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EXPeriencing Another Goodreads Challenge
Another year, another Goodreads challenge I’ve failed. Okay, that’s a little harsh. The past two years, I’ve been reading the final book in my challenge when the clock struck midnight. Until I looked back at last year’s post, I thought I had set the same goal this year of 25, but it turns out I…
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EXPeriencing the 2017 Goodreads Reading Challenge (and looking forward to 2018)
Hello, old friend. I’ve missed filling your pixels with my rambling thoughts about books and video games. Well, it’s a new year, and like I end up doing every year, I’m committed to writing on you more. Three times a month feels reasonable. We’ll see how that sounds come August. To kick off the New…
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Ringing in the New Year
Why yes, I did ring in the new year with tabletop RPG-ing. And yes, I know the photo is blurry. 2016 was a dumpster fire for most of the world. Mass shootings, Brexit, President Elect Trump, the loss of so many icons… For me personally, 2016 was a pretty good year despite these outside stressors. I…
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Falling Woefully Short on My 2015 Goodreads Reading Challenge
In January 2015, I set myself the ambitious goal of reading 50 books during the year. In April, I was 11 books behind schedule, and just never really got on track. I knew 50 books was an… aggressive amount of literature to consume in a year—that’s nearly one book per week, and I’m no longer…
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[Accidentally Not] EXPeriencing Goodreads’ 2015 Reading Challenge
You know when the new year starts and you’re making all kinds of resolutions to get in shape and eat better and read more and spend more quality time with family and friends? Yeah, I made all those resolutions this year. And you know how they slowly start to fade away because unless you joined…