When I read a book, I’m often immediately drawn to that group of pages in the middle that have darker or lighter edges. They are usually made out of thicker, glossy material and bear photos, illustrations, or some important aside. They are also sometimes the only part of the book worth looking at.
It’s a new year but I still have a lot of reading left to do from last year. I’m making it a point to finish the ones worth finishing and not just leave them until other books steal my interest. That’s going to be hard because I already have five books requested from our library …
As with most self-help texts (that’s another term for a book, not a short message you type out on your phone and send to your friends without fixing the mistakes autocorrect caused) out there, the meat of Benjamin Hardy’s book Willpower Doesn’t Work could probably be condensed to about 20 pages without impacting the message one …
Here we go again with five of the books I’ve been digging into over the last week. The subjects this time around are an interesting mix of projects, publishing, drawing, writing and poetry. Some weeks I find a ton of books all on the same subject I’m currently interested in. Other times it’s a random …
Once again I’m bringing you the fivebooks I’ve read or have been reading over the last week. The first one takes the reader on an 1800 mile walking trek throughout Central America. Walking the Americas by Levison Wood is an enjoyable first person account of the still wild lands that make up Central America. From …
Every week I hit the library, yard sales, bookstores, kindle and my own collection in search of something interesting to read. I thought I could start sharing what I’m reading each week and let you know what I liked and didn’t like. So here’s the first installment. How to Read Nature by Tristan Gooley Gooley …
There are just too many interesting sites on the internet. Nobody can keep up with it all. The sad fact is that so much great content will go unseen by most people. But at least there’s so much of a surplus of content that we’ll never run out of interesting sites to peruse. I found …
One of my favorite things to tell people is that I’ve started and stopped reading more books than I’ve ever finished. I’m not even sure that makes sense but it reminds me of an important decision I made several years ago regarding reading and learning. The short version of the lesson is that I don’t …
I just finished a book titled The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus by Dr. Hannah Fry and Dr. Thomas Oleron Evans. In it, the authors conclude (on pages 11 and 152) that two simple logic statements are all that is needed to prove Santa Claus exists. Fortunately for those who buy the book, they then …