My reading goal for 2025 was 15 books and I read 15 books. Yes, just over half of them are re-reads. They still count. Here’s the list of books I read in 2025, organized by date read. The Armageddon Protocol (The Galactic Cold War, #4) by Dan Moren An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management by Will Larson The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by Bell Hooks The Way of Kings (The…
I had little motivation to read going into 2024. I set my Goodreads reading challenge at 12 books. I was not optimistic. But then, a light. I remembered that Brandon Sanderson was set to release book 5 of The Stormlight Archive in December. I had to prepare. Sure, that’s only 4 books, but the Stormlight books are huge. The shortest one is 1007 pages. Don’t forget the 2 Stormlight…
I do realize I’m publishing this a full year late. Better late than never? My reading goal for 2023 was 15 books, which I noted was optimistic when I set the goal. I got pretty close, coming in at 13 books. Here’s the list of books I read in 2023, organized by date read. The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7) by Brandon Sanderson Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson The Nova Incident (The…
My goal for 2022 was to read 22 books. I only managed 9. Have you heard people say that having 3 kids is significantly more difficult than 2 kids? It’s 100% true. We’re out numbered. It didn’t help that the 3rd kid was sick a lot (4 ER visits plus a 6 nights in a hospital for COVID, RSV, and a Rhinovirus). I also started a new job in March. So I’m shooting to read 15 books in 2023. It feels…
My goal for 2021 was to read 20 books. I read 24! I’m going for 22 in 2022. Here’s the list of books I read in 2021, organized by date read. A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari…
These are the books I read during the untamed, rampant dumpster fire of a year that was 2020, organized by date read. Starsight (Skyward #2) by Brandon Sanderson. Darksaber by Kevin J. Anderson. This is the first Star Wars book I’ve read/listened to. The audiobook had a bunch of sound effects which I found distracting. Age of Death (The Legends of the First Empire, #5) by Michael J. Sullivan…
One day over a decade ago I was working from a friend’s house. He got up off his computer proclaiming, “I’m going to go make toast.” He returned 30 minutes later, having made toast and eaten it. Plain toast. Not fancy avocado toast. Just plain toasted bread with butter. 30 minutes. Toast has a half life of about 10 seconds 1 . You gotta grab it directly out of a hot toaster…
Ever notice that people with 20 children are like, “after the 3rd kid I stopped noticing any additional work! it totally gets easier. ha ha ha ha” I think they’re all completely broken inside.
My goal for 2019 was to read 12 books. I re-read 12 books and read 6 new ones for a total of 18. I’m including all the books I re-read in my list here this year. I’m going for 15 in 2020. Here’s the list of books I read in 2019, organized by date read. Skyward by Brandon Sanderson. This book is different from his usual books in that its a sci-fi book instead of fantasy. Turns…
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