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Ryan's Boring Book Club turns one!
My top 5 posts, how I respond to feedback, my favorite post and more reflections on one year on Substack
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Blessed are the meek
Remembering my grandfather, Frank Ribble (1937-2025)
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What if you're a sociopath?
Patric Gagne's memoir, "Sociopath," gives insights into the life and mind of those who struggle with empathy and remorse.
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My Top 10 Books of 2024
Fraternity hazing, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Burning Man were some of the subjects of a my favorite reads this year
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The reckoning and wreckage of a progressive evangelical church
Eliza Griswold's "Circle of Hope" documents the implosion of a once thriving church torn apart by political infighting
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Scout Finch can't go home again
Reflections on home towns, Natalie Maines of The (Dixie) Chicks and Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman"
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Why good people are divided by politics and religion
Reflections on Jonathan Haidt's "The Righteous Mind"
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Ryan’s Boring Book Club
Ryan’s Boring Book Club
In addition to the occasional book review, I also share insights and anecdotes based on my short time as a book publicist for a small publisher.
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Slow Boring
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