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the fact that i’m no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don’t; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.
— septemberkisses on Tumblr
https://www.tumblr.com/septemberkisses/737960366788771840/the-fact-that-im-no-longer-the-same-age-as-the
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Bruinhilda the librarian is awesome!
https://www.tumblr.com/bruinhilda/171987962425/as-a-library-worker-theres-something-i-want-to
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All prose is fiction
“It occurs to me that to read everything, including the news, like a novel—to be cognizant and accepting of discontinuities and conflicts, of multiple interpretations, of symbol that sits alongside more objective truths—is maybe the skill we most need to employ in navigating the world of news today, when there is so much news, and so few ways of making it all cohere.”
— @aworkinglibrary
https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/all-prose-is-fiction
**#Reading** **#Books**
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Here’s what I read last week
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Charlie Mackesy
The rest of this year’s list is here:
https://janusworx.com/reading/2024/
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#TomGauld as usual, helping me with my New Year’s resolutions and life goals!
https://myjetpack.tumblr.com/post/738317573108760576/happy-new-year
#Books #Reading
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My Year in Reading, 2023 Edition
https://janusworx.com/blog/my-year-in-reading-2023-edition/
#Books #Reading #mjbWrites
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Here’s what I read this month: 3/3
- The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
- The Song of the Bird, Anthony de Mello
- The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
- Brave Enough, Cheryl Strayed
- Atomic Habits, James Clear
- Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The rest of this year’s list is here:
https://janusworx.com/reading/2023/
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Here’s what I read this month: 2/
- The Daily Laws, Robert Greene
- The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
- American Gods Vols I, II & III, (Illustrated), Neil Gaiman
- One-on-One With Andy Grove, Andrew S. Grove
- How to Pronounce Knife, Souvankham Thammavongsa
- The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
- Deck ’Em, Scott Shwertly
- Empire Podcast, Series 1, Episodes 01–20, The British Empires in India
- Digital Zettelkasten, David Kadavy
- Twilight Of The Aesir, Parts I & II, Dan Carlin
- Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song, Sara Bareilles
- The Ultimate Deliberate Practice Guide, Shane Parrish
- The Overstory, Richard Powers
The rest of this year’s list is here:
https://janusworx.com/reading/2023/
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Here’s what I read this month: 1/
- Chaos Kings, Scott Patterson
- Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, Brandon Sanderson
- Sach Kahun Toh, Neena Gupta
- Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir
- The Fall of the Aztecs (Parts 1–8), The Rest is History, Episodes 384–391, Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook
- The History of English, Episodes 61-70, Kevin Stroud
- The History of English, Episodes 71-80, Kevin Stroud
- The History of English, Episodes 81-90, Kevin Stroud
- The History of English, Episodes 91-100, Kevin Stroud
- Three Ships Trilogy, Episodes 107-109, Empire Podcast
- Empire Podcast, Series 4, Episodes 72–95, The Russian Empire and the Great Game
- Empire Podcast, Series 5, Episodes 96–106, Empires of Iran
- The Sunlit Man, Brandon Sanderson
- The Grammar Devotional, Mignon Fogarty
The rest of this year’s list is here:
https://janusworx.com/reading/2023/
**#mjbReads** **#Books** **#mjbBooks** **#Reading** **#mjbReading**
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Thank you #BookSanta
#Petzold #Code #CompSci #Christmas #Books #Reading
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