Posted on July 2, 2024
by Adam Burgess
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Hello, Stranger! As a reminder, please subscribe to my new blog, The Contemplative Reading Project. I share my reading updates there every 7-10 days & will be active only on that account moving forward (except for mid-year and year-end summary posts I’ll continue to… Continue Reading “A Mid-Year Reading Review, featuring David Levithan, Carolyn Oliver, Justin Torres, and the Dalai Lama”
Category: Alice Winn, Books, Carolyn Oliver, Dalai Lama, David Levithan, Desmond Tutu, Fyodor Dostoevsky, John Brehm, Justin Torres, Nathan Hill, Patrick Ness, Philippe Besson, Reading Stats, StoryGraph, T.J Klune, Thich Nhat Hanh, Year In ReviewTags: book-blog, Books, Manga, reading, StoryGraph
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 3, 2020
by Adam Burgess
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Hello, my beloveds. Long time no see! My apologies for the absence. I’m sure many of you, like me, have been struggling with the continued pandemic, the back-to-school season, and the rather horrifying events taking place around the United States and the world, not… Continue Reading “August, #TheSealeyChallenge, and More”
Category: Blog Post, Book Review, Buddhism, Carlos Bulosan, Craig Moreau, D.A. Powell, Eduardo C. Corral, History, Joseph O. Legaspi, Joy Harjo, Ocean Vuong, Poetry, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Sam Sax, The Sealey Challenge, Thich Nhat Hanh, Tommy Pico
Posted on August 10, 2019
by Adam Burgess
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“All of us suffer from injustice and intolerance. Instead of being brothers and sisters to each other, we aim guns at each other. When we are overtaken by anger, we think that the only response is to punish the other person. The fire of… Continue Reading “The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching”
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