{"id":272,"date":"2022-12-26T18:51:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T18:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanimberg.com\/?p=272"},"modified":"2022-12-26T22:58:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T22:58:22","slug":"what-i-read-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/26\/what-i-read-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Read in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the year wraps up, here are the recommendable books I read this past year (I&#8217;ll spare you the few that I regretted reading):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thriftbooks.com\/w\/new-seeds-of-contemplation_thomas-merton\/250491\/item\/10842666\/?gclid=CjwKCAiAqaWdBhAvEiwAGAQltmnDVvDklcGMyBd_aPozQNJVgxLLWXd8DE_3mCqLWrqaEUzPIt8PYhoCzJIQAvD_BwE#idiq=10842666&amp;edition=1570215\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;New Seeds of Contemplation&#8221; by Thomas Merton<\/a>. This could be considered one of his seminal works. I&#8217;m a big admirer of Merton and will be the 1st to admit that some of his writings can be hard to digest. Engagement is required. But I consider him a spiritual guide of sorts and strongly recommend his work to all. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thriftbooks.com\/w\/the-spirit-of-zen_alan-w-watts\/322499\/item\/817262\/?gclid=CjwKCAiAqaWdBhAvEiwAGAQltqRjTP5dmbcIwkr8rGvM6cK1fENIX5-T7UjMJyRU1WxIONGQS5C_kBoCydwQAvD_BwE#idiq=817262&amp;edition=2142962\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Spirit of Zen&#8221; by Alan Watts.<\/a> A fairly easy read about a very challenging subject. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dune-Messiah-Frank-Herbert\/dp\/0593098234\/ref=asc_df_0593098234\/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=385475211264&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=7473975770481868953&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9014409&amp;hvtargid=pla-760406467568&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=&amp;ref=&amp;adgrpid=77500930454&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvadid=385475211264&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=7473975770481868953&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9014409&amp;hvtargid=pla-760406467568\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Dune Messiah&#8221; by Frank Herbert<\/a>.  A re-read. The conclusion to the story of Paul Atreides, the main character in the start of the Dune saga. I do hope Denis Villeneuve gets to do a 3rd movie that covers &#8220;Dune Messiah&#8221;. The 1st part of &#8220;Dune&#8221; (he split the telling of the 1st novel into 2 parts) was brilliant and I look forward to the 2nd part&#8217;s release in 2023.  The books are always better but he did an admirable job conveying a very dense and nuanced story on film. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Seeker-Monk-Everyday-Conversations-Thomas\/dp\/1506464963\/ref=asc_df_1506464963\/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=459662044225&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=18334278411544391708&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9014409&amp;hvtargid=pla-948398124228&amp;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Seeker and the Monk&#8221; by Sophfronia Scott<\/a>. A book of imagined conversations between a contemporary thinker and the late Thomas Merton, using Merton&#8217;s personal journals as the focus. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Eruption-Conversations-Eddie-Van-Halen\/dp\/0306826658\/ref=asc_df_0306826658\/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=475873418303&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=17284403361216540499&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9014409&amp;hvtargid=pla-1186049150350&amp;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen&#8221; by  Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill <\/a>. Surprisingly insightful interviews with the one musician I miss more than any other at this point. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"&quot;Running with the Devil&quot; by Noel Monk (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Runnin-Devil-Backstage-Behind-Making\/dp\/006247412X\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=running+with+the+devil+van+halen&amp;qid=1672080485&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjY0IiwicXNhIjoiMS41NCIsInFzcCI6IjIuMTIifQ%3D%3D&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=running+with+the+devel%2Cstripbooks%2C131&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Running with the Devil&#8221; by Noel Monk<\/a>. An entertaining recounting of the era of Van Halen that is nearest and dearest to my heart (i.e. 1978-1984). As I <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/16\/recent-reading-running-with-the-devil\/\" target=\"_blank\">posted previously<\/a>, it is likely a skewed perspective of a shared history but it is enlightening and entertaining all the same. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the year wraps up, here are the recommendable books I read this past year (I&#8217;ll spare you the few that I regretted reading): &#8220;New Seeds of Contemplation&#8221; by Thomas Merton. This could be considered one of his seminal works. I&#8217;m a big admirer of Merton and will be the 1st to admit that some &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/26\/what-i-read-in-2022\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What I Read in 2022&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6,5],"tags":[43,40,44,42,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}