{"id":2120,"date":"2026-05-25T17:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:54:59","slug":"2025-i-came-to-read-not-to-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/?p=2120","title":{"rendered":"2025: I came to READ, not to LEAD!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2025 is a big year for reading books by people I know\/knew\/met. And could\u2019ve been even bigger if I\u2019d read faster over the winter break! Still, that just means 2026 will starts with a book by someone I know\u2026 and one where I made it into the Acknowledgements! And in case you were wondering, yes, it was by design that I read the two \u201cBorn to Run\u201ds back-to-back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl<\/em> (entire series completed), Writer: Ryan North, Artists: Erica Henderson, Derek Charm, & Naomi Franquiz<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Sex Lives of Superheroes: Wolverine\u2019s Immortal Sperm, Superman\u2019s Porn Career, the Thing\u2019s Thing, and Other Super-Sexual Matters Explained<\/em>, Diana McCallum<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Modern Creole: A Taste of New Orleans Culture and Cuisine<\/em>, Eric Cook<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians<\/em>, Phil Elwood<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. A Wrinkle in Time<\/em>, Madeleine L\u2019Engle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman<\/em>, Patrick Hutchison<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. We Stand On Guard<\/em>, Writer: Brian K. Vaughan, Artist: Steve Skroce<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Away with Words: An Irreverent Tour Through the World of Pun Competitions<\/em>, Joe Berkowitz<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Family Matters<\/em>, Rohinton Mistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Omnivores<\/em>, Lydia Millet<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection<\/em>, John Green<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story<\/em>, Pagan Kennedy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Spellbound: My Life as a Dyslexic Wordsmith<\/em>, Phil Hanley<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. The Sirens\u2019 Call: How Attention Became the World\u2019s Most Endangered Resource<\/em>, Chris Hayes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live<\/em>, Susan Morrison<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Cassandra at the Wedding<\/em>, Dorothy Baker (Afterword by Deborah Eisenberg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit<\/em>, Ron Shelton<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow<\/em>, Gabrielle Zevin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. I Am a Rose: A Life in Poetry<\/em>, Stacey Levitt<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/em>, Maya Angelou<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. The Turn of the Screw<\/em>, Henry James<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. The Puzzler: One Man\u2019s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life<\/em>, A.J. Jacobs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Pageboy: A Memoir<\/em>, Elliot Page<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. The Safekeep<\/em>, Yael van der Wouden<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. The Poisonwood Bible<\/em>, Barbara Kingsolver<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. All Fours<\/em>, Miranda July<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Fantastic Four (2022) 1: Whatever Happened to the Fantastic Four?<\/em>, Writer: Ryan North; Artists: Iban Coello, Ivan Fiorelli; Color Artist: Jesus Aburtov<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are<\/em>, Rachel Bloom<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Spent: A Comic Novel<\/em>, Alison Bechdel<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. The Midrange Theory: Basketball\u2019s Evolution in the Age of Analytics<\/em>, Seth Partnow<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Fantastic Four (2022) 2: Four Stories About Hope<\/em>, Writer: Ryan North; Artists: Iban Coello, Ivan Fiorelli, & Leandro Fernandez; Color Artist: Jesus Aburtov<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow<\/em>, Tom King, writer; Bilquis Evely, artist; Matheus Lopes, colorist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. Ultimate Spider-Man 1: Married with Children<\/em>, Writer: Jonathan Hickman, Artists: Marco Checchetto & David Messina, Color Artist: Matthew Wilson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. Ultimate Spider-Man 2: The Paper<\/em>, Writer: Jonathan Hickman, Artists: Marco Checchetto & David Messina, Color Artist: Matthew Wilson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. Sense and Sensibility<\/em>, Jane Austen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. Born to Run<\/em>, Bruce Springsteen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen<\/em>, Christopher McDougall<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. Fantastic Four (2022) 3: The Impossible is Probable<\/em>, Writer: Ryan North; Artists: Iban Coello, Ivan Fiorelli, Francesco Mortarino, & Carlos Gomez; Color Artist: Jesus Aburtov, & Brian Reber<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. John Candy: A Life in Comedy<\/em>, Paul Myers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated (Overtime Edition)<\/em>, Shea Serrano<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  41. The Uncool: A Memoir<\/em>, Cameron Crowe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  42. Queen Esther<\/em>, John Irving<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  43. Expensive Basketball<\/em>, Shea Serrano<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  44. The Year of Magical Thinking<\/em>, Joan Didion<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    2025 is a big year for reading books by people I know\/knew\/met. And could\u2019ve been even bigger if I\u2019d read faster over the winter break! Still, that just means 2026 will starts with a book by someone I know\u2026 and one where I made it into the Acknowledgements! And in case you were wondering, yes, […]<\/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-2120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120","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=2120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2121,"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120\/revisions\/2121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scatteredflurries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}