When I was growing up we would occasionally receive a cards around Christmas-time from old family friends and former neighbors with pictures and a brief explanation of what they’d been up to in the past year. Some people still do this. I like this tradition and have attempted my own version below.

I went on a bit of a tear this year. I’m not sure why but I suspect that it’s at least partly related to reading a lot about writing, reading more chapter books with Idara, and also reading while I eat lunch.

Now that I’ve pasted in my notes from all of these books this post has ballooned to nearly 8,000 words, which is way too many, and I don’t expect anyone to read it all, or even most of it, so I’m not sure exactly what I’m doing here. That said, these posts have been well-received in the past, and I like keeping up the tradition, so here it is.

Next year I might do something different, like just list what I read and then go into more detail on my favorites. I’d like to make this more readable than a phone book.

Stars (★) mark the books that I liked the most. Please let me know if you have thoughts on any of them or recommendations for what I should read next. Here are the lists I posted in 2021, 2020, in 2019, and in 2018.

"Papa you big so you need a big hug. And a kiss."

Some heavy stuff, some light stuff.

A bunch of pictures and captions of Oren.

Growing up too damn fast.

Potty training, putting things in rows, and smiling. Lots of smiling.

Stars (★) mark the books that I liked the most. Please let me know if any of these resonated with you too or if you have recommendations for what I should read next. And here are the lists I posted in 2020, in 2019, and in 2018.

Mostly he's just shouting.