reading

Started reading: The Dark Tower 7:The Dark Tower by Stephen King 📚

Finished reading: The Dark Tower V Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King 📚

Things are really heating up, and boy does King go hard. If you know you know.

Finished reading: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 📚

Spoiler alert for a 200 year old story you’ve heard a bunch of times already.

This is my first time reading this, after years of meaning to. I’m glad I finally did. I can tell why this …

Finished reading: The Dark Tower I by Stephen King 📚

Currently reading: The Dark Tower I by Stephen King 📚

Started reading: The Dark Tower IV by Stephen King 📚

Finished reading: The Dark Tower III by Stephen King 📚

Started reading: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 📚

Started reading: The Dark Tower III by Stephen King 📚

Finished reading: The Dark Tower II by Stephen King 📚

Currently reading: The Dark Tower II by Stephen King 📚

Finished reading: Dave Barry Slept Here by Dave Barry 📚

Currently reading: Scholarly Pursuits by Robin S. Blackwood 📚

I’ve been reading less books this year. The overwhelm of our crumbling democracy inside the United States has been devastating, which I’ve used as an excuse to feed my screen addiction.

I’m making a conscious effort to take a step or two back from internet consumption, and read more physical books. Amidst a wealth of inspiration from On Tyranny, this quote is present for me right now.

Avoid pronouncing the phrases everyone else does. Think up your own way of speaking, even if only to convey the thing you think everyone else is saying. Make an effort to separate yourself from the internet. Read books.

Thought matters. Your thoughts change, for the better, I think, when they’re slower. As painful as changing any addictive habit can be, I’m trying to slow down and read. 📚 🇺🇸