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My 2021 Reading By The Numbers

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

Some stats about my reading in 2021 (that may be of interest only to me): Total Books Read: 84 Hardcover: 42 Kindle: 32 Paperback: 6 Audio: 3 Nonfiction: 45 Fic...

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Lessons Learned in 2021: Less busy is easy, more meaning is hard

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

As indicated in my Happy New Years post, I feel like I have learned somethings about myself in 2021 and that I am in a better position to post to this blog as a...

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100 books in 2020, Big Books in 2021

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

My big picture reading goal in 2020 was to finally crack the 100 books in a year mark which I have been approaching for a few years. I was able to accomplish t...

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The Future of Collected Miscellany

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Kevin Holtsberry / 3 Comments

The biggest motivation for me to keep this site going is the realization that social media and other distractions had undermined my ability to concentrate and f...

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The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

A lecture turned book(let), it was nevertheless interesting to read an author's thoughts on book covers and to ruminate on their role, impact, etc. It is not s...

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2016: My Year In Books

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Let's take a quick look back at 2016 as it pertains to books. My year in books as it were. For this post I just want to take a high level look. In a separate...

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