I failed pretty miserably in my book-reading goals for last year. I did manage to reach my goal of reading 100 short stories, but fell far short of my annual goal of 25 books—ending up with only 19. In 2024, my resolution is to quit my job so I can have more time to...
My Beatles Top 40
I’ve been listening to a lot of Beatles music lately so I figured I’d try to identify MY Top 40 Beatles songs....
My Top Reads In ’21
Some of the best books I read last year: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen; A Promised Land by Barack Obama....
Books From The ‘Teens
When I think about the books that are honored as the top reads in a given year, I usually find that I haven’t read even a tiny percentage of the “best” books listed. I’m a decent reader; I have an annual goal of 25 books in a year, and I usually get fairly close...
Back To Nature (L5N5)
Do I think you care about what books I have read and am planning to read next? Of course not. But do I secretly hope that someone will pay attention and actually get some ideas for books to read from these posts? Sure. I’d even welcome some return comments like, “hey, since you read...
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Ah, December. As the year winds down, all the major periodical publications start putting out their “Best of the Year” lists. And for me, the best of the “best” lists are the “Best Books of the Year” lists. This phenomenon means there’s no shortage of ideas for books to read. I’m not going to...
Reading List: December 2019
It’s been almost two years since I wrote one of these last five/next five book lists. A lot more than five books have gone down in that time; there’s no “catching up” here. But let’s jump in for a snapshot of where we are today. The last five books I’ve read, oldest to most...
Reading List, March 2018—My Last (And Next) Five Books
Before we get into the books I’m reading to start the new year, I have a little boasting to do about my 2017 reading. I actually met my goal for the year, which was to read 25 books written by women. And a couple more by the guys, getting me to 27 for the...
Top 10 Embarrassments Of Trump’s First Year In Office
This wasn’t an easy post to write. I first thought about compiling a list of the embarrassing stuff Trump has done late in the fall of 2017. But as 2018 has begun, in just the first three weeks we’ve been overwhelmed with news stories; probably half a dozen things have happened this year that,...
Reading List, October 2017: My Last (And Next) Five Books
It’s hard to believe that we’re almost to the end of October, which means we’re almost to the end of the year. The last few months have flown by, and I expect the next couple will go even faster. That means we’re in a race against time, to fit in as much of 2017...