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kevinholochwostaut
Jul 12, 20233 min read
Of Endings
I was considering today the endings of things. I was considering it for a five-book series I just completed, but I was not considering it...
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kevinholochwostaut
Jul 5, 20235 min read
Why Don’t You Read?
If you are a reader, sometimes it might feel like you are the only one. This question might come to mind when you talk to family, friends...
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kevinholochwostaut
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Skip the Cliff’s Notes
If we wanted to get better at throwing a ball through a hoop from fifty feet away, how would we do it? Think about the question. We might...
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kevinholochwostaut
Jun 20, 20233 min read
Memory Training Through Reading
We have talked before about the outsourcing of our database to the world around us, the negative repercussions of this to the creative...
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kevinholochwostaut
Jun 13, 20232 min read
Did you understand?
Have you ever been reading, and while your eyes are absolutely scanning over the page and your mind is hearing the words, you haven’t...
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kevinholochwostaut
Jun 7, 20232 min read
Binge Reading
The idea of a binge read or a binge watch or a rapid consumption of everything about a creator is very popular these days. I am guilty of...
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kevinholochwostaut
May 31, 20232 min read
Life, Condensed
We have talked before about different reasons why people read. I jokingly said it is to be the most interesting person in the room. I...
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kevinholochwostaut
May 24, 20232 min read
Outsourcing Your Data Sets
“There is nothing new under the sun.” “There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.” “Nature is a tenacious recycler, every dung...
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kevinholochwostaut
May 18, 20232 min read
We are all readers... Right?
People say the words “I’m just not a reader.” If you are reading this, I am going to challenge you on that sentence. Everyone is a reader...
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kevinholochwostaut
May 9, 20232 min read
To reread, or not to reread?
I have a vague memory when I was younger of watching a movie. Specifically, the Never-Ending Story 2. (Perhaps 3?) There is a scene in...
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kevinholochwostaut
May 2, 20232 min read
Read… to someone.
Read to your children, read to your loved ones, read to your friends. Reading to your children is a time-honored tradition, and will get...
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kevinholochwostaut
Apr 25, 20232 min read
Be The Most Interesting Person in The Room
Have you ever been at a party, dinner, group conversation and either you felt you had nothing to contribute, or you were interacting with...
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kevinholochwostaut
Apr 18, 20233 min read
What is Reading? (April 18, 2023)
That seems like a very silly question. But the meaning when we say that casual sentence has changed vastly over the span of human...
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kevinholochwostaut
Apr 11, 20232 min read
Good or Bad... Thinking Makes it So...
Have you ever finished a book and tried to decide if it was good or bad, and you cannot decide which or why? I had the experience...
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kevinholochwostaut
Apr 4, 20232 min read
To Speak, Read.
What does it mean to be articulate and well spoken? The definition is straight forward. “Expressing oneself readily, clearly, and...
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kevinholochwostaut
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Read Classics
Classics are not everyone cup of tea. Not everyone wants to learn a new language, and make no mistake that if you go back in time one...
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kevinholochwostaut
Mar 14, 20232 min read
The Stack
“I have to get through the stack.” Whatever you might name your list, physically real, and sitting beside you, or a written list of books...
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kevinholochwostaut
Mar 7, 20232 min read
Your Way
Read your own way. Two thousand eight hundred and eighty. That is about how many books an avid reader will get to consume in their...
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kevinholochwostaut
Feb 28, 20232 min read
Read Outside The Box (Feb 28, 2023)
I like to read science fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, steam punk and grimdark. These genres comprise the bulk of my reading. They...
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kevinholochwostaut
Feb 19, 20231 min read
A new author. (For me!)
Just picked up Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 1). I am almost twenty years late to the party, but as I casting...
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