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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

This is the thread of the books I am reading this year. One hundred and fourteen books. I think I stubbornly finished every book I started in 2023 although some of them maybe I shouldn’t have. I did lower my “books by men” percentage an amount that felt good. I was busier, happier.

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2021 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I started and finished 115 books. One more book got added to my best in show category: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson, though I felt like I read a lot of good books this year. Here are stats for the books that I finished. ebook to book ratio: 63:52. Here are stats for the books that I finished.

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2022 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I read a lot of books this year but in many ways it wasn’t a great year for me (it’s improving) so I have mixed feelings about the sheer length of this list and am hoping to read LESS this year. I started to read 144 books and finished 142 but kept up with a few I maybe shouldn’t have. average read per month: 12.

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2023 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Kimball (79) – Most weeks I worked here one day and I stopped by a lot of other times, for sub shifts or just to get a book. Hartness/Randolph (1) – I got some books out. Previous years: 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003.

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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Common Securitization Solutions (CSS), a joint Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae venture launched in 2013, supports a cornerstone of the American economy: home ownership. Born in the cloud Development of the CSP began in 2013 to provide a modern, single-family securitization infrastructure for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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A Growing Threat of Violence Against Public Officials

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

He is co-author (along with Robert Futrell) of an award-winning book American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate. He is co-author (along with Robert Futrell) of an award-winning book American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate.

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Leaks And Leadership: What The Era of WikiLeaks Portends For Traditional Theories Of Leader Information Sharing Practices

Public Policy Blog

A good example of this principle at work arose during World War I with the establishment of the Creel Commission, which demanded all book, magazine and newspaper publishers submit war stories to them for review first before sending them to print. Accessed June 16, 2013 from [link]. 11 June 2013. Image: WikiLeaks. References.