I’ve stopped collecting books for the person I imagine I might become someday. No one can read everything anymore—not with thousands of new books appearing every day and old books never truly disappearing. So I’m changing the way I build my library: only the books I want to read now, or very soon. No more guilt-inducing digital hoards. Just books that are actually mine because I’ve read them.
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Atlas Obscura recently posted about strange things found inside books. What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever found? I have found other people’s homework notes, letters and strange bookmarks. Dead bugs. Pressed flowers — especially those I’ve pressed myself and forgotten about. (And my, they bring back memories!) I think the strangest thing I’ve ever found
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It’s January, that classic month of deprivation and do-over, when we all try to recover from a month of horrid over-indulgence and excess. Given that, it’s probably no surprise that all my reading this month is health focused. An Easy Guide to Meditation Amazon Link Surprise! It’s not a diet book. J This year I’m
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The Stand by Stephen King I’m still having a mad fling with fiction, but the number of books I’ve read have sharply declined for two reasons. The first is that we’ve (finally) started renovating, and that is eating up humungous amounts of time, both spare and not-so-spare. I’ll be writing more about that in another
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Oh, I’ve been having so much fun with my reading, lately. Fiction. Tons of it. I’ve been wallowing in stories. Weeah! Getting Things Done David Allen And right out of the gate, I’m a big fat liar. This is non-fiction. But considering that the vast majority of what I usually read is non-fiction, how-tos and
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I’m right into the thick of plotting and building a really big novel. Consequently, there are a lot of non-fiction research titles plugging up my readers. Let’s see: A Brief History of the Vikings: The Last Pagans or the First Modern Europeans? Jonathan Clements This is a great book for research, because it skims over
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Finding time to read doesn’t sound like it should be a major issue. You read when you get time, right? It’s supposed to be a pleasureable past time, so you’ll do it when you can and enjoy the moments. But if you’ve got a huge backlog of books you want to read (or worse, sitting
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Oh, I’m so scrapped for reading time right now, it’s embarrassing. I had lunch with another author yesterday and she asked me what I was reading right now. I couldn’t think of a single title! I get to read maybe a screen’s worth before I fall asleep at night. But let’s see what I’ve got
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If anyone dares mention “light summer reading” around me, I tend to boil. However, if it is going to encourage reading at all, have at it. It’s July. Vacation time. I’m working my ass off for the September releases, so a vacation is out of the question for me. So is a lot of light
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It seems like it’s been a while since I did one of these posts. Time has not been nice to me lately. 🙂 What do I have on the recent reading list on my various reading devices? Let’s see: Let’s Get Visible – How To Get Noticed and Sell More Books Dave Gaughran’s follow up
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