• Reading

    2015 Reading Journey: Spin

    by Spin was published during a period when I was in transition across several jobs, involving massive commutes at times, high stress, and more free time than was good for me, none of it around my small children. Since a big chunk of my time was spent away from them from late-2003 to mid-2005, I spent most of that spare time either feeling sorry for myself or trying to distract myself. Reading didn’t work, so I didn’t consume a lot of fiction during this time and most of what I was reading came from the pile of books I still had after leaving book retail several years before. I missed…