Q1 Reading Roundup
One of my favorite times of the day is when I can sit and read. Usually it’s in the morning, with coffee, after I have played Wordle. I rotate my reading through fiction, non-fiction, and memoir/autobiography.?I’m thinking of adding a work-related business book into the rotation, which will also help with teaching.
My goal is 1000 pages a month and I’m just about on track at this point in the year.
I’ve finished 7 books –3 fiction; 3 nonfiction; and 1 memoir. The full list is
I love my Spenser books and look forward to them every year. I re-read To Kill a Mockingbird and it’s as good as the first time I read it.
Taken together, Stolen Focus and Deep Work, talk about the multitude of things clamoring for our attention and how hard it is to do deep work, work where we are singularly focused on the task at hand. Reading has helped me regain my ability to concentrate. Most days I schedule my time and give each block of time a ‘job.’ And, I am working hard at doing one thing at a time, only one thing, even meetings where I am a participant rather than a speaker. This is my personal rebellion against the machine.
McConaughey’s book was a fun read and a reminder to have fun in life, as often as possible.
The Sum of Us is must-reading. McGhee’s basic question is, “why can’t we have nice things?” and she means in the United States. It’s history with an economic lens and very powerful.
My list is probably long enough to last the rest of the year but I’m always open to suggestions if you have a good recommendation.
What are you reading?