I’m in crunch time for many of the projects and plans I had set for 2024—or I’m coming to terms with the reality that certain things just will not get done.
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As always, I read fewer books in Q3 than I do in other quarters of the year. I still read plenty, though, listed with my favorites in bold as always.
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September didn’t slow down, now did it? I crammed it with as much productivity and traveling and literary goodness as I could.
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Late in the month I marveled at how gloriously long August seemed this year thanks to all the things I did and the people I saw and the places I went.
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A lot of moving around geographically in July, but work and goals still progressed while the adventures unfolded.
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I ranged all over the place with my reading in Q2 2024, from what felt like the gamut of fiction genres through to nonfiction on the writing craft and beyond.
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June was a hodgepodge of experiences professional and personal and otherwise, which made it an emotional rollercoaster of a month. And with more of those ahead, too.
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Much progress on the writing fronts in May 2024, hitting target for two big projects. Doesn’t mean I will make my goals for the year, as I have far still to go, but I’m at least on track. (I think.)
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So much flew at my head from so many directions in April that I don’t even know how to organize an update for this summary.
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Somehow, we’ve wrapped the first quarter of 2024? Which means I’ve compiled and tidied up my reading list for the beginning of the year, too.
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I’m more than a little flummoxed to have wrapped the first quarter of 2024, but at least my goals and plans are so far on track. Here’s what I managed—the highlights, anyway—in March.
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Sure, February this year gave us an extra day—but even without the twenty-four hours of leaping, I’d say I made the most of the month.
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Voilà: My now absolutely all-time favorite, will-eat-the-entire-batch-in-an-afternoon, go-to homemade chocolate chip cookie.
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Somehow, January ended. Felt long in some ways, sure, but mostly shockingly short. Nonetheless, I got a lot done and made a good start on tackling my 2024 objectives.
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I read a lot of books in 2023, but I managed to winnow down my list of the best-of-the-best using four criteria. Here are my five favorites—and several runners-up.
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How I rounded out the 2023 reading year, with my favorites of the quarter in bold and links to the rest of the year’s lists.
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I spent a portion of the first day of 2024 reviewing my 2023 progress against the goals I’d set for myself—always an interesting reflection point.
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This site very much has the form of an old-school blog. It’ll stay that way as well. Too much to hope that the good old days of blogging could make a comeback?
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