Category: Books
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The is Water – David Foster Wallace
Rating: 4.6/5 First read by the Wallace…his legacy did not disappoint! This “book” is the author’s commencement speech to the graduating class of 2005 at Kenyon College. Wallace integrates a series of parables and doles out wisdom on living a compassionate life and exercising agency in our everyday interactions. I admire brevity and purposeful writing/stories especially…
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Why We Swim – Bonnie Tsui
Rating: 1.5/5 This was not what I expected…in an unfortunate way☹ The author waxed poetic but, in my opinion, lacked the prose and tact to inform and/or inspire. The stories are a hodgepodge of personal swimming anecdotes, empirical facts about water and the benefits of swimming, and references to famous swimmers. The book felt disconnected without any…
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2020: A Year in Book Quotes
2020 has been a trying year but books have been my stalwart companions; they taught me lessons beyond the print on the page. I started with an ambitious reading goal of forty books and ended up reading 68 by the end of 2020! Who would’ve thought lil’ ol’ me, barely able to finish eight books…