Drew Downs

Tag: reading

  • My Favorite Book of 2023

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    My Favorite Book of 2023

    I read a bunch of different books this year, but one book stood out. It rewired within me the very sense of what life actually is.

  • My March Update: reading “The Stand” 

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    My March Update: reading “The Stand” 

    An update in my ridiculous goal to read a giant book while sitting in the toilet this year. I chose The Stand.

  • Reading The Stand—One Month In

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    Reading The Stand—One Month In

    A month ago, I decided to do the impossible. Read The Stand in the bathroom. In one year. Here’s where I’m at.

  • Reading as the goal

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    Reading as the goal

    Many of us set out to make a goal of reading more. So we use habit trackers to build up a habit without addressing the real goal.

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    Sleep Reading

    A couple of nights ago, I crawled into bed as I normally do.  My wife and I were reading, despite the fact that we were both exhausted.  I’m in the middle of Border Crossing by Pat Barker, author of one of my all-time favorite books, Regeneration. This is what I read: ELEVEN At six, Tom gave…

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    Favorite Children’s Stories

    When Rose was pregnant with our daughter, we read to her.  We picked out a bunch of children’s books and we read to her in utero.  We felt pretty silly doing it, but we hoped that it would help her.  She would get used to our voices, the sound of our reading to her, and…