Reading in 2022
I try to read 52 books a year, but don't worry too much if I go over or under. Some years I post end of year lists:
This isn’t really planned but is a rough goal which I sometimes go over. This year I went under; I’m not sure why. All the normal I’m busy reasons apply, but I think it was more of a year of learning other ways. And I did more writing than reading which I accept.
More background information on how I read:
Ok, the list, * next to a book I really enjoyed.
- The Every
- Alien vs. Predator (book not screenplay...)
- LaserWriter II
- The Dog of the South
- The Moon is Down*
- Several People are Typing*
- Norwood
- Carnival of Snackery
- No One is Talking about This*
- Black Box Thinking
- Dinner Party: Stories
- Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
- The Psychology of Money*
- Happy Go Lucky
- Several Short Sentences about Writing*
- The Index Card
- The River at Night
- A Visit from The Goon Squad
- A Hummock in the Malookas
- PriestDaddy*
- North
- Big Time
- The Overstory*
- Pastoralia
- Talking to Strangers
- Paper Menagerie*: This contains the best short story I’ve read in years: Mono no aware