February 2023 Reading List


No earth-shattering page counts this month, but appointments with the neuro-psychologist are complete. I should be hearing definitive results on the super extensive battery of tests around March 7th. 

Focus is returning bit by bit, thankfully. We're still not 100%, but we're getting there. I'm sure the winter greys didn't help (they never do). Definitely looking forward to more thunderstorm weather. 

REALLY anxious to get this back deck built on the house and have a swim spa/endless pool installed (one of the new decisions based on the pseudo hydrotherapy I attempted at the hotel earlier this month). Got some great writing done, finished a couple books, got my head and body right for a few days. Would love to keep that streak going. 

It's my birthday month and it's looking busy (as is April). We'll see what kind of book numbers I'm able to put up; currently doing a metric fuckton of research on some fatter books, so...progress will almost certainly be slow. 

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FEBRUARY (11 books | 3,151 pgs)


27.) Critical Role | The Mighty Nein Origins: Fjord Stone (Graphic Novel, 56 pgs)

28.) Critical Role | The Mighty Nein Origins: Nott the Brave (Graphic Novel, 56 pgs)

29.) Providence by Alan Moore (Graphic Novel, 480 pgs)

30.) Mork Borg by Pelle Nilsson & Johan Nohr (System Manual, 88 pgs)

31.) Pirate Borg by Luke Stratton (System Manual, 167 pgs)

32.) True Detective and Philosophy: A Deeper Kind of Darkness (Nonfiction, 224 pgs)

33.) The Wicked + The Divine Deluxe Edition: Year One (Graphic Novel, 400 pgs)

34.) The Wicked + The Divine Deluxe Edition: Year Two (Graphic Novel, 400 pgs)

35.) The Wicked + The Divine Deluxe Edition: Year Three (Graphic Novel, 400 pgs)

36.) The Wicked + The Divine Deluxe Edition: Year Four (Graphic Novel, 680 pgs)

37.) The Wicked + The Divine Deluxe Edition: Year Four, Pt. II (Graphic Novel, 200 pgs)


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  1. jusToddMarch 13, 2023 at 3:20 PM

    I managed to find my way through "Flappers and Philosophers," by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It proved amusing. Good luck with the deck and happy early birthday.

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