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july is here
— July is here, the kids have winter break at school, I’m working from home, so we may spend some time in the country for a few days. And it’s inevitable, my brain starts thinking of lists for everything. So, let me share that with you. ▶︎ READING This month, for #BeardyReads, we decided to read REBECCA by Daphne Du Maurier. But first, we chose a genre for our month: classic thriller. And those in the group who already read REBECCA chose to read the other runner-ups: THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, by Patricia Highsmith, and WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE, by Shirley Jackson. I’m reading all three. But…
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thoughts about writing, content, and the beard
How was your month? I'm talking here about creativity, experiments, and content.
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about reading nonfiction
“In a world of endless entertainment, we often opt for guilty pleasures instead of educating ourselves. But how much of real value are those activities actually providing?” Michael Benninger @blinkist I’ve been listening to more #blinks lately. I’m not gonna do any ad here for the app, but I just wanted to highlight the fact. I’ve been craving more non-fiction books in my life, and those blinks have been helping me not only to think more and faster but also to find more books to educate myself. I know, we’re kinda saturated with the “educate yourself” bs. That’s a phrase that lost its value when people started using it to…
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the next books to read
• when all the next books you have to read are great, and you can’t decide which one you want to start reading, or the paradox of choice. READING UPDATE: I tackled Foucault’s Pendulum, The Art of Reading, and finished Crime and Punishment (ready for next week on #beardyread). What now? Now my Kindle full af with books I haven’t read. I’ve got ARCs, new releases, books to review, and I’m still flirting with two other paperbacks looking at me with puppy-dog eyes. The bag of books that I brought with me to the country doesn’t count because it has more reference books than anything else. Ok, so here are…