{"id":1667,"date":"2017-01-03T01:39:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T01:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2017-01-03T01:39:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T01:39:48","slug":"hello-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/?p=1667","title":{"rendered":"Hello 2017!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I’m a day late on my yearly recap (a yearly tradition as of last year). But, I haven’t updated in months, so a day late is better than never.<\/p>\n

To start with, I read much less than last year<\/strong>. I ended up reading just a little over half as much as I did last year…<\/p>\n

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  1. The Name of the Wind<\/li>\n
  2. The Help<\/li>\n
  3. Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ<\/li>\n
  4. A Darker Shade of Magic<\/li>\n
  5. A Gathering of Shadows<\/li>\n
  6. China Rich Girlfriend<\/li>\n
  7. Between The World and Me<\/li>\n
  8. Buddha Standard Time<\/li>\n
  9. To Rise Again at a Decent Hour<\/li>\n
  10. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child<\/li>\n
  11. The Better Angels of Our Nature<\/li>\n
  12. After I do<\/li>\n
  13. Authority<\/li>\n
  14. The Buddha In the Attic<\/li>\n
  15. Finding Audrey<\/li>\n
  16. On Immunity: An Innoculation<\/li>\n
  17. Good to Great<\/li>\n
  18. Annihilation<\/li>\n
  19. Yes Please<\/li>\n
  20. Eat, Pray, Love<\/li>\n
  21. The Book of Unknown Americans<\/li>\n
  22. The Moor’s Account<\/li>\n
  23. Challenger Deep<\/li>\n
  24. Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time<\/li>\n
  25. Everything I Never Told You<\/li>\n
  26. I Don’t Know How She Does It<\/li>\n
  27. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West<\/li>\n
  28. Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    But, I did start\u00a0another<\/em> blog<\/strong>, but this time with friends — Hand Over That Pen<\/a>. I really went down the rabbit hole of fountain pens last year, and my “collection” went from about three pens to 15. It’s been quite the adventure (and I’ve met a lot of great people along the way).<\/p>\n

    I keep forgetting I did this — but it was all-consuming for a few weeks. I renovated<\/strong> —<\/p>\n

    This was my kitchen before: (from the open house pictures)
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    And now it’s this:
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    And, lastly, the places<\/strong> I visited: (also a lighter year)<\/p>\n