Writer, Dabbler In Things
Definitely a slower pace this month than in January thanks to actually stepping away from books a bit and checking out some of the excellent TV shows being made these days and we’re paying for access to anyway (if you can, do check out The Night Agent, Prime Target, Mythic Quest, and Welcome To Wrexham) … Read more
Wow. Well… shows what I can do when I set my mind on something and actually stick to it. At the end of my Top 10 books of last year post, I mentioned that I was setting a goal of reading (/listening to) 50 books in 2025. Gotta say, I’m off to a better start … Read more
This wasn’t a good week for fans of Neil Gaiman or Protonmail. First and way more importantly, Neil Gaiman, for decades my favourite writer, was outed as a serial woman abuser. Last I read, eight women in total have come forward with varying stories over years of abuse by him. I’ve long believed the victim … Read more
A slow start, followed by some technical glitches with this website that disrupted by usual monthly posts of what I read — and just what did I read in February, March and April of this year? We’ll never know, because what I did remember to record either wasn’t posted here or disappeared if it was. … Read more
I recently saw a social media post about someone having just completed their goal of reading 40 books this year. It got me to thinking… hey, maybe I could do that. I don’t mean actually read-read them — at my slow pace? No chance — but get through 40 readable books plus audiobooks in a … Read more
Whoo, boy, what a difference it’s been with these audiobooks. Both for good and… well… less good. Here’s what I got through this month. ReadThe Rhythm of Time – Questlove, S.A. CosbyFour Minutes – Brian Andrews, Jeffrey WilsonWe’re All In This Together… So Make Some Room – Tom PapaFunny You Should Say That – Gerry … Read more
Well, that’s better… This month I decided to try going with the If You Can’t Beat’em, Join’em approach to reading. Rather than struggling to find/invent time to sit and read, I instead took advantage of using some of my busy time to listen to books instead. I just put up a blog post talking about … Read more
While I’ve written previously about bumps in the road to enjoying audiobooks and my take on that score hasn’t changed, I have to say, when they work for me, they really work. Anyone who’s a regular reader of this site will have been lulled half to sleep lately by my monthly What I Read This … Read more
… or more like What I started to read but put down in favour of something else, which I then also put down, and so on, and so on, and so on… am I right? … though that doesn’t lend itself to a great headline. Here’s how October worked out: Read(Ha!) Started and stoppedCrow Winter … Read more
September proved way better than recent months in terms of reading time. Finishing books was a whole other issue, mind you. I didn’t get through one book — not one — but hey, not for lack of trying. Check out what I started and turned out not to be my speed: Started and stoppedFablehaven – … Read more