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Zeeshan’s 2025 Year in Books
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Reading a thousand books in a year
I can already see the eyes rolling.
"What are you going to do? Read children's books?"
"All you are doing is skimming."
"Impossible!"
"Fake."
"You will read Dr. Seuss?"
"Where will you get the time?"
These are all valid points. The thing is when the year started I did not plan this. I did not make resolutions. It wasn't intended.
The truth is I used to love reading as a child. I was a bookworm - mainly B Read more of this blog post »
"What are you going to do? Read children's books?"
"All you are doing is skimming."
"Impossible!"
"Fake."
"You will read Dr. Seuss?"
"Where will you get the time?"
These are all valid points. The thing is when the year started I did not plan this. I did not make resolutions. It wasn't intended.
The truth is I used to love reading as a child. I was a bookworm - mainly B Read more of this blog post »
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I am in media res of reading this. It really is a page turner and runs like a movie. Wealth of treasure trove. But there is a minor reason I am taking a star off.The author paints himself a hero for completing a 40 mile rucksack march at the end of S ...more "
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Fascinating story but tedious by-the-numbers writing. I guess that's Pulitzer Style Stephen King writing for this era. Why does the author felt the need to intersperse boring historical facts about history of Appalachian trails, World Wars, paragraph
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Last Friday, my roommate sent me out to get some canned fish, because we're having some Catholic survivalists over for dinner. Weirdest thing happened. I'm coming up the steps, I stumble, all the groceries fall down the stairs. Except for a can of salmon, which falls up the stairs. Bizarre experience, but it gave me an idea. Couple nights later I was driving the wrong way down a one-way street. Cop pulled me over. I told him I was spawning. He said, 'Young man, I have reason to believe you're DUI. You know what that is?' I said, 'Do I!” ...more Stefan Fatsis |
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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players:
"I love playing Scrabble and was excited about this book. I got to page 68 and just couldn't read anymore. Although the author describes words played by various tournament players, he provides too many details about the Scrabble players making it bori"
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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players:
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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players:
"Nothing bad, but felt like it dragged on. It’s truly all scrabble talk for 400 pages. "
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