Brad’s Top 30 Albums of 2021

1. serpentwithfeet – DEACON This is by far my most played album of 2021. Simply put, it makes me happy. It is rare to hear an entire album of love songs from a queer black perspective. It is soulful, it is catchy, it is wonderful. It will have you singing “Me and my boo wear…

2020 Books

Breakdown: Total completed books: 41 Author’s identified gender: Women: 22 Men: 19 By letter grades: A(+/-): 7 B(+/-): 24 C(+/-): 7 D(+/-): 3 F: 0 All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastrai (B-) Time travel bad!…or maybe good? Well, at the very least it’s unsettling. Bear Witness by Mary Gaitskill (B-) A juror examines her…

2019 Books

Breakdown:  Total completed books: 46 Total abandoned books: 1 Author gender:  Women: 15 Men: 36 (16 by the same four authors) Michael Crichton: 6 David Sedaris: 4 Armistead Maupin: 3 Preston & Childs: 3 By letter grades: A(+/-): 5 B(+/-): 30 C(+/-): 9 D(+/-): 2 F: 0 All Michael Crichton books: The Andromeda Strain –…

2018 Books

Breakdown:  Total completed books: 101 Total abandoned books: 4 Author gender:  Women: 51 Men: 50 By letter grades: A(+/-): 30 B(+/-): 50 C(+/-): 15 D(+/-): 5 F: 1 By genre (some crossed-genres): Autobiography: 8 Classic: 3 Fantasy: 5 Fiction: 14 Historical Fiction: 11 Horror: 7 Mystery: 12 Non-Fiction: 6 Poetry: 2 Romance: 2 Science-Fiction: 14…