Last Book Read: 16. Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward. The story of five men and their deaths and how it affected their families and the world around them in far south. 274 pages. (Finished 11 Apr 2025).
Last Book Read: 25. The Book of Love by Kelly Link. Three high school students suddenly return to their small seaside community after being missing for a year. They have to find their place back in the world as well as figure out how do deal with the supernatural forces that are surrounding them. 630 pages. (Finished 31 Dec 2024).
Last Book Read: 13. Denial by Jon Raymond. The world has been reshaped by climate change in 2052, but it could have been much worse. 20 years before some of the most powerful executives and lobbyists were convicted of crimes against the environment. This novel follows the discovery of one of them that had escaped arrest and gone into hiding. 240 pages. (Finished 31 Dec 2023)
Last Book Read: 22. The Winners by Fredrik Backman. (Beartown #3). It’s been a couple years since the events no one want’s to talk about (from book 1 of the trilogy). Change is coming to Beartown. What will happen now and what is Beartown’s future? 688 pages. (Finished 2 Dec 2022)
Last Book Read: 25. Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov. (Foundation Prequel #2). Hari Seldon works on perfecting psychohistory and managing the forces that want to use the science for their own purposes. 384 pages. (Finished 19 Dec 2021.)
Last Book Read: 59. Just Like You by Nick Hornby. On the verge of the Brexit vote, Lucy is nearly divorced and not looking for love. She just needs a babysitter. 368 pages. (Finished 26 Dec 2020).
Taylor Swift dropped a new album on Friday and it is amazing and devastating all at the same time.
full album playlist on YouTube
So much to unpack. This is an album created in quarantine. Both a return to her earlier pre-pop roots and an exploration into new territory for Taylor. It is a reflection of the strange times we find ourselves in. A time when “the lines between fantasy and reality blur and the boundaries between truth and fiction become almost indiscernible.”
I have many thoughts after having listened at least a half dozen times already. Those however are for another day, time, or person.
