Robert Breen

I am lying in a hospital bed inside the staging area of a busy surgery center in Scottsdale, Arizona.

I read 40 books in 2025, down from 53 books in 2024.

We emerge from the air-conditioned lobby of our apartment building on this warm August morning, pulled along by two anxious dogs.

We are walking through Central Park on a beautiful May morning, two lovebirds, married these many years.

We arrive in New York City in less than a week for our five-month adventure.

One of the easiest ways to get more out of the books you read is to keep a journal.

We are sitting on a bench in Madison Square Park in the Flatiron District.

This month, I finished a multi-year reading of Will and Ariel Durant’s The Story of Civilization, an eleven-volume opus considered one of the finest narratives of world history ever written.

A few weeks ago, I came across a blog post about the author’s reasons for switching to a different everyday-carry notebook.

I love the idea of a read-it-later app.