Academic librarian in Nova Scotia, union negotiator, avid reader, movie buff, news junky, ally, and lover of food and gardens.
Anthony Pash (he/him)
I have now officially passed the halfway point in my challenge - 63 books left to go. 📚💙
“If Walter Rodney’s assassins were under the impression that they could arrest the flow of his ideas by destroying his body, they could not have been more wrong.”
- Angela Davis
2026 Reading Challenge (1900-2026) Book 61, 1960. Rabbit, Run by John Updike. 📚💙
Devastating news.
The only disappointment was Anne of Avonlea (a reread after many years), but I think that had a lot to do with the narrator of the audiobook. Very happy to catch up with the latest Dungeon Crawler Carl and Murderbot books as well.
Not part of my reading challenge but certainly one of the best books I’ve read/listened to this year. Real, raw, maddening, and life affirming. Bahni Turpin is just perfect as the narrator. Incredible.
2026 Reading Challenge (1900-2026) Book 62, 1961. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. 📚💙
2026 Reading Challenge (1900-2026) Book 63, 1962. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. 📚💙
2026 Reading Challenge (1900-2026) Book 64, 1963. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré. 📚
In the month of May I read 18 books. Nine of those were for my reading challenge. The standouts this month were: Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut (extremely relevant for today), Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, Night by Elie Wiesel, and The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. 📚💙
