Haiku News · @haikubot
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What are your reading
Goals for the new year?
I want to finish "The Power Broker"
#readinggoals #newyear #thepowerbroker #haiku #poetry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/books/reading-goals-2023.html
#readinggoals #newyear #ThePowerBroker #haiku #poetry
karen · @geekaren
676 followers · 3698 posts · Server mstdn.socialIs there any US city that Robert Moses didn't damage with his misguided urban planning recommendations? The linked article is about Portland OR (see prev post).
Moses also had a hand in planning freeways and urban design in downtown #Hartford, and #CT's capital city has never recovered from it.
[I learned about Robert Moses in Robert A Caro's book, The Power Broker. It's a long but very informative read. I recommend it.]
#ThePowerBroker #robertacaro #Books #ct #hartford
karen · @geekaren
293 followers · 1217 posts · Server mstdn.socialWhat is your favorite #book read in 2022?
I can't pick just one. Here are my 2022 favorites in no particular order:
#TenStepsToNanette by #HannahGadsby
#ThePowerBroker by #RobertACaro
#FairyTale by #StephenKing
#MurderBot series by #MarthaWells
#AllowMeToRetort A Black Guy's Guide To The Constitution by #ElieMystal
#IWasBetterLastNight by #HarveyFierstein
#FreezingOrder by #BillBrowder
#TheOrphanage by #SerhiyZhadan
#InfusedAdventuresInTea by #HenriettaLovell
#Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
#allowmetoretort #BillBrowder #harveyfierstein #hannahgadsby #bookstodon #Books #henriettalovell #infusedadventuresintea #serhiyzhadan #theorphanage #Freezingorder #iwasbetterlastnight #ElieMystal #MarthaWells #murderbot #stephenking #fairytale #robertacaro #ThePowerBroker #TenStepsToNanette #book