on some podcasts, thanks to the focus being a big push at the end of 2025 to ignore other passtimes and finish those 50 books. Here’s what this month looked like: ReadBossypants – Tiny Fey Started and stoppedWhy Nobody Understands Quantum Physics … Read more

Ah yes, the unexpected high of actually getting through (over!) 50 books this year! Quite an unexpected range of material to choose from for this list. In no particular order other than approximate chronological order they were read in, here are my top ten books I read this year: Clockwork Boys: Clocktaur War Book One … Read more

Well, well, well… I wonder what life is like for people who didn’t read fifty books this year. Hmm?What’s that?Oh yeah, I’ve done that. That, and more.Before December even started, no less. Mind you, slam-dunking a stack in November went a long way toward wrapping up my self-imposed challenge — see the bottom of this … Read more

Not quite keeping up with the pace I was hoping for, but perhaps that shouldn’t be too surprising, given a wife going back to teaching and a teen going back to school, so we’re all getting used to the new norm for the next nine months. While September does offer a chance at refocusing, it … Read more