I’m adding where the books come from to each title because sometimes I do wonder how they all get here. It can’t be gnomes. To read different stories from the same era at once gives a richness to history. This list will continue into the next with more books of the era. The same names […]
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95books for 2015, list 10, Ancient, Lasting or Passing
80. Bipolar Bear by Catherine Kidd (Conundrum Press, 2005) This book has a history with me. I nearly bought it the year of release but I had no cash and no idea of where a machine might be. I was too shy to ask if I could COD or something. The copy I eventually got […]
95books in 2015: list 9: Keying In On Details
I mussed up my numbering system, not transferring all from spreadsheet to twitter or visa versa, so this will be at odds with what I had on twitter. Bah. Overall, past this particular list, for 2015, 27% of books I read were published this year or last. 14% are a century or older, higher than […]
95books in 2015, list 8: On and Off the Radar
Bit of a speedbump there. I couldn’t place my hand on where I’ve since put some of the books. If you read only what is comfortable, gratifying and what you get you bog into your cliché until your sweet spot breaks from overuse. It’s not sustainable, is it? 66. Poems: Jim Behrle & Fred Moten […]
As good as its title
One can get good at vigorous effort of seeming to make good oratory sounds, movements of rise and denouement without having anything particularly compelling to another audience. One can write tight, clear and creative, but on a topic of no interest. Every utterance is an invitation to broaden interests. One can move one person to […]