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2025 Roundup: Books
Here are the most impactful books I read this year.
2024 Roundup: Books
Here are the most impactful books I read this year.
2023 Roundup: Books
I read some great books in 2023. Here are a few favorites.
2022 Roundup: Books
Books remain at the heart of the media I consume – not perhaps the most significant by volume, but certainly by the effect they have on my life. I finished 16 books in 2022. It’s a step forward from my 12 in 2021, but nowhere near the 30-40 I want to […]
High Speed Reread
It’s a good idea to have different “gears” for reading. I slow down to my slowest speed when I’m reading poetry. Every word is so carefully selected, so I want to savor them, hear them. My next gear is for novels – brisk, but I’m not a speed reader by […]
2021 Roundup: Books
Books remain at the heart of the media I consume – not perhaps the most significant by volume, but certainly by the effect they have on my life. That said, I read just 12 books in 2021. This is the lowest number of books I’ve read since I started keeping a […]
99pi Presents The Real Book
I’ve said more than once that the world needed a proper history of The Real Book. And Adam Neely did a great job with his video about the handmade viral sheet music collection of the 1970s. But never did I imagine something made with the loving care that Roman Mars […]
Three Children’s Books
I spent the last fifteen minutes of rehearsal reading three children’s books to my students. We preceded it with a conversation about what it takes to deliver a potent performance to an audience. With a solid year since most of them gave a performance, it’s important to at least talk […]
2020 Roundup: Books
Books remain at the heart of the media I consume – not perhaps the most significant by volume, but certainly by the effect they have on my life. I read 26 books in 2020. I would have thought that number would be higher, given the state of 2020, but it turns […]