January
\nMoonlight (gay black, Netflix)
\nThe First Temptation of Christ (Netflix)
\nLove Lettering by Kate Clayborn (Meg and Reid)
\nStar Trek Picard U<\/p>\n
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March
\nContinental Divide by Alex Meyer (trans in Wyoming)
\nWriters and Lovers by Lily King
\nThe English Teacher by Lily King (overdone, too much consciousness, end sudden and unconvincing)
\nSelf Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (first episode on Netflix with Mom)
\nCrip Camp: a Disability Revolution (Netflix documentary)<\/p>\n
April
\nParis in the Present Tense by Mark Helprin (Audible from Randy about Jules Lacour)
\nThe Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (3\/3 in Wolf Hall series about Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII)
\nThe Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson (Churchill, some interesting material, writing and reading OK)
\nA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Audible about Count Alexander Rostov)<\/p>\n
May
\nYou Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles (Audible about designer kids from Forward)
\nThe Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay (Audible about pandemic cloning from Forward)
\nThe Half of It (modern Cyrano with Mom on Netflix)
\nEmergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin (Audible, Founders rely on Earth for cells, from Forward)
\nRandomize by Andy Weir (Audible on quantum gambling from Forward)<\/p>\n
June
\nDark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State by Barton Gellman (Audible, great story, well written, adequately read; cf. Permanent Record by Snowden; filmmaker Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian)
\nThe Night Clerk (Netflix, with Mom)
\nI’m Your Huckleberry by Val Kilmer (unfinished)
\nThe Index of Self-Destructive Acts by Christopher Beha (Audible, FrankKitEddieMargo Doyle, Sam&Lucy, Justin)<\/p>\n
A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner by Chris Adkins. “I\u2019d strongly recommend donating to the Samaritans, who run the Listener scheme, and the Shannon Trust, which manages the excellent Toe by Toe literacy programme.” (I donated \u00a3100 ~ $125 to Samaritans July 5, 2020.)<\/p>\n
July
\nInsights on Bridge: Moments in Bidding I by Mike Lawrence
\nMucho Mucho Amor: the Legend of Walter Mercado (Netflix astrologer++)
\nMemories of the White House: The Home Life of Our Presidents from Lincoln to Roosevelt (1911) by William H. Crook<\/p>\n
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (Audible via Randy) Too many coincidences: Andres meets letter recipient Klara, encounters daughter Elizabet at nephew’s, early met Klara’s lover Zoltan<\/p>\n
His Master’s Voice by Stanislov Lem, recommended by Filip Niewinski<\/p>\n
August
\nWord Freak by Stefan Fatsis (Scrabble at the Flanders)
\nLost in the Funhouse by John Barth (Ambrose in Ocean City, recommended by David Dobrin)
\nBlack Swan Green by David Mitchell (Jason faces bullies)<\/p>\n
September
\nI Have Something to Tell You By: Chasten Buttigieg Voiced By: Chasten Buttigieg
\nThe Flight Portfolio: a Novel by Julie Orringer<\/p>\n
October
\nSet for Life by Judith Freeman (from library of Cape House, 1500 Boardwalk, where I stayed in Sid Yeung’s room 106).
\nChasing The Light: How I Fought My Way into Hollywood – From the 1960s to Platoon by Oliver Stone
\nThe Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix; Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden of SDS)
\nThe Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)<\/p>\n
November
\nThe Tiger and the Horse by Robert Bolt (Oliver Stone worked for him)
\nThe Cubans by Anthony DePalma (rec’d by Ginny Gray)
\nSnowden (Netflix)
\nThe Crown (Season 4, Netflix, with Mom)
\nHumans by Brandon Stanton
\nThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett<\/p>\n
December
\nBlack Holes and Time Warps by Kip S. Thorne (black hole sizeable and very quickly almost round; singularity whether a point or curve takes forever to form).
\nAnxious People by Fredrik Backman
\nA Promised Land by Barack Obama (mentioned by Randy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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