You might have noticed that I added a new section to my page called “Book Notes”, and RSS subscribers might have noticed the same thing. Inspired by a <a href="https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott/110983854141456413">Mastodon post by Matthias Ott</a>, I decided to add something more than quick notes on the books I read.
For some books, probably not all, I’m hoping to add more notes and details about what I thought of the book. These notes will show up on the book notes page and my general RSS feed. I also added a separate <a href="https://kpwags.com/rss/booknotes_feed.xml">RSS feed</a> specifically for book notes. You can also go right to the book’s book notes page from my full <a href="https://kpwags.com/bookshelf">bookshelf page</a> if you see the link titled “Book Notes”.
<a href="https://kpwags.com/book-notes">View Book Notes</a>

Added Book Notes

Half the year is over. This month also had me surviving another trip around the sun.
<h2>Site Updates</h2>
The one thing I&#39;ve spent doing this month is moving my various lists (<a href="https://kpwags.com/tv">TV</a>, <a href="https://kpwags.com/movies">Movies</a>, <a href="https://kpwags.com/now">Now</a>, <a href="https://kpwags.com/video-games">Video Games</a>, <a href="https://kpwags.com/bookshelf">Bookshelf</a>, <a href="https://kpwags.com/listening">Podcasts</a>, &amp; my new <a href="https://kpwags.com/music">Music</a> page) is to put the data into Notion and use it&#39;s API to load the data. This will save me the hassle of updating the JSON that currently populates it. I started with my new music page and now I&#39;ve gotten TV, books, video games and the now pages all updated. Last ones are movies and podcasts.
<h2>New York City</h2>
It&#39;s become somewhat of a tradition, but Lauren and I spent a long weekend in New York City for my birthday. We seldomly go there with a plan, we just see what&#39;s going on and go from there.
This year we went to MoMA to see a Georgia O&#39;Keeffe exhibit Lauren had been wanting to see. It was interesting but I feel sadly that some of it is just lost on me.
A lot of the rest of the trip was spent wandering around, checking out different restaurants, whiskey bars, and even a new brewery. Time was also spent at various parks people watching and reading. The weather was mostly good too. It wasn&#39;t too hot, it only really rained for a little bit and we were inside MoMA for the storm.
Next year&#39;s birthday will be a little weird as I&#39;ll be hitting the big 4-0.
<h2>Back at it as a Goalie</h2>
The league I play goalie in has started back up, so I&#39;m now spending more nights at the rink, this time guarding the net. I&#39;m glad to have given my hip flexor a month and a half break, but am looking forward to getting better in net.
I ended up playing a game towards the end of the month in a higher league as an emergency sub. We ended up winning the game too. The defense in front of me was a huge help and deserves most of the credit, but I felt like I played relatively well given the advanced skill level. Only helps me get better too!
<h2>Finally Starting My Sleeve</h2>
For the last 5+ years, I have been wanting to get a space-themed sleeve on my right arm. I finally found an artist to work on getting it started. My first session was last week and the work so far looks amazing. There&#39;s still plenty to go, but I can&#39;t wait for the final result.
<h1>Monthly Round Up</h1>
<h2>Monthly Round-Up</h2>
🏃🏼‍♂️ Running &amp; Biking
<ul>
<li>Running: I only ended up running 9.3 miles. Weather hasn&#39;t been great and I&#39;ve been busier with hockey.</li>
<li>Biking: Nope</li>
</ul>
🏋🏼‍♂️ Lifting
<ul>
<li>Started back up with my 5/3/1 program. It&#39;s going well.</li>
</ul>
📚 Reading
Finished
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-conquering-tide-war-in-the-pacific-islands-1942-1944-ian-w-toll/8758811?ean=9780393353204">The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944</a> by Ian W. Toll</li>
</ul>
Started
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/twilight-of-the-gods-war-in-the-western-pacific-1944-1945-ian-w-toll/13150893?ean=9780393868302">Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945</a> by Ian W. Toll</li>
</ul>
✍🏻 Writing
<ul>
<li>Continued my reading logs<ul>
<li><a href="https://kpwags.com/reading-log/31">June 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kpwags.com/reading-log/32">June 9</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kpwags.com/reading-log/33">June 23</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kpwags.com/reading-log/34">June 30</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Wrote about:<ul>
<li><a href="https://kpwags.com/posts/2023/06/07/further-thoughts-on-reddits-api-changes">Reddit&#39;s API changes</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kpwags.com/posts/2023/06/12/goodbye-reddit">Deleting my Reddit accounts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kpwags.com/posts/2023/06/21/its-easy-to-fall-off-the-train">Adversity with sticking to my fitness goals</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kpwags.com/posts/2023/06/24/gary-bettman-and-the-nhl-are-cowards">Gary Bettman and the NHL making a very bad decision</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kpwags.com/posts/2023/06/27/star-trek-prodigy-what-a-bummer">The sad end to Star Trek: Prodigy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
🎮 Gaming
<ul>
<li>Beat <a href="https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/horizon-zero-dawn/">Horizon Zero Dawn</a></li>
<li>Started <a href="https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/horizon-forbidden-west/">Horizon Forbidden West</a></li>
</ul>
📺 Watched
<ul>
<li>Finished rewatching <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2191671/">Elementary</a></li>
<li>Finished rewatching <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112178/">Star Trek: Voyager</a></li>
<li>Continued <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1898069/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">American Gods</a></li>
<li>Continued <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472954/">It&#39;s Always Sunny in Philadelphia</a></li>
<li>Started Season 2 of <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12327578/">Star Trek: Strange New Worlds</a></li>
<li>Started <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261227/">Altered Carbon</a></li>
</ul>
🎬 Movies
<ul>
<li>None this month</li>
</ul>

June 2023 Check-In

I just moved my reading logs into their own page and unfortunately I&#39;m dealing with a few side effects caused by it.
I&#39;m hoping to fix them over the next couple days. The biggest issue is the redirects. Moving the reading logs, I have redirects in place that work locally, but aren&#39;t working in production. It&#39;s an annoying bug that I&#39;m gonna have to experiment with to fix.
The other thing I added was additional RSS feeds. The default feed before includes both blog posts and reading logs. I also added feeds for the reading logs and blog posts separately. You can click the RSS feed icon in the site header to choose your feed.

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Everything

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June 2023 Check-In

Separating Reading Logs

RSS Feeds

Everything

Blog Posts

Reading Logs

Book Notes

Choose Color

Posts TaggedSite Updates

Added Book Notes

June 2023 Check-In

Separating Reading Logs

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