In honor of a new year (and my finally remembering to start writing 2017 for the date) it’s time to post an update on my reading progress, since that’s part of the reason I started doing this in the first place.

Since I started keeping track last April, I’ve read 20 books, which is WAY more than I read over the same timeframe in 2015.  Two of those books had been sitting in the stack next to my bed for three years, and one (The Epic of Gilgamesh) had been there for four.  That feels pretty good. Continue reading »