Posted on December 27, 2023
by Adam Burgess
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Hello, Fellow Travelers! Near the end of 2020, I told myself I would slow down my reading in 2021. That didn’t happen. So, at the end of 2021, I said I’d try again next year. Guess what? It didn’t happen. Surely, 2023 was the… Continue Reading “2023 Reading Year in Review”
Category: BL Manga, Books, Buddhism, Christianity, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Manga, Nonfiction, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Year In Review, Young AdultTags: Book Review, book-blog, book-tag, Books, reading
Posted on October 10, 2023
by Adam Burgess
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Hello readers! Here’s my monthly review for everything I read in September. I’ll be back again on October 15th with the TBR Pile Challenge checkpoint! In the meantime, our first contemplative read has begun. You’re welcome to join us as we read Ed Yong’s… Continue Reading “Reading Wrap-Up: September 2023”
Category: Biography, Buddhism, Christopher Isherwood, Diane Seuss, Fantasy, Fiction, Gavin Edwards, Graphic Novel, History, Horror, James Baldwin, James Clear, John Brehm, lgbtq, Mary Oliver, Middle Grade, Mindfulness, Monthly Review, Mr. Rogers, Mythology, Naomi Kanakia, Personal Growth, Poetry, Race, Readers Imbibing Peril, Rick Riordan, RIP, S.L. Coney, Short Story, Stephen King, Thich Nhat Hanh, Thriller, Tillie Walden, Young Adult
Posted on September 1, 2023
by Adam Burgess
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Fiction Wolfsong by T.J. Klune: I’ve had so much to say about this incredible fantasy novel by popular author Klune. I’ve read one other book by this writer, House in the Cerulean Sea, and I enjoyed it but did not think it lived up… Continue Reading “August 2023 Reading Review!”
Category: Afghanistan, Alice Oseman, BL Manga, British Literature, Buddhism, D.H. Lawrence, erotica, Fantasy, Khaled Hosseini, Manga, Memoir, Monthly Review, Natasha Trethewey, Nonfiction, Poetry, Sexuality, Simon James Green, T.J Klune, Walpola Rahula
Posted on August 2, 2023
by Adam Burgess
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This year, I set my Goodreads reading goal at 80 books. I expected to have an average-to-slower reading year for some reason. As it turns out, I’ve already passed my first goal of 80 and so I’ve readjusted to 120. Considering I’m on sabbatical… Continue Reading “Everything I read in July, 2023!”
Category: Ada Limon, Adam Cesare, Alice Oseman, BL Manga, Buddhism, Chuck Tingle, Craig Davidson, David Ferraro, Grant Chemidlin, Heartstopper, Horror, Kurt Vonnegut, Manga, Mary E. Jones Parrish, Mitch Albom, Monthly Review, Patrick Ness, Randy Ribay, Tara Brach, W.S. Merwin
Posted on September 1, 2022
by Adam Burgess
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Hello readers! August 2022 at Roof Beam Reader was devoted to all things Jane Austen. I was, however, doing a lot of reading that was not Austen or Austen-related, so I thought I’d share a quick recap of that reading here, with teeny tiny… Continue Reading “What I Read in August 2022”
Category: 2022 TBR Pile Challenge, Addiction, American History, Buddhism, chinese, Chinese Literature, Contemporary, Darren Littlejohn, Eliot Schrefer, Fantasy, Gregory D. Smithers, History, Kang Han, Laos, LGBT, LGBTQ History, Mindfulness, Native American, Poetry, Richard Siken, Sam Sax, Science-Fiction, South Korean, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Tommy Pico, two-spirit, Wallace Stevens, Women In Translation, Xiran Jay Zhao, Young Adult
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