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book list from 2016

According to goodreads, I read 91 books and graphic novels this year. There were a few audio book/radio dramatizations in there as well.
That is just the list of unique, first time reads/listens.
I could not begin to tell you the total number of reads if I included re-reads and fanfic reads.
It would just be a big number.


I also made an attempt to do a targeted read list.
Here's how I did:
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So, 39 out of 40 categories completed. Not bad!
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Orlando

There were 2 vigils yesterday, but no one in the household was needing to be in a crush of people. We went to a local nursery instead and bought flowers and planted a rainbow memorial garden in the yard.

Several folks locally today expressed a need to be with people. So in about an hour, folks will come to the house and eat and drink and be with each other.

My queer friends bowl me over with their support. To the few straight allies in my life that get it and have reached out, thank you.
The rest of you...your silence is deafening right now.

As a lifelong pacifist, this whole thing hurts my heart so deeply. That some folks think access to assault rifles is more important than a human life is just staggering. That we do not have tighter gun control laws in this country is outrageous and irresponsible. And that some folks can't see the hate behind an act like this, that they can't see a hate crime targetting POC communities and queer community....I just don't have adequate words.

Be kind to each other.
Even if you have differences in your background or faith or beliefs, please realise that we are all muddling our ways through life on this big blue marble.
Think about what you can do to help instead of hinder.
Even one small act of kindness can make a huge difference.
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Shhhhhh

All the animals in the house right now are all napping. Even the small occasionally hyper dog. It's amazing how quiet it is. Let's see how long it lasts.
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Ch.ch.ch.changes

Day one of a world without David Bowie. What a strange melancholy day this has been.
The oddness of mourning someone you have never met. Yet their words have woven themselves into the fabric of your life for decades. And their fierceness and bravery and fluidity paved the way for you and others. I think it fair to place him as an ancestor, an elder in a ragtag tribe.