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‘Combined Classics’ - my cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Title: Combined Classics: get those notable novels ticked off more quickly! Image: a line of four books 1. 'Remains of the Day of the Triffids' by Ishiguro and Wyndham 2. 'Greats: Gatsby, Expectations, Glass Elevator' by Fitzgerald, Dickens and Dahl 3. 'Watership Down and Out in Paris and London' by Adams and Orwell 4. War, Peace, Pride, Prejudice, Crime and Punishment by Tolstoy, Austen and Dostoevsky
June 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Morning Reading 2/11/25
1. Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies
2. A Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
February 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Morning Reading 1/27/25:
1. A Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
2. Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
3. Wholehearted Faith, Rachel Held Evans
January 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Morning Reading 2/17/25:
1. A Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
2. Traveling Mercies, Anne Lamott
February 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS #wrapped
(originally for @theguardian.com)
Title: MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS Image: Five colourful diagrams. 1. Most considered authors: Joyce. Proust. Tolstoy Considered reading (all ticked) Actually read (none ticked) 2. Non-fiction Titles consumed (19 blocks) Information retained (2 of the 19 shaded) 3. Unread book pile A bar chart. Last year (high) This year (higer still) 17% increase 4. Loans Books lent vs books returned. The difference between the two is labelled "friendships under review" 5.Audiobook listening A pie chart with 4 sections Concentrating: 42% Passively absorbing: 26% Completely distracted: 19% Asleep: 13%
December 5, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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Morning 3/5/25:
1. Traveling Mercies, Anne Lamott
2. A Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
March 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Morning Reading 3/24/25:
1. Book of John
2. Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy.
March 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Thirst Editions: 1. Austen 2. Hemmingway 3. Twain 4. Fitzgerald 5. Kerouac 6. Tolstoy 7. Shakespeare 8. Brontë 9. Steinbeck 10. Stoker
April 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Morning Reading 1/24/25
1. "After Ten Years," Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
2. A Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
3. The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday
January 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Morning Reading 1/22/25:
1. A Calendar of Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy
2. Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
3. The Poet, Emerson
January 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Morning Reading 2/23/25
1. Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
2. Wholehearted Faith, Rachel Held Evans
3. Notebooks, Simone Weil
February 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Morning Reading 12_13_24:
1. Leonard Bernstein, This I Believe.
2. A Calendar of Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy
December 13, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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Morning Reading 2/19/25:
1. Traveling Mercies, Anne Lamott
2. C.S. Lewis
3. Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
February 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Morning Reading 1/30/25:
1. Simone Weil, First and Last Notebooks
2. Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
3. Wholehearted Faith, Rachel Held Evans
January 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Morning Reading 2/24/25
1. Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
2. Wholehearted Faith, Rachel Held Evans
3. Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday
February 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Morning Reading 3/3/25:
1. Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain
2. A Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
3. Notebooks, Simone Weil
March 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Morning Reading 1/23/25:
1. A Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
2. The Poet, Emerson
3. The book of Luke
January 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Morning Reading 12/3/24:
1. A Calendar of Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy.
2. Circles, Emerson
December 3, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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Morning Reading 1/12/25:
1. A Calendar of Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy
2. In Praise of the Useless Life
3. The Waking, Theodore Roethke
January 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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1. Cry the Beloved Country, Alan Paton
2. War and Peace, Tolstoy
3. The Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan
4. Crashed, Adam Tooze
5. Tess of the d'Ubervilles, Thomas Hardy
December 11, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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Morning Reading 2/3/25:
1. Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
2. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
3. The @dailystoic
February 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
jdickerson.bsky.social
Morning Reading 12_17_24:
1. "After Ten Years," Dietrich Bonhoeffer
2. Quaker Book of Wisdom.
3. A Calendar of Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy
December 17, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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Morning Reading 1/23/25:
1. The Daily Stoic, Seneca
2. A Calendar of Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy
3. The Wisdom of the Desert, Thomas Merton
January 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Morning Reading 1/7/25:
1. A Calendar of Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy
2. A year with C.S. Lewis
3. The Meaning of Prayer, Harry Emerson Fosdick
January 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Morning Reading 3/31/25:
1. The Daily Stoic Ryan Holiday
2. Calendar of Wisdom, Tolstoy
March 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM