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Todd Tyrtle

toddtyrtle@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 9 months ago

I've been blogging since 1998, most recently at gooutsidetoday.com where sometimes the domain name is advice for others and often a reminder for me. I enjoy doing new things and started #52Adventures, a project where I did something new every week. It went on hiatus for the pandemic but will be restarting soon. I love cycling (I haven't owned a car since 2004), running, cooking and writing. I've also been studying Hindi for almost a decade and enjoy chatting and writing in that language as well.

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reviewed Dopesick by Beth Macy

Beth Macy: Dopesick (2018)

Chronicles America's more than twenty-year struggle with opioid addiction, from the introduction of OxyContin in …

Review of 'Dopesick' on 'Storygraph'

What a fascinating book. It has the dubious honour of being the first book I ever put on my "Didn't finish" shelf not because I didn't like it but because it was, in some ways too good.

Too scary, infuriating, upsetting and anxiety inducing for me to continue with. It's also, really sad. I do volunteer work regularly with many folks who are addicted and of course that's upsetting and stressful. (But I'm glad I can help) but reading this just put this at the top of my mind all the time.

But readers better at dealing with this than I will enjoy this I think.

reviewed Africa Solo by Mark Beaumont

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Mark Beaumont: Africa Solo (2016, Penguin Random House)

Review of 'Africa Solo' on 'Storygraph'

I watched the film for this earlier this month and really enjoyed it and was so excited to see that there was a book to fill in the missing pieces for me. I was not disappointed. Fascinating and inspiring all at once. It makes me want to get out on my own bike and see how hard and how long I can push myself.