Although this blog hasn't been maintained since August for a variety of reasons (i.e. my life has been way too busy since then), I thought I'd mark what would have been a momentous occasion had I still been reviewing books.
I've reviewed over 100 books on here. Some are long, some are short. Some are fiction, some are non-fiction. Some are old, some are new. Some are highbrow, some... not so much. Over the 2013-2019 span alone, I reviewed 91 books and read many others.
In 2021-2022, my reading hasn't let up. I picked up The First World War by Hew Strachan, a remarkable summation of one of history's most violent conflicts. Then I took on The Habsburgs by Martyn Rady, a fantastic whirlwind tour through a thousand years of Europe's first family. Then I read The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams, a book so voluminous at 275,000 words it could have supplied three months' worth of reviews. Then I read Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, the first book I'd ever been recommended at work. Now it's on toward other fiction and non-fiction, in the roughly alternating order I tend to take. While I make no guarantee as to what I'll read next, especially in this post-review state, I'd like to point out that I do own a Library of America science fiction collection.
I don't see myself ever returning to "full-time", i.e. at least once per month, reviews on this blog, but I'll keep it active as a repository of book recommendations.
As always, onward and upward!
Pictured: Art Gallery of Ontario, yesterday. Not all art is written down!
Happy Ten Years, my 2012 self. I'd like to think I've made you proud.
