{"id":12409,"date":"2022-12-31T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/?p=12409"},"modified":"2024-10-15T07:43:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T14:43:50","slug":"im-writing-about-the-books-i-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/?p=12409","title":{"rendered":"I’m writing about the books I read…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m not sure what compelled me to start publishing the list of all the books I read in the year, but I’ve been doing it a couple of years in a row. Since three makes a trend, here’s my third annual list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I gotta start with Homegoing<\/a><\/strong>. This is literally one of the best books I’ve read in a few years. It is super compelling, very touching, enthrallingly written and weaves a complex story in a very satisfying way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back at this list, some of the standouts were the truly excellent Half a Yellow Sun<\/a><\/strong>; Sea of Tranquility<\/a><\/strong>, which I finished and re-read almost immediately to better understand all the nuances (which I\u2019d never done before); Finding the Mother Tree<\/a><\/strong> was something I’d been meaning to read for a while and it was beautifully written and an important subject; Namwayut<\/a><\/em><\/strong> was a book by Chief Robert Joseph, whom I’ve known a little for many years and found his telling of his story to be powerfully written and deeply moving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

VanBikes<\/a><\/strong> was written by my friend Colin, and I’m so proud of him for telling this story which he’s been working on for so many years\u2014it came together beautifully. Run Towards the Danger<\/a><\/strong> has stayed with me and still feels very present. Invisible Boy<\/a><\/strong> was an amazing insight into a situation I know nothing about and is extremely compelling. Finally, I’ve been an Elvis Costello fan since I was a teenager, so I don’t know why it took me so long to read his memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink<\/a><\/strong>. As I write this I’m about half-way through and am enjoying it a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s my list of books I read in 2022 in the order I read them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Indigenous Relations<\/strong> \u2014 Bob Joseph & Cynthia F. Joseph<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Under a White Sky<\/strong> \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Life in the City of Dirty Water<\/strong> \u2014 Clayton Thomas-M\u00fcller<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Half of a Yellow Sun<\/strong> \u2014 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Factfulness <\/strong>\u2014 Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling R\u00f6nnlund & Oka Rosling <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Homegoing<\/strong> \u2014 Yaa Gyasi<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. The 1619 Project<\/strong> \u2014 Nikole Hannah-Jones<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. How the Word is Passed<\/strong> \u2014 Clint Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time<\/strong> \u2014 Mark Haddon<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. The Sixth Extinction<\/strong> \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Caste<\/strong> \u2014 Isabel Wilkerson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. State of Terror<\/strong> \u2014 Hillary Clinton & Louise Penny<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Stolen Focus <\/strong>\u2014 Johann Hari<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Heart of Darkness<\/strong> \u2014 Joseph Conrad<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. How to be Perfect<\/strong> \u2014 Michael Schur<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Finding the Mother Tree <\/strong>\u2014 Suzanne Simard<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Americanah<\/strong> \u2014 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. The Comedians<\/strong> \u2014 Kliph Nesteroff <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Sing Backwards and Weep<\/strong> \u2014 Mark Lanegan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Underground Airlines <\/strong>\u2014 Ben H. Winters<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Transcendent Kingdom <\/strong>\u2014 Yaa Gyasi <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Origin<\/strong> \u2014 Jennifer Raff<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Entangled Life <\/strong>\u2014 Merlin Sheldrake <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Big Lonely Doug<\/strong> \u2014 Harley Rustad <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. Fundamentals <\/strong>\u2014 Frank Wilczek<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. The Islander <\/strong>\u2014 Chris Blackwell<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Ragged Company <\/strong>\u2014 Richard Wagamese<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. Paris 1919 <\/strong>\u2014 Margaret MacMillan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Sea of Tranquility<\/strong> \u2014 Emily St. John Mandel <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. Lonely Boy <\/strong>\u2014 Steve Jones<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Sea of Tranquility<\/strong> \u2014 Emily St. John Mandel (I had to read it again immediately to fully appreciate it)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Vanishing Half<\/strong> \u2014 Brit Bennett <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. The Glass Hotel<\/strong> \u2014 Emily St. John Mandel <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. Station Eleven<\/strong> \u2014 Emily St. John Mandel<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. Quiet<\/strong> \u2014 Susan Cain<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. Subdivided<\/strong> \u2014 Jay Pitter & John Lorinc<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. The Netanyahus <\/strong>\u2014Joshua Cohen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. The Midnight Library<\/strong> \u2014 Matt Haig<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. How to Be Animal<\/strong> \u2014 Melanie Challenger<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. Nasty, Brutish, and Short<\/strong> \u2014 Scott Hershovitz<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  41. Namwayut <\/strong>\u2014 Chief Robert Joseph<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  42. The Last White Man<\/strong> \u2014 Mohsin Hamid<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  43. Humble Pi <\/strong>\u2014 Matt Parker <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  44. Monkey Beach <\/strong>\u2014 Eden Robinson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  45. Too Dumb for Democracy?<\/strong> \u2014 David Moscrop<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  46. Vanbikes<\/strong> \u2014 Colin Stein<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  47. Profiles in Ignorance <\/strong>\u2014 Andy Borowitz<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  48. Run Towards the Danger<\/strong> \u2014 Sarah Polley<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  49. True Reconciliation<\/strong> \u2014 Jody Wilson-Raybould<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  50. Surrender<\/strong> \u2014 Bono<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  51. Invisible Boy <\/strong>\u2014 Harrison Mooney<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  52. Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink<\/strong> \u2014 Elvis Costello<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I\u2019m looking forward to all the books to read in 2023!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’m not sure what compelled me to start publishing the list of all the books I read in the year, but I’ve been doing it a couple of years in a row. Since three makes a trend, here’s my third annual list. I gotta start with Homegoing. This is literally one of the best books […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[170,248],"class_list":["post-12409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-azaroff","tag-books"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p37qUH-3e9","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}