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My interests range from history to science, and sometimes include Clancy and Michener.
Since 2016, I've consumed quite a bit of content about UK politics - first, because Brexit was the train wreck none of us could look away from; and second because I didn't particularly want to watch our news. I knew what was happening here, and didn't have much need (or appetite) for reading about our own recent history and politics.
I've largely shifted my social presence (what little I had) to the Fediverse where possible, and you'll also find me at @me@djw.li and my alt BookWyrm https://b.djw.li/user/me.
I struggle with chronic illness that's sleep-impacting, so some weeks are better than others and sometimes I find myself reading the same page multiple times in particularly dense texts. I don't always make as much progress as I want to, but continuing to make progress, learning, and having my assumptions challenged is the core of why I' m here.
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Daniel wants to read Killing Thatcher by Rory Carroll
Daniel wants to read Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues, …
Daniel wants to read I Want a Better Catastrophe by Andrew Boyd
I Want a Better Catastrophe by Andrew Boyd
An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers
With global heating projected to rocket past the 1.5°C …
Daniel stopped reading Lessons from the Edge by Marie Yovanovitch
This was the book, not the audio CD. Updating.
Daniel wants to read How to Survive in Medieval England by Toni Mount
Daniel finished reading Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey is a book by American author J. D. Salinger which comprises his …
I've read and re-read this time and again. Speaks to me somehow, both angsty teenage me who read it for the first time around 1999, and current older and wiser me.
Daniel wants to read Anxious Person's Guide to Non-Monogamy by Lola Phoenix
Daniel wants to read Mostly Good and Competent Men by Robert P. Howard
Daniel started reading Michelle Obama by Peter Slevin
Michelle Obama by Peter Slevin
With disciplined reporting and a storyteller's eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her …
Daniel stopped reading
Michelle Obama by Peter Slevin
With disciplined reporting and a storyteller's eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her …
Daniel wants to read Michelle Obama by Peter Slevin
Michelle Obama by Peter Slevin
With disciplined reporting and a storyteller's eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her …
Daniel started reading A Promised Land by Barack Obama
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
A Promised Land is a memoir by Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. …
Daniel started reading Dreams from my father by Barack Obama (Kodansha globe)
Dreams from my father by Barack Obama (Kodansha globe)
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (1995) is a memoir by Barack Obama that explores the …