Quote of the Week – August 15, 2025

Do the best you can until you know better then when you know better do better.
Maya Angelou

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#HRCYED NonFiction Reading List

This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Nonfiction Prompt:

  • Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy – Ed. Richard Brian Davis
  • Thick – Tressie McMillan Cottom
  • The Awful End of Prince William the Silent – Lisa Jardine
  • Dogtripping – David Rosenfelt
  • Integral Psychology – Ken Wilber

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Sunday Night Music- Carrickfergus

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Quote of the Week – August 8, 2025

He who praises everybody praises nobody.
Samuel Johnson

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HRCYED Participation Kick-Off Post

If you haven’t heard of it, the Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do is abbreviated as #HRCYED and is running around on the Book-Tube community. Am I part of that community? Not really. I watch a few here and there, but I’m not a particular participant in reviewing, nor do I make videos. 

What do I do? I read and I write. So, am I going to propose my own books against some of the challenges? You betcha. 

Have I ever met a major challenge that will make my life difficult? Nope. 

Am I going to write up my proposed reading lists so you can all see how badly I fail? Yes. 

This is me officially letting it be known that I’m doing this challenge. It’s supposed to be a year-long challenge, so we’ll see how long I last. 

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Sunday Night Music- Mary Mac

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Quote of the Week – August 1, 2025

Instruction as much but encouragement everything.
Johanne Wolfgang con Goethe

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Books to Read- July 2025

  • Slayground – Richard Stark
  • Deadly Edge – Richard Stark
  • Hunter – Mercedes Lackey
  • Articulating Design Decisions – Tom Greever
  • Managing Up – Mary Abbajay
  • The Art of Coaching – Elena Aguilar
  • The No Complaining Rule – Jon Gordon
  • Only the Paranoid Survive – Andrew S Grove
  • The Power of Consistency – Weldon Long
  • A Trucker’s Tale – Ed Miller

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Books Read – July 2025

Fiction

Radiance – Catherynne M Valente

This Princess Kills Monsters – Ry Herman

Daisy Darker – Alice Feeney

Devil Red- Joe R Lansdale

This Body’s Not Big Enough for the Both of Us – Edgar Cantero

A Matter of Death and Life– Simon R Green

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Sunday Night Music- War on Drugs

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