22: Books Read

Underlined = favorites; Starred = very disappointed

Bel Canto, Ann Pratchett

The Plot Against America, Philip Roth

Animal Crackers, Hannah Tinti

*Ines of My Soul, Isabel Allende

Falling Man, Don DeLillo

A Fist in the Hornet’s Nest, Richard Engel

War Journal, Richard Engel

Sin in the Second City, Karen Abbott

ScreamFree Parenting, Hal Runkel

The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery

Mere Christianity, CS Lewis

Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, Nathaniel Philibrick

*The Witches of Eastwick, John Updike

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Raymond Carver (reread)

Gang Leader for a Day, Sudhir Venkatesh

Life of Pi, Yann Martel

The Dispossessed, Ursula LeGuin

Neverland, Neil Gaiman

The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, Christopher Moore

The House on Fortune Street, Margot Livesey

*A Book of Common Prayer, Joan Didion

5: Rejections from online literary magazines

My goal this year is to submit to 50 places to increase my odds.

5: Races Completed

March: 5 mile trail race

July: 5K Neighborhood run

August: Danskin Mini Triathlon

November: 4.5 mile trail race

December: 5K Jingle Bell Run

333: Miles Run

200: Days I exercised

4: Major Journeys

Washington DC/Virginia area

Vancouver/Whistler, Canada

Lancaster, PA

Philly/southern NJ area

Plus Chicago, multiple times + trips up to the border of WI

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