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How does stress change your reading habits?

April 2, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

With social media fragmenting, I’m bringing back my old “You Tell Me” Wednesday discussions to try to get good old fashioned blog conversations going. If you’re reading in a feed reader or via email, please click through to the post to leave a public comment and join the discussion! We have been living through uncertain and disorienting […]

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Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?

December 4, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

Let’s settle this once and for all. On the old social media these past few weeks, my timeline has been inundated with audiobook aficionados loudly declaring that listening to an audiobook “counts” as reading. Does it? Let’s do this as a poll. If you’re reading via e-mail or a feed reader, please click through to […]

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What’s your favorite reversal in a novel?

October 23, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

With social media fragmenting, I’m bringing back my old “You Tell Me” Wednesday discussions to try to get good old fashioned blog conversations going. If you’re reading in a feed reader or via email, please click through to the post to leave a public comment and join the discussion! On Monday I updated my post on reversals, […]

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How many books are you reading at any given time?

August 7, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

With social media fragmenting, I’m bringing back my old “You Tell Me” Wednesday discussions to try to get good old fashioned blog conversations going. If you’re reading in a feed reader or via email, please click through to the post to leave a public comment and join the discussion! After being a book reading monogamist my entire […]

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Summer ’24 book recommendations?

July 31, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

With social media fragmenting, I’m bringing back my old “You Tell Me” Wednesday discussions to try to get good old fashioned blog conversations going. If you’re reading in a feed reader or via email, please click through to the post to leave a public comment and join the discussion! We’re entering peak summer in the northern hemisphere […]

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Who did the NY Times list miss?

July 17, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

Last week the NY Times surveyed over 500 writers to produce a list of the Best Books of the 21st Century so far. Who did they miss? Here are five additions I would have chosen: What about you? Art: Im Rosengarten by Alois Kalvoda

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Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe
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