The story is really about how a carrot, an egg, and coffee beans react to hot water (pressure). When you put a carrot into hot water it becomes soft and mushy. When you put an egg in hot water it hardens and becomes a hard boiled egg. When you put coffee beans in water, they change the water into coffee. The moral of the short story is how does pressure impact us and in turn how do we impact our environment.

Anyways, I just finished a book but I am going to call this my last review of 2025 since I read most of the book in '25.

It's that time of year where we review how the year went for us and start making plans for next year. I don't really know how to quantify this year as either good or bad. It was definitely challenging.

I was standing in line to check out with a few small ensemble collections and at the checkout table was a book called "Freelance: 10 Commonsense Keys to Making YOUR Music YOUR Business" by Josh Gottry. Now this book has existed for a few years (since 2021) and I see at PASIC every year, but never give it a second look. Mainly because I do read more now than I use to, but it still doesn't feel like a lot, and I felt pretty good on the business side of things.

Alright...I think I might enjoy reading now. But only things I want to read. I read 4 chapters of a book today (almost 50 pages) because I was intraced in what the book was going over. I think the most I have read in 1 sitting before today was 14-15 pages.

Another book already! This is like 4 this year, which is definitely a new record for me. Today's book is really short, like 54 pages, which was a great way for me to get back into reading after a small break to focus on finishing up the winter season.

This post is about the third book I have read this year - "Think Like a Warrior" by Darrin Donnelly.

Book 2 of 2025 already! I might be turning into a reader if I'm not careful here. Actually I choose a short book for this one...

Today's book is "Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things" by Adam Grant.

Happy New Year! 2025 is now a week old. Hopefully you have been able to make the most of this week.

Wishing you all a happy, and productive, 2024.

Two book reviews in two months! Woohoo. I have been reading a little bit almost every day the last two months.

It has been a year since I posted about what I was reading. Mainly because I got distracted and stopped. So what got me reading again?

Book Review #2...with a catchier name.

Welcome to the Ryan Reed Music Book Club, where I will post a short review of each book I read this year.