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Hi, I'm Marc.
I like to read, and am resolved to do a better job of that in 2023. I need to get back to the place where I LOVE to read after years and years of doomscrolling and short-attention-span social media.
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Marc Welch commented on Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Marc Welch wants to read Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Added it to my Libby queue from my library! 4-week wait, but I have other stuff to read in the meantime.
Let 2023 be the year to reconfigure my social media and such. I am hoping to take to this site better than I ever did Goodreads. It kinda lost the magic for me when the corporate overlords arrived there. :)
Marc Welch rated Silence: 4 stars
Silence by Erling Kagge
"In 1993, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, becoming the first person to reach the …
Marc Welch rated Level 7: 4 stars
Level 7 by Mordecai Roshwald (Library of American fiction)
A chillingly calm first person account of Armageddon, from the point of view of a low-level military functionary.
This account …
Marc Welch rated Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power: 4 stars
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power is a 2012 book by Rachel Maddow. Her first book, Drift explores the …
Marc Welch rated How the end begins: 5 stars
How the end begins by Ron Rosenbaum
An alarming, deeply reported analysis of how close--and how often--the world has come to nuclear annihilation, and why we are …
Marc Welch rated The greatest speech, ever: 5 stars
Marc Welch rated Fallout: 5 stars
Marc Welch rated The Stand: 5 stars
The Stand by Stephen King
Imagine America devastated by a vast killer plague that moves from coast to coast. Imagine the countryside destroyed and great …
Marc Welch rated There's Money Where Your Mouth Is: 3 stars
Marc Welch rated Sh*t My Dad Says: 4 stars
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his seventy-three-year-old dad. Sam …
Marc Welch rated Mind hacks: 5 stars
Marc Welch rated The Doomsday scenario: 5 stars
Marc Welch rated Traffic: 5 stars
Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt
A New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the YearThe Washington Post - The Cleveland Plain-Dealer - …