Yes that’s right, 2022. Using micro.blog to track my reading is great. It has a nice feature to generate a year in review post like this one. Unfortunately, it doesn’t give me 2023, only 2022. I …

Started reading: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi 📚

Finished reading: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi 📚

Started reading: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi 📚

Finished reading: Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut 📚

Started reading: Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut 📚

Finished reading: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📚

Here’s my contribution to the “what apps am I using?” posts.

• 📨 Mail Client: Apple Mail
• 📮 Mail Server: Fastmail
• 📝 Notes: Orgmode
• ✅ To-Do: Orgmode
• 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Apple Camera
• 🌅 Photo Management: Apple Photos and Dropbox
• 📆 Calendar: Apple Calendar
• 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud
• 📖 RSS: NetNewsWire and Newsblur
• 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Apple Contacts
• 🌐 Browser: Firefox (sometimes Safari)
• 💬 Chat: Messages, Signal, Whatsapp and Slack
• 🔖 Bookmarks: Micro.blog and Pinboard
• 📑 Read It Later: Micro.blog
• 📜 Word Processing: Pages and Google Docs
• 📈 Spreadsheets: Numbers and Google Sheets
• 📊 Presentations: Keynote
• 🛒 Shopping Lists: none
• 🍴 Meal Planning: none
• 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Numbers
• 📰 News: RSS
• 🎵 Music: Bandcamp, Spotify
• 🎙️ Podcasts: Overcast
• 🔐 Password Management: 1Password
• 🤖 Code Editing: Neovim
• 📚 Books: Kindle
• 🌎 Blogging: Micro.blog

Finished reading: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 📚

No one low boils insanity like Shirley Jackson.

Started reading: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 📚

Started reading: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📚

Did not finish: Where it Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon 📚

Coming late to Clare Dederer’s The Art of Monstrous Men, tackling how you and I handle art we love from awful people. It is so incisive, dare I say brilliant, not shrinking from any angle. Added her new book Monsters to my reading list. 📚

Started reading: Where it Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon 📚

Finished reading: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu 📚

Brilliant razor blade dissections of what it feels like to live in the world right now.

Started reading: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu 📚

Finished reading: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe 📚

Started reading: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe 📚

Finished reading: The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff 📚I ate this up. Compelling on a subcutaneous level.

Started reading: The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff 📚

Did not finish: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho📚 Not for me. I’ve gotten my fill of “embrace your destiny” allegories.

Started reading: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 📚

Finished reading: Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse📚

What a fantastic novella. Beautifully rendered, dripping with character, and not a wasted page.

Currently reading: Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse 📚

Finished reading: 50 Years of Text Games by Aaron A. Reed 📚A wonderful book. If you have any interest in games or novels, read it now.