This is one of the more difficult books I've read. It feels like I have to pay as much attention as I would when studying for a history final exam. So far, it hasn't been enjoyable to read, but it is very interesting both for the story and the way it's written.
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I love to read but many of the books I 'read' these days are audio books because of how much I travel for work. My reading habits are a bit chaotic, and it seems I either binge a book in a couple weeks or take years of stopping and starting. However, since I started tracking my reading 5 years ago I've gotten much better at not leaving books on the back burner. I love to learn about and read history, science fiction, biographies, essays, politics, philosophy, popular science, and more. Recently I've become interested in reading classics too.
I consider the day a book is acquired to be when I start reading it. This is mostly for motivational purposes, otherwise I will get distracted by new books. I will likely move away from this system in 2025.
I love the concept of Bookyrm, and after tracking my reading in spreadsheets for the past 5 years I have now moved it all to Bookwyrm.
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45% complete! Jayp has read 9 of 20 books.
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Jayp wants to read A King Alone by Jean Giono (Le Cycle du Hussard, #3)
A King Alone by Jean Giono, Susan Stewart, Alyson Waters (Le Cycle du Hussard, #3)
An existential detective story by one of France's most popular modern writers, set in a mid-nineteenth century mountain village, available …
Jayp commented on Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Tyrone Slothrop, a GI in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets …
Jayp started reading Man Who Organized Nature by Anna Paterson
Jayp rated The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories: 4 stars
Jayp finished reading The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Jayp started reading Chasing the Moon by Robert Stone
Jayp rated Lincoln at Gettysburg: 5 stars
Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills
In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence to write the greatest …
Jayp finished reading Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills
Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills
In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence to write the greatest …
Jayp started reading The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Jayp started reading Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills
Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills
In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence to write the greatest …
Jayp finished reading Saving the Wild South by Georgann Eubanks
Jayp wants to read Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall
Jayp rated H is for Hawk: 5 stars
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer, Helen had never before …
Jayp finished reading H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced …
When H is for Hawk was published ten years ago, I read a review that made an impression on me. Over the years, I kept putting off reading it and eventually stopped reading anything as life got busier. I even forgot why I wanted to read it in the first place. Recently, I considered giving away my used library hardback copy, but instead, I decided to start reading, and I'm really glad I did.
For me, H is for Hawk is one of those books I might have liked when I was younger, but I definitely wouldn't have appreciated or been impacted by as much as I am now that I've lived more. It's been a while since I've been so emotionally involved with a book.