by Scott McLeod | Oct 1, 2025 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in September 2025…
- The Work of the Future, David Autor et al. (economics)
- The Will of the Many, James Islington (fantasy)
- Uprooted, Naomi Novik (fantasy)
- The Shadow of the Torturer, Gene Wolfe (fantasy)
- The Claw of the Conciliator, Gene Wolfe (fantasy)
- The Notorious Virtues, Alwyn Hamilton (fantasy)
- The Long Walk, Stephen King (as Richard Bachman; horror)
- The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, Brandon Sanderson (sci fi)
- The Busy Body, Kemper Donovan (mystery)
- The Seventh Knight, Robert Ryan (fantasy)
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
by Scott McLeod | Sep 1, 2025 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in August 2025…
- Finding Your Leadership Soul, Carlos Moreno (education)
- Golden Son, Pierce Brown (science fiction)
- Morning Star, Pierce Brown (science fiction)
- Buried Deep, Naomi Novik (fantasy)
- Earth Unaware, Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston (science fiction)
- Orphan Star, Alan Dean Foster (science fiction)
- The End of the Matter, Alan Dean Foster (science fiction)
- Nightshade, Michael Connelly (thriller)
- Pro Bono, Thomas Perry (thriller)
- The Old Man, Thomas Perry (thriller)
- Move Your Bus, Ron Clark (education)
- The Fifth Victim, D.D. Black (thriller)
- We Forget Nothing, D.D. Black (thriller)
- Widows of Medina, D.D. Black (thriller)
- Beneath Hemlock Skies, D.D. Black (thriller)
- Swords of Empire, Robert Ryan (fantasy)
- Stranded, A.K. DuBoff (science fiction)
- Lost Planet, A.K. DuBoff (science fiction)Â
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
by Scott McLeod | Aug 7, 2025 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in July 2025…
- Every Parent’s Dilemma, Don Berg (education)
- The Gene Machine, Bonnie Rochman (science)
- Lethal Prey, John Sandford (thriller)
- For Love of Mother-Not, Alan Dean Foster (science fiction)
- The Tar-Aiym Krang, Alan Dean Foster (science fiction)
- Red Rising, Pierce Brown (science fiction)
- The Electric State, Simon Stålenhag (science fiction)
- Outland, Alan Dean Foster (science fiction)
- Birds of Prey, David Drake (science fiction)
- Darkover Landfall, Marion Zimmer Bradley (science fiction)
- Dorsai!, Gordon Dickson (science fiction)
- The Starship in the Stone, M. R. Forbes (science fiction)
- Man of War, M. R. Forbes (science fiction)
- Weapons of War, M. R. Forbes (science fiction)
- Tides of War, M. R. Forbes (science fiction)
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
by Scott McLeod | Jul 3, 2025 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in June 2025…
- Implementing Project Based Learning in Early Childhood, Sara Lev, Amanda Clark, & Erin Starkey (education)
- The First Book of Swords, Fred Saberhagen (fantasy)
- A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (fantasy)
- The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (fantasy)
- The Final Dawn, T. W. M. Ashford (science fiction)
- Conscript, Scott Bartlett (science fiction)
- The Invaders Plan, L. Ron Hubbard (science fiction)
- The Ninth Rain, Jen Williams (fantasy)
- The Voyage, David Drake (science fiction)
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
by Scott McLeod | Jun 1, 2025 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in May 2025…
- The Ending Fire, Saara El-Arifi (fantasy)
- The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett (fantasy)
- A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik (fantasy)
- The Last Graduate, Naomi Novik (fantasy)
- Holy Ghost, John Sandford (thriller)
- The Worthing Saga, Orson Scott Card (science fiction)
- Hot Sleep, Orson Scott Card (science fiction)
- Jade City, Fonda Lee (fantasy)
- Heir, Sabaa Tahir (fantasy)
- Redbeard, Mike Resnick (science fiction)
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
by Scott McLeod | May 1, 2025 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in April 2025…
- The Battle Drum, Saara El-Arifi (fantasy)
- First Contact, Albert Zhang (science fiction)
- Sharp Ends, Joe Abercrombie (fantasy)
- The Great Change (and Other Lies), Joe Abercrombie (fantasy)
- City of Mist and Tears, Alex Robins (fantasy)
- The Trap, Ava Glass (thriller)
- The Jungle, David Drake (science fiction)
- The God of the Woods, Liz Moore (thriller)
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
by Scott McLeod | Mar 31, 2025 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in March 2025…
- AI Goes to School, Micah Miner (education)
- The Learner’s Apprentice, Ken Kahn (education)
- The AI Assist, Nathan Lang-Raad (education)
- The AI-Powered Classroom, Andy Douglas (education)
- They Called Us Enemy, George Takei et al. (history)
- Gatebound, Daniel Jackson (fantasy)
- The Traitor, Ava Glass (thriller)
- The Night Agent, Matthew Quirk (thriller)
- Exhalation, Ted Chiang (science fiction)
- The Ashen Hand of Kessrin, Alex Robins (fantasy)
- The Burning Tears of Morlak, Alex Robins (fantasy)
- The Obsidian Eyes of Klief, Alex Robins (fantasy)
- The Windsor Knot, SJ Bennett (mystery)
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
by Scott McLeod | Mar 1, 2025 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in February 2025…
- The Promises and Perils of AI in Education, Ken Shelton and Dee Lanier (education)
- Chosen Prey, John Sandford (thriller)
- Open Season, Jonathan Kellerman (thriller)
- Breath of the Dragon, Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee (fantasy)
- The Broken Heart of Arelium, Alex Robins (fantasy)
- Blue Sunrise, Gregg Overman (science fiction)
- Blue Sunset, Gregg Overman (science fiction)
- Flandry of Terra, Poul Anderson (science fiction)
- Agent of the Terran Empire, Poul Anderson (science fiction)
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
by Scott McLeod | Feb 5, 2025 | Miscellaneous, News and Events |
Do you love baseball? We lost a manager in our educator fantasy baseball league and need a new one…Â
Details are below. Please get in touch ASAP if you are interested.Â
Rounding for Home is a friendly competitive, weekly head-to-head, fantasy baseball league heading into its fourth year. We use Yahoo! to manage the league and use traditional fantasy baseball statistics (R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG | W, S, K, ERA, WHIP). All managers to date have been P-20 educators. We are looking for baseball fans who hopefully are willing to commit to the league for a few years. The league is free. We play for bragging rights and the friendly banter!
Teams hang on to four keepers at the end of each year and those players constitute the first four rounds of the next year’s live draft. Managers also can choose fewer keepers and get concurrent extra picks at the beginning of the draft (e.g., if you only kept Juan Soto, you’d have three extra picks at the start of the draft in addition to your pick in Round 5). During the offseason you also can trade anyone on last season’s final roster for another player or draft picks.
Our online serpentine live draft is at 2:00pm Eastern on March 9, 2025, with the ability to play with Yahoo’s auto draft settings if you can’t be there live.
Questions can be addressed to the league commissioner, Scott McLeod.
Thank you! Hope you will join us!
by Scott McLeod | Feb 1, 2025 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in January 2025…
- In Search of Deeper Learning, Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine (education)
- The Final Strife, Saara El-Arifi (fantasy)
- Five Broken Blades, Mai Corland (fantasy)
- Four Ruined Realms, Mai Corland (fantasy)
- The Burning, Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman (thriller)
- The Lost Coast, Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman (thriller)
- Starliner, David Drake (science fiction)
- Song of Echoes, R.E. Palmer (fantasy)
- A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers (science fiction)
- Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers (science fiction)
- The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, Becky Chambers (science fiction)
- Ensign Flandry, Poul Anderson (science fiction)
FYI, In Search of Deeper Learning is worth every penny you pay for it and every minute you spend reading it…
Hope you’re reading something fun too!
