Literary Leanings

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What’s the best book you’ve read this year (so far)?

What’s the best book you’ve read this year (so far)?

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Michelle Martin
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One of my goals for this year is to be more intentional with my media diet. There is literally a deluge of options when it comes to what to read, watch, and listen to. And honestly, I don't think we—as humans—are meant to have this many choices.

So as the new year rolled in, I set an intention: to be more thoughtful about where I spend my attention (because we do live in the attention economy), especially when it comes to reading. Last year, I let go of the word should in my reading life, and this felt like a nice, natural next step.

Now that we're inching toward the halfway point of the year, I have been reflecting on what I’ve read so far. And I thought it might be fun to chat: what have you loved reading this year?

I'll go first: I’ve read 36 books so far and rated 10 of them five stars. That surprised and delighted me!

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