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Richard M

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Joined 1 year ago

In all honesty, it had been years since I regularly read anything of note. An occasional audiobook (of while I have an intimidating collection of unread volumes. I've been collecting epub and pdf books from bundles and sales, etc.

2024 was the year of my dropping Twitter and (mostly) Facebook. It was also the year of stopping dropping most things Google and Reddit and other sites that encourage division. I deleted my podcast app, as nothing I was listening to was truly compelling or really even that interesting.

It's been a year now, in July 2025 and I've completed over 40 novels and novellas. Short story collections, poetry, etc. I have about six books on the go at any time, just like I used to do when I was a teenager. Instead of a stack of open books stacked up beside my bed, it's all on my phone and tablet.

As of this writing I have read 30 books of the 12 I thought I might finish in all of 2025. I think I might need to up my estimate a bit.

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2025 Reading Goal

Success! Richard M has read 48 of 12 books.

Dr. Chuck Tingle: Lucky Day (Hardcover, 2025, Tor Nightfire)

Lucky Day is the latest from Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Camp Damascus …

Content warning Mild spoilers, mention of one major character's fate.

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https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/just-code-just-published

Just Code, just published!!! Open Access of full book is now freely available, see link above. OA made possible with an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to CBI! Am so honored to partner w Con & work alongside 19 stellar, fellow interdisciplinary authors on this book! Full ToC in replies!

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Geezer Butler: Into the Void (2023, HarperCollins Publishers, Dey Street Books)

I'm enjoying the audio book version read by Geezer Butler. I'm not sure this would be as good in print. This is an old bassist telling war stories, and it's entertaining. It's not a great narrative start to finish, but it's a lot of short stories as he might describe over a pint.