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Aldon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Aldon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Aldon Hynes
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December 2007
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Connection, not Commodity
As I jumped into Mastodon and thought of ways describe the difference between Mastodon and Twitter, a phrase came to my mind, “Connection, not Commodity.” For me, it feels like Mastodon, and the Fediverse as a whole, is about re-establishing connection between people as opposed to the marketing platform that Twitter seems to have become.
I talked about this the other day, and recently, I came acros
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Short Poetry Collection 001 (Librivox Short Poetry, #1)
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Short Poetry Collection 002 (Librivox Short Poetry, #2)
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Well, this is the first time I've posted a Did Not Finish review. I started this book a few weeks ago. I found that I was not interested in the characters or the plot. In fact, I found both lacking in verisimilitude. At one point, I just set it aside
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| I love books that are multigenerational polyphonic explorations of cultures different than my own. I loved The Mountains Sing and Homegoing. So, I was pretty excited to start reading Only This Beautiful Moment. Add in aspects of people exploring thei ...more | |
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| I was looking for some engaging magical fiction I could escape into. Extra points for queer romance or books about books. This book fit perfectly. It made me think of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, the Midnight Library, and a little bit like The ...more | |
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There is something magical when magical fiction feels so real that you spend time talking with a lover about which fabulous character you are most like, or they are most like. This is how Under the Whispering Door felt to me. I will admit, that I rea ...more |
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There is something magical when magical fiction feels so real that you spend time talking with a lover about which fabulous character you are most like, or they are most like. This is how Under the Whispering Door felt to me. I will admit, that I rea ...more |
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| I recently read Mary Karr’s The Art of Memoir, and I’ve been thinking more about my voice as a memoirist. I’ve read some memoirs from people who studied at University of Oregon, and I’ve wondered how close they are to my voice. As I read The Year of ...more | |
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| I liked Mary Karr’s memoir, Lit. At some point, I’ll get around to reading her other memoirs. My memoir writing friends like her work and her book about writing memoirs is an important text. I read it, was interested to find how many of the memoirs s ...more | |
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| A queer book club near me is reading this book and a friend recommended it to me and I worked my way through it. Bossiere’s life is very different from my own. Listening to the audiobook made me sad and conflicted. I feel like I have never had the cl ...more | |
“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”
― Thoughts in Solitude
― Thoughts in Solitude
“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
― Wishful Thinking: A Seeker's ABC
― Wishful Thinking: A Seeker's ABC
“Coincidences are God's way of getting our attention.”
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“To be wise is to be eternally curious.”
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“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
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