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August is No-TV month

Author: Hoger

My wife and two of our friends have managed to convince me to join them in a TV-free August.

There’s no anti-TV vent behind it - at least not for me. I love TV. Some of it’s great entertainment and some has superb writing. But turning it off for a month will be a good chance for me to regroup after leaving an extraordinarily busy job. I want to settle into a routine that lets me prioritise the things that matter most - writing and reading, and good conversation over dinner. Still deciding what I’ll focus my writing on but I spent some time tonight deciding my reading menu for the month. Here it is: 

Fiction

• Wastelands - John Joseph Adams (ed)
• The City and The City - China Mieville
• The Writing Class - Jincy Willett
• Lavinia - Ursula Le Guin
• World Shaker - Richard Harland

Non fiction

• The Content Makers - Margaret Simons
• The Dumbest Generation - Mark Bauerlein
• Ghosts of Manilla: The Fateful Blood Feud between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier - Mark Kram
• Critical Mass - Philip Ball
• The Craftsman - Richard Sennett
• Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness - Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein
• The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging
• Why I Write - George Orwell
• The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear - Ralph Keyes

Not sure what I’m looking forward to reading most but I’ll report back during August about how I’m progressing and how much dust the TV has gathered.

Tags: TV-Free August

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