{"id":1127,"date":"2021-03-28T10:42:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T15:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2021-03-28T10:42:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T15:42:03","slug":"2020-a-quarantine-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/?p=1127","title":{"rendered":"2020: A Quarantine Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was a little surprised when I looked at this list that I actually read LESS this year than most recent years. I’m guessing it’s the subtraction of a commute? But it’s still one every two weeks – or “fortnight”, if you will – and I’m pretty sure that’s more than most people read. And that’s why I feel my glasses-and-beard combo are still justified. So, without further ado:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Horror Stories: a memoir<\/em>, Liz Phair<\/li>
  2. The Revisionaries<\/em>, A.R. Moxon<\/li>
  3. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland<\/em>, Patrick Radden Keefe<\/li>
  4. Famous Men Who Never Lived<\/em>, K Chess<\/li>
  5. The Calculating Stars<\/em>, Mary Robinette Kowal<\/li>
  6. Station Eleven<\/em>, Emily St. John Mandel<\/li>
  7. Hocus Pocus<\/em>, Kurt Vonnegut<\/li>
  8. A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch<\/em>, Fraidie Martz and Andrew Wilson<\/li>
  9. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance<\/em>, Barack Obama<\/li>
  10. The Goldfinch<\/em>, Donna Tartt<\/li>
  11. Seasonal Associate<\/em>, Heike Geissler (translated by Katy Derbyshire)<\/li>
  12. The Flintstones (Volumes 1 & 2)<\/em>, Mark Russell & Steve Pugh<\/li>
  13. Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You\u2019ll Never Hear<\/em>, Carl Hiassen<\/li>
  14. The 158-Pound Marriage<\/em>, John Irving<\/li>
  15. Trick Mirror: reflections on self-delusion<\/em>, Jia Tolentino<\/li>
  16. Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: a true (as told to me) story<\/em>, Bess Kalb<\/li>
  17. Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles<\/em>, Mark Russell & Mike Feehan<\/li>
  18. 88 Names<\/em>, Matt Ruff<\/li>
  19. Homegoing<\/em>, Yaa Gyasi<\/li>
  20. Ball Four: The Final Pitch<\/em>, Jim Bouton<\/li>
  21. The Yellow House<\/em>, Sarah M. Broom<\/li>
  22. The End of Your Life Book Club<\/em>, Will Schwalbe<\/li>
  23. Mean Boy<\/em>, Lynn Coady<\/li>
  24. The Twenty-Seventh City<\/em>, Jonathan Franzen<\/li>
  25. The Tao of Pooh<\/em>, Benjamin Hoff<\/li>
  26. Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures<\/em>, Vincent Lam<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I was a little surprised when I looked at this list that I actually read LESS this year than most recent years. I’m guessing it’s the subtraction of a commute? But it’s still one every two weeks – or “fortnight”, if you will – and I’m pretty sure that’s more than most people read. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1131,"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}