A small "2022" graphic for a small number of books read this year. The best excuses I can come up with are that I worked a lot and I also got more involved coaching basketball & organizing our program. Still, I should make time to read; not read when I have time.
Of the few books I did read in 2022, it felt like more were ones I either did not enjoy and/or they were slow slogs to get through.
The best I read in 2022...
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Ice Cream and Me by Steve Herrell
In most years, these books likely would not make the "top of the year" list. Nothing I read in 2022 received 5 stars.
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Some other clean-up...
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - This was a good book that I likely read in 2018 or 2019. It was a period when I was not blogging, and although I tried to capture a summary of what I read, this one slipped by. I must have given it away as a Christmas present because it is not on my bookshelf. What made me think of it was seeing an ad on TV for it (a show? movie?) and realizing that it was a book and that I read it.
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer - I am officially giving up on this book. I tried starting this a few times, and while interesting, I feel like this could be an article online and not an entire book. What is crazy, and why I like that I have blogged all these years, is I actually started this book back in 2012. See here.
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With a baby on the way, we are making room in the house. One of the ways is by clearing out some bookshelf space...meaning, I am giving away a lot of my books (and a few of my wife's). The final count is going to be:
41 books to Savers - I cannot in good faith give these to anyone.
35 books temporarily holding onto - These will go to friends, family, "little libraries" on people's yards, or some other good home. These are good books that I want to share. (9 of these 35 are Nicholas Sparks' books...breaking up the collection, but not getting rid of all the Nicholas Sparks books.)
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Lastly, I am giving away 6 books this Christmas. Hard to give away books when I don't read much during the year, but I do have those 35 other books that will find a new home in the near term. Here is to hopefully reading more in 2023!