The top 10 and the top 2 dozen of the year. Some of these were really tight calls. And a have a dozen still underway that I may finish this year. Could happen. 2025 Poetry: Toward an Origin Story by Laurie D Graham (Model Press, 2025)Seed Beetle by Mahaila Smith (Stelliform Press, 2025)Hawk & Moon […]
Category Archives: Demographics
Year End Audit
I suppose I could do this Jan 1st and to a degree will. I had a few guiding goals going into the year: Abandon books instead of slog, read more BIPOC, more queer, more in translationmore by disabled, more in French. About 10% BIPOC. On French, I finished none. What/who counts as disabled? Bit hard […]
Demographics and Stats of Books Read
As I mentioned in a previous post, I do an analysis of what I consume each year to be accountable to myself and see patterns I want to change. (Be the change.) This tracking allows me to identify trends and gaps. From this I can direct my reading and intentions for the future. By default […]
95Books
The year has ended. We can now officially say hindsight is 2020. After being in a headlong tumble-scramble from August onwards, I had a few days to sit after Christmas and move the bookmarks. I read 128 books and chapbooks over the year, 21 chapbooks and 50 novels among them. 59% were by females, 35% […]