2021 Reading List
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2021 Reading List

Shikake: The Japanese Art of Shaping Behavior Through Design Naohiro Matsumura Published: | Pages:192 My Rating: 4/5 Description: We are living in a time when behavioral change is necessary for our health and survival. Yet we find it exceedingly difficult to transform our own habits, let alone those of other people. Enter Naohiro Matsumura, whose powerful new design method is as astonishingly simple in its logic as it is sophisticated in its psychology. It allows any of us—from UX designers and marketers to concerned citizens and overworked parents—to address challenges in our homes, our public spaces, and our social interactions.As…
2020 Reading List
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2020 Reading List

How to Be Black Baratunde R. Thurston Published: 2012 | Pages:254 My Rating: 4/5 Description: Caliban's War (Expanse, #2) James S.A. Corey Published: 2012 | Pages:583 My Rating: 4/5 Description: In the vast wilderness of space, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante have been keeping the peace for the Outer Planets Alliance. When they agree to help a scientist search war-torn Ganymede for a missing child, the future of humanity rests on whether a single ship can prevent an alien invasion that may have already begun . . . The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America…
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Reading for April 2020

So, yeah, I missed a few months. I also didn't actually finish any books in those two months, so it's kind of a non issues. I didn't really finish a ton fo books this month wither, but hey, progress is progress. Transformers The Manga Volume 1 So, technically this one was a March read. This is the first of (I believe 2) collections of the old Transformers G1 Manga from Japan. It's honestly, really weird, and kind of awful, but it's also charming for both of these reasons. The stories are all more or less self contained. They all have…
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…