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I started reading again, in my late twenties, after not opening a book volitionally since Ralph S. Mouse as a kid. I consider reading varied and challenging literature to be critical for advancing oneself in (and avoiding the abyssal sinkholes of) the Western world, so I decided to document what I’ve been reading for my own purposes (because I will forget) and to share with others who may be interested.

Ratings: Fav Read / Highly Rec’d / It Was Okay

Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)

read Jan 4–20, 2019 … in 17 days … buy on Amazon⇠ | skip ⇢

Favorite Quotes

  • “[…] every stroke of his dead limb sounded like a coffin-tap.”
  • “[…] cucumbers is the word.”
  • “[…] I have heard hunters who declared them akin to Free-Mason signs and symbols; […]”
  • “[…] his brain, if he ever had one, must have early oozed along into the muscles of his fingers.”
  • “[…] he suddenly thrust out his face fiercely, snuffing up the sea air as a sagacious ship’s dog will […]”
  • “The glittering mouth yawned beneath the boat like an open-doored marble tomb […]”

Good Words

  • obstreperously
  • farrago
  • insular
  • celerity
  • perfidious
  • pertinacious

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June 29, 1999 (David Wiesner)

read on Jan 2, 2019 … in 1 day … buy on Amazon⇠ | skip ⇢

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David Wiesner (Author) / David Wiesner (Illustrator) / Fav Read (Rating)

Shrek! (William Steig)

read on Dec 28, 2018 … in 1 day … buy on Amazon⇠ | skip ⇢

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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)

read Dec 5–25, 2018 … in 21 days … buy on Amazon⇠ | skip ⇢

“Oh, my God!”

It Was Okay

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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (William Steig)

read ~Dec 22, 2018 … buy on Amazon⇠ | skip ⇢

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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (John Scieszka, Lane Smith)

read ~Dec 20, 2018 … buy on Amazon⇠ | skip ⇢

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Tuesday (David Wiesner)

read ~Dec 10, 2018 … buy on Amazon⇠ | skip ⇢

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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)

read ~Nov 27, 2018 … buy on Amazon⇠ | skip ⇢

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A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)

read Nov 15–26, 2018 … in 12 days … buy on Amazon⇠ | skip ⇢

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Cybernetics (Norbert Wiener)

read ~Oct 5, 2018 … buy on Amazon⇠ | skip ⇢

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ADAM CAP is an elastic waistband enthusiast, hammock admirer, and rare dingus collector hailing from Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

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