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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Success! Richard M has read 35 of 12 books.
A disturbing examination of toxic masculinity and the darkest pits of the Internet, Alex Gonzalez’s rekt traces a young man’s …
This was not the book I expected, and while there are some interesting bits in the writing, I don't think it accomplishes much in explaining 'Master of Reality' as much as it outlines what John Darnielle thinks of Black Sabbath fans.
Started the author-read audiobook. It's nice to hear the author's voice here, especially when she stifles a laugh once in a while while relating a story.
The life and career of Tony Iommi, a rock guitarist for the band Black Sabbith.
Girl in a Band: A Memoir is a 2015 autobiography written by former Sonic Youth bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter …
Girls to the Front is the epic, definitive history of Riot Grrrl, the radical feminist uprising that exploded into the …
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he …
What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of …
To fix the world they first must break it further.
Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor …
Every Winter, the human population hibernates.
During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is …
Two months ago, I'd never heard of Jasper Fforde. Now it feels like all the books that sound amazing to me are written by this guy. The idea of sleeping through winter sounds great.
The air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other …
Something about this sounds fascinating.
The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive New York Times bestselling …
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he …
