In addition to trying to write more blogs, I’m also trying to read more blogs. I’m finding some great stuff out there in the world. Today I came across this post, and it’s nice to know I’m not the only one out there who doesn’t like working from home!
Accidentally Old School
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Go Get 'Em, Smiley!
I’ve been trying to limit my beer consumption - I don’t recover like I used to, and it surely doesn’t align with my fitness goals. Being the oldest guy at jiu jitsu is already hard enough without a hangover and/or a beer gut. That said - I was bored as hell …
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Update: The Rouse
Currently reading: The Rouse by China Miéville 📚 I read somewhere that Mieville feels this book is best enjoyed in little chunks at a time, and I think he’s right. The prose is just heartbreakingly good to the point of being overwhelming. It’s going to take forever …
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Just got China Mieville’s The Rouse from the library - it’s 1246 dense pages long. Have to break my personal rule of reading one book at a time because it’s just too fucking big to read in bed. Grabbed a John Le Carre for nighttime.
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Currently reading: Agnet Running in the Field by John Le Carré 📚
Picked this up on a whim while waiting for my kid to finish picking her manga titles last week. Choosing it now to clear my brain after 3 weeks of Umberto Eco.
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Currently reading: Lonesome Dove A Novel by Larry McMurtry 📚
Good God, this book absolutely lives up to the hype. I’m at like page 500 of 850-something, and I’m already a little sad knowing it will end.
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Finished reading: Eventide by Kent Haruf 📚
Just as wonderful as Plainsong, though certainly a little darker. Haruf’s gentle touch applied to some tragic characters - he keeps them from becoming caricatures and really humanizes them. Love is the theme here - love of family as well as romantic.
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Finished reading: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh 📚 This book is not my usual fare - contemporary literary fiction. But users with whom I share favorites on Pagebound all seem to like it, and I am keenly aware of the dude-centric nature of most of my reading, …
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Review - Plainsong
Finished reading: Plainsong by Kent Haruf 📚 I wish I could remember how I came to own this book. A couple weeks ago, I noticed it on a bookshelf here in my office. I don’t recall buying it, borrowing it, or otherwise acquiring it. I definitely didn’t get it while …
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Whatcha Readin' For?
Books are Back, Baby! I’ve always been a reader. I honestly cannot think of a time when I wasn’t reading something. My current book tracking app (more on that in a moment) says my reading streak is 9 days. Bitch, my streak is 51 years (by my rules, if you miss a day …