Reading for January 2020
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Reading for January 2020

I've had an up and down relationship with being motivated to read. I pushed myself back into reading round 2016 and had a lot of success at 35 books for the year, but then it fizzled out again with like, 1 book in 2018. It doesn't help that I have a huge backlog of books to read. I feel more guilty about my unread books than my unread video games. Possibly part of my problem is the refusal to accept that I'm not enjoying a book and move on. I'm not really over that one quite yet. As part of…
2019 Reading List
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2019 Reading List

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) J.R.R. Tolkien Published: 1954 | Pages:398 My Rating: 5/5 Description: One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind themIn ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages…
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Too Many eBooks and Keeping them Organized

The nice thing about digital books is that they are easily stored and accessible in very little space. The bad thing about digital books is that it can be hard to find things in a virtual shelf where you can't easily see covers and authors and topics. There is something to be said for covers, when you can easily glance at a row of books and see the color combination that sticks out as "This is the book that I like". Tech books present a different problem, since it's less easy to make notes or stick papers in important bits…
Comics – Batman Hush, The Long Halloween, The Killing Joke
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Comics – Batman Hush, The Long Halloween, The Killing Joke

I am a fan of comics, I like the idea of comics, I like super heroes. I don’t actually read all that many comics.  The ongoing monthly cost is more than I care to bother with and I hate the whole multispan multi book story arch aspects (multibook Crossovers, not bultibook within a series).  It also feels like there is too much long tail and too much filler to really "get into" anything these days.  I really love collections and Graphic Novels.  They tend to highlight the best aspects and they tend to be self constrained consolidated stories.  The only…
Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam Powered Stories
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Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam Powered Stories

I  remember hearing about this book a while back.  I forget if it was on the Team Fortress blog or just somewhere in the Steam Forums.  I then promptly forgot about it.  As convenient as shopping online is, I like the serendipity of a store.  Unfortunately, there aren’t many book stores in the area and I tend to forget about books I wanted if I am not reminded of them. I was browsing through Barnes and Noble a few weeks ago and found this and remembered about it.  I decided to wait on it though since I get coupons for…
2017 Reading List
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2017 Reading List

Spider-Gwen, Vol. 2: Weapon of Choice Jason Latour Published: 2016 | Pages:112 Description: COLLECTING: SPIDER-GWEN 9-13 Spider-Gwen, Vol. 1: Greater Power Jason Latour Published: 2016 | Pages:136 Description: COLLECTING: SPIDER-GWEN 1-6 Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal G. Willow Wilson Published: 2014 | Pages:120 Description: COLLECTING: MS. MARVEL 1-5, MATERIAL FROM ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW! POINT ONE Runaways, Vol. 2: Teenage Wasteland Brian K. Vaughan Published: 2006 | Pages:144 Description: Seveneves Neal Stephenson Published: 2015 | Pages:872 Description: A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together…