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• The Best New York Fiction & Literature Books
  Source: Book ScrollingPublished on 2019-02-21
• The Best Australian New Wave Films
  Source: Cinema DailiesPublished on 2019-02-21
• The Best Leadership Books Of All-Time
  Source: Book ScrollingPublished on 2019-02-20
• The Best British New Wave Films
  Source: Cinema DailiesPublished on 2019-02-20
• The Best Nonfiction Books About New York
  Source: Book ScrollingPublished on 2019-02-19
• The Best British Comedies Of All-Time
  Source: Cinema DailiesPublished on 2019-02-19
• The Best Javascript Books Of All-Time
  Source: Book ScrollingPublished on 2019-02-18
• The Best Arthouse Movies Of All-Time
  Source: Cinema DailiesPublished on 2019-02-18
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Book Scrolling

I’m a sucker for “Best Of” lists. It can be anything, movies, tv, podcasts, restaurants, people, and honestly anything & everything you could possibly rank. As I’ve detailed other places, books have taken over my life in recent years (I think it will be a life-long addiction), so I’ve gravitated more and more towards book lists.

Late in 2015 I discovered the audiobook / ebook renting website Overdrive and started searching online for books I wanted to borrow from my local library. I like reading (or listening) to the best, so I started making “best of” book lists about subjects … Continue Reading

The Books I’ve Finished: January – June 2016

The last four years I’ve made a personal goal to finish an average of a book a week (52 books a year). I’ve accomplished that goal, if only just barely, every year, nearly doubling that number in 2015. I decided to not set a goal for 2016 and just finish books at whatever pace I finish them. I have several Neal Stephenson and Doris Kearns Goodwin books on my shelf that I want to read, so not putting a time constraint on myself seemed like a good idea.

Well, five months into the year with no target and I’ve already … Continue Reading

The Burden of Nectarine Rejection