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Thursday, January 4, 2018

Reading Goals for 2018

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I have lots of goals for this year. The big one is to listen to all 500 albums listed on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of A...
Sunday, December 31, 2017

2017 Reflection and Wrap Up

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I read more books in 2017 than in any other year in my life. My goal at the outset of the year was to read 50, but I soon found that I woul...
Friday, December 29, 2017

109, Seven Short Stories

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Seven Short Stories by Anton Chekhov I like short stories. They get in, tell a snippet of a life, and get out. They don't have time f...
Saturday, December 16, 2017

#104, "A Christmas Carol"

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Though I've seen and known this story many, many times in various media (film, stage, radio), I r...

103, "The Wrecking Crew"

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The Wrecking Crew:  The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret by Kent Hartman The Wrecking Crew was an extraordinary group...
Thursday, December 7, 2017

The Remarkable Farkle McBride

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I didn't know John Lithgow was an author of picture books. This is a story of a musical prodigy who, after seeing and discarding differe...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

#101, "The Song Machine"

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"The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory" by John Seabrook "The Song Machine" is a truly outstanding book on the his...
Friday, December 1, 2017

#100, "The Story of Music"

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The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles by Howard Goodall This book was not written for professionals, which made it surprisingly ...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

#99, "What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions"

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"What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" by Randall Monroe One of the most enjoyable books I'...

98, "Murder on the Orient Express"

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"Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie This is the first book from Agatha Christie I'd ever read. I was happy th...