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A DNF cemetary and three titles finished this year
I've written before about getting more persnickety about my reading and about clawing my way out of a post-covid reading slump. While...
May 17, 20243 min read
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The Reading Life: When and why to ditch a book
When I was a kid- not just a little kid, but all through school, and probably all through college- I completed every book that I started....
Aug 13, 20225 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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Alphabet Reading Challenge: s, t, u, w
Strong, Anthony M- The Haunting of Willow House Tarkington, Booth- The Magnificent Ambersons Unsworth, Emma Jane- Grown Ups Walker,...
Dec 12, 20213 min read
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Goodreads list challenge: August and September
Yang, Susie- White Ivy Mascarenhas, Kate- The Psychology of Time Travel McDermid, Val- Northanger Abbey Moreno-Garcia, Silvia- Velvet Was...
Sep 30, 20213 min read
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The six things I learned from my alphabet reading challenge
Last December, I wanted to try something new with my reading and set up some challenges for the new year. I think that this is by far...
Jul 19, 20215 min read
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A DNF list for the winter. Just couldn't do it.
Five books that I tried out and why they weren't for me.
Feb 9, 20212 min read
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DNF early fall: some pretty good books that I just could not get through
Wow, No Thank You, Samantha Irby Somewhere in the Dark, R. J. Jacobs The 2084 Report, James Laurence Powell To Sleep in a Sea of Stars,...
Oct 20, 20203 min read
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