My Reader Goals 2023

Happy New Year! 🎉 Every year I look back at my reading list and think about my reader goals. I don’t have any specific genre or theme I ... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

What I read in December 2022

Under One Roof (The STEMinist Novellas #1) by Ali Hazelwood, 112p: Another funny and lighthearted romance with engineers/women in STEM!... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

Slowing down and COVID-19

My partner tested positive for COVID-19 and he has been feeling awful for 4 days now but no fever. I'm still testing negative, but my thr... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

What I read in November 2022

After Atlas (Planetfall #2) by Emma Newman, 384p: I was blown away, this book is unputdownable! So good! It’s a sci-fi thriller with a ... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

Rambling thoughts in the morning

I’ve noticed that almost every morning I wake up to my racing thoughts. My alarm has not gone off yet, but my mind can’t go back to sleep... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

2022 Reflections and "non-doing"

I feel like I was in the middle of a storm for the last couple of months, and now I see clear skies and calmness. I spent 10 days in my h... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

What I read in October 2022

List: The Books of Magic by Scott Hampton, John Bolton, Charles Vess, Paul Johnson, Roger Zelazny, Neil Gaiman, 200p: It was okay as a g... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

What I read in September 2022

The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken, 478p: It was an interesting premise overall, with posthumanism discussions and creepy religions.... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

Changing times and tastes

I’ve been having moments of deep reflection in the past few weeks. Maybe even the past couple of months. I got an urge to reinforce the s... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

Grief

I’ve been through some hard times, my dad passed away last week and I'm dealing with grief the best I can. I find myself wanting to engag... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

What I read in August 2022

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall, 340p: I enjoyed this Sherlock Holmes fantasy twist. I loved when the narrator break... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

Dietary restrictions: Phase 1

I’ve always had some dietary restrictions after I found out I was lactose intolerant years ago. It turned out I had acid reflux without e... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

What I read in July 2022

It’s summer, so I focused on some light reads that were on my TBR pile. The Starlight's Shadow series was my favorite. I was a bit disa... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

GTD Journey: Connecting it all with a Dashboard

After I re-read the book "Making it all Work" by David Allen last year I started to think more about the Higher Horizons. Basically, in ... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

What I read in June 2022

Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files # 8) by Jim Butcher, 496p: We get to know a lot more about Molly, Charity, and Murphy, who are all str... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

GTD Journey: There and Back Again with Nirvana

Yes, I have a confession to make: I went back to Nirvana. Again. After spending time customizing MS To Do, being excited about colorful e... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago

On giving up on books

One thing I’m learning is that it is OKAY to stop reading a book. I can just abandon it and move on with no guilty feelings. I did just ... | Continue reading


@noisydeadlines.net | 2 years ago