Beginning the 2024-25 Academic Year

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Every summer, my schedule sees me use June and July pretty much for vacation and writing. As the calendar tips into August, I shift gears, spending part of each day beginning to prep for the coming school year. Teachers report back mid-month, with the students arriving a week later. We have four days to prep, […]

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What Have I Read This Year?

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Every year, I look back at my reading, trying to find patterns, failing every time. It’s an eclectic assortment of contemporary fiction, classic fiction, science fiction and fantasy, nonfiction, and tons of graphic novels. According to my lists at Goodreads, I have read 252 books this year, 48 “real” books, and 202 graphic novels. Every […]

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The Year in Reading

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According to Goodreads, I have read 223 books in 2021, a whopping 40,198 pages. The shortest was 96 pages and the fattest was 706 pages with them averaging a 3.7 (out of 5) rating. That’s quite a bit read on paper, eBook, and audiobook. Taking out the graphic novels, I managed 51 traditional books, ranging […]

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