Monthly

Monthly

The idea should be self explanatory. Some books get significant write-ups. Some, none at all. I don't feel like recording all of the books that I read all of the time. So, taking an inventory twelve times a year might strike the right balance... or at least, fill in some of the missing pieces.

September

• The Gang Book: Chicago Crime Commission
• The Definitive Resource.
• Vanity Fair
• It's become a bit of a drink coaster.
• Searching for Jane Austen
• I will not be writing down authors names, as it's too much of a hassle.
• I fully expect to end this book by virtue of lack of interest before the next recording cycle.
• APS Science
• APS: Advanced Photon Source
• This one is just gathering dust, at the moment.
• It's almost not even in the reading stack.

NOTE: This project does not include anything in the stacks waiting to be read. Only books I have started reading.

• Supreme Court Slip
• Nieves v Bartlett
• Beyond Body Cameras
• Federal Bureau of Prisons Guide
• Charles Bukowski
• Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way
• Factotum
  • These two are why I decided writing the list.
    • They needed to be included somewhere.
  • Like most poetry, it's substance over form for me.
    • And where there is no substance, the form seems juvenile.
• The Federal Court System in the United States
• I was planning on recording page numbers, indicating where I am in each selection, to show progress over time.
• But I guess I am not going to.
• USP Florence Administrative Maximum Security (ADX) Inspection Report
• A book on Australia led me to slang, which led to gangs, The Gang Book, and all this other prison stuff.
• Linear Algebra Abridged
• Does it count if I've flipped it open to the Table of Contents?
• Does that mean I am reading it?
• The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English
• Practical Tips If Your Client Faces Incarceration in a Federal Prison
• QGIS Users Guide
• A borderline inclusion
• Supermax Administration and the Eight Amendment: Deference, Discretion, and Double Bunking
• The Viking Club: Saga Book XXVI
• I have only read (sort of) one of the preceding volumes.

I've included more comments and fewer page numbers than I originally envisioned for this project. So, we'll see how it goes next month.

October

This is the status at the start of the month. For instance, today's date is 2019-10-01.

• Vanity Fair
• I'm still working on this book.
• I think I read a chapter this month.
• Impressionism
• The book is falling apart.
• I made some serious progress.
• Then, I stopped.


• Supreme Court Slip
• Return Mail, Inc v United States Post Office
• The Federal Court System in the United States
• I'll get it finished one of these days.
• G'MIC Reference
• QGIS Users Guide
• These last two aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
• Of course, that is not to imply I am using them.
• Linear Algebra Abridged
• Started It!
• Yes!
• A Brief Guide to Motivational Interviewing
• This is where my study on the Prison System has led me.
• Heroic Images on Runestones in the Context of Commemoration and Communication
• Brought to me by the University of Ghent!
• That Virtual Vacation to Iceland I took a while back has changed my reading habits.
• The Viking Club: Saga Book XXVI
• I've been making good progress.
• I'm past the obituaries...
  • And into the book reviews.
• The Sick: Drugs, Sex, and Celaphopods by Eddie Takosori
• It's the book that brought us together...
  • Sort of.
• So, I'm reading it as a night-time, cuddle-time book.
• The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
• I saw a poster for a stage production.
• So, I decided to read it.
• It's not very long.
  • So, let's see how many months it stays on this list.
• Cognitive Behaviour Treatment
• Another piece of fruit from my Prison Readings.
• It's applied philosophy.
• I do not like that the philosophy is assumed to be correct.
• These are statements about this subject more so than this book.
• I can't remember much about this book at the moment...
  • Even if I've gotten far enough in it to spin off into Motivational Interviewing...
    • Yeah, I think (but could be mistaken) that's the one that really rubs me the wrong way.
    • Oh, well. It's good to challenge oneself.

I should make note: there is some desire to remove items from this list, so that it's not the same from month to month. As such, this project (and/or something as simple as this project) has effected my reading style.

Not everything on the list has been read to completion... not by a long-shot. There is no ceremony upon either reading to completion or merely losing interest. In either instance, the work in question is simply dropped from the list.

November

I think there are fewer books to record than there were last month. Deciding to make this list (to make a written record) has added some degree of mental friction to the decision to add a new work to the pile. Is this worth writing an entry for? If not, why I am pursuing it?

• Vanity Fair
• I'm thinking I would be happier (or at least, more focused) if I reduced my stacks to this single volume.
• Well, maybe this and the next in line.


• Supreme Court Slip
• Manhattan Community Access Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Deedee Halleck, et al.
• I find myself siding with the Dissent.
  • There is nothing unusual about that.
• The Federal Court System in the United States
• This is part of my Supreme Court Readings...
  • And a write-up of this pamphlet will eventually be added to that spur of my site.
• Psychopathy Resources
• This heading denotes a quartet of shorter works on Psychopathy.
• G'MIC Reference
• Linear Algebra Abridged
• No action taken.
• The Mask of Sanity
• The landmark work on Psychopathy.
• So far, I am not impressed.
• The Viking Club: Saga Book XXVI
• These are slow going.
• It has been an interesting dive.
• The Sick: Drugs, Sex, and Celaphopods by Eddie Takosori
• This has been the cuddle-time bedtime story as of late.
• It's a new hobby.
• I read a few chapters every other night or so.
• The reading of this tome has taken the place of reading many of the other works on this list.
  • I am reading less and less.
  • And so, bedtime reading is become a greater percentage of the whole.

December

The last. The final. Well, of the year, anyhow.

• Vanity Fair
• I will finish this eventually.
• The Things They Carried
• It's a good War Story book.
• I've heard some of these stories before.
  • So, I must have read this book before...
    • Or parts of it.
    • That I Skip-Skimmed it seems likely.


• Supreme Court Slip
• Dutra Group v. Batterton
• Considering I'm not in law school, I'm making reasonable progress on the slips.
• The Federal Court System in the United States
• It's still in the queue.
• Nothing more.
• Mask of Sanity
• And the other Psychopathy Resources got no play this month.
• The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report
• I can't say that I am excited about this addition to my list.
• G'MIC Reference
• Still there.
• Linear Algebra Abridged
• I just finished the first chapter, yesterday.
• The Viking Club: Saga Book XLI
• I am now reading these journals in reverse order from newest to oldest.
• I'm pretty sure this is the second issue on the month.
• I continue to find these very interesting.


• Zip Zero
• This Kevin Stillwater masterpiece is the new bedtime story book.
• We start tonight.

The Debriefing

Today is a bad day for making judgement calls or policy decisions... as I don't feel like doing anything. I'd rather just sit in my chair, sip on cocoa, and watch the sun do its thing through the closed curtains... and if that doesn't sound like depression, I don't know what does.

So, what gives?

Whatever the case (terminal depression and/or simply being tired), I probably should find a better way of recording (or skipping the recording of) the dead weight (those works which are getting no action). But then, even this once a month check-in provides some degree of motivation to add or remove titles from the list.

And as to that list, what it doesn't show is the extent of Supreme Court Slips read... or time spent with The Viking Club Saga Books (which are more properly, Journals). But then, now that I have added that extra bit of information, I may have added all the extraneous information that I wish to.

I will be continuing this project... even if I don't feel much like continuing it this morning.