National Book Lovers Day

Or how I stopped worrying about binge-streaming and got back to reading

I had forgotten about this day until I pulled up the script from the podcast episode I released on August 9th of last year, where I gave book recommendations. Some background here before we get started. I did a podcast every day for a year, so I “got behind” with all the shows my friends talk about. I also love to read, and I’m usually quite the voracious reader. My reading pace has changed over the past few months, something I’m a little mad about.

Lately, the demands of starting a new job, having a commute, and life, have taken precedence over my regular reading schedule. I’ve got fantastic things going on, so don’t mistake this as a complaint. I’m just working through what’s happened with how I, and I’m guessing, a lot of us, spend our free time. Hopefully, I can come up with a workable solution by the end of this post. If not for me, at least then for you.

Queue some science montage music from The Martian and let’s science or at least think the shit out of this.

My grandpa’s old telescope pictured here when we looked through it a few weeks ago.

Earlier this year I embarked on what I thought would be a book per week reading goal. I very publicly stated my intentions, check out episode 366 of The Space Shot for proof. Well, middle of May me, that goal has slipped into oblivion, and here’s…