What I learned about me when I started reading novels again

My gateway drug was *The Ten Thousand Doors of January* by Alix Harrow. I loved it, then I wondered why, then I figured it out.

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https://sfmatheson.blogspot.com/2023/08/what-i-learned-about-me-when-i-started.html

Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu, translated by Ursula K. Leguin #WhatImReading

Just started tracking my reading at #Bookwyrm (Goodreads is owned by the Am*zon parasite), kinda fun. Here is monthly blog post on What I'm reading:

https://sfmatheson.blogspot.com/2023/07/what-im-reading-in-july.html

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Picked this up in a #littlefreelibrary and brought it with me to the cafe. I never read it ten years ago. Did you?
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Instead I watched the movie, from a stadium seat in a theater in downtown San Francisco, and left with a sense that worse than corruption is this sense that our global systems of governance and finance are visionless, directionless and unmoored.

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Book 4 of 2023:

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Started: 11/02/23
Finished: 09/03/23
⭐⭐ 2/5

I honestly don't even know what to say about this, it was so depressing! I don't usually finish 2* books but this was like some sort of hostage situation.

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I just finished the first story, #Jhereg in The Book of Jhereg by #StevenBrust Someone mentioned it was on sale (as an ebook) so I nabbed it on Kobo a few days ago.
This is such a fun read! I can't believe I haven't read Brust before, as this is just the kind of fantasy I tend to enjoy (well, one kind of fantasy I tend to enjoy).
And I have a lot more books about #Vlad to read 😃
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I woke up this morning thinking that the grandchildren of the kids I teach will be alive to see the year 2140.

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Book 3 of 2023:

Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg
Started: 19/01/23
Finished: 04/02/23
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5

I absolutely love this series. It's utter escapism which is normally not my thing but I just adore all the characters 🧡

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After seeing Six, I’m now on a Tudor queens kick. About to dive into The Creation Of Anne Boleyn and Divorced, Beheaded, Survived - anyone have other suggestions ? #Bookstodon #Histodons #Reading #WhatImReading

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YLE about misinformation https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/the-science-and-business-behind-covid

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Book 2 of 2023:

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price
Started: 24/07/22
Finished: 16/01/23
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3.5/5

A v.interesting book about autistic masking written by an autistic, trans psychologist. As the author is American it's fairly US-centric but still relatable to other audiences.

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