Currently reading

This page is to keep track of books I’m reading, to ensure I don’t have six unfinished books in progress, and to remind me to finish the ones I’ve started. I’m always reading or re-reading something, the re-reads are in italic.

Everything under a month is a book that I finished reading that month, there is also a section for “did not finish” at the bottom of the page. I'll be updating on a Goodreads page, see my 2023 in books and my 2024.

Previous years of books read.

In progress:

1. Thich Nhat Hanh, "How to Relax"
2. Bill Bryson, "Shakespeare: The World as Stage"
3. Carissa Orlando, "The September House" (Library book)

January 2024 (6 total)
Ben Aaronovitch, "Rivers of London" (Rivers of London #1)
John Scalzi, "The Human Division" (Old Man's War #5)
Ben Aaronovitch, "Moon Over Soho" (Rivers of London #2)
Terry Pratchett, "Lords and Ladies" (Discworld #14, Witches #4)
Ben Aaronovitch, " Whispers Under Ground" (Rivers of London #3)
Terry Pratchett, "Carpe Jugulum" (Discworld #23, Witches #6)

February 2024 (6 total, 1 re-read)
Ben Aaronovitch, "Rivers of London" (Rivers of London #1)
Ben Aaronovitch, "Broken Homes" (Rivers of London #4)
Ben Aaronovitch, "Foxglove Summer" (Rivers of London #5)
Ben Aaronovitch, "The Hanging Tree" (Rivers of London #6)
Ben Aaronovitch, "What Abigail Did That Summer" (Rivers of London #5.3, eBook)
Ben Aaronovitch, "The Furthest Station" (Rivers of London #5.5, eBook)

March 2024 (5 total)
Ben Aaronovitch, "Tales from the Folly" (Rivers of London short stories)
Ben Aaronovitch, "Lies Sleeping" (Rivers of London #7)
Ben Aaronovitch, "False Value" (Rivers of London #8)
Ben Aaronovitch, "Amongst Our Weapons" (Rivers of London #9)
Charles Duhigg, "Supercommunicators"

April 2024 (3 total)
Anna Koliadych, "15-Minute Watercolor Masterpieces: Create Frame-Worthy Art in Just a Few Simple Steps"
Shane Parrish, "Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results"
Joanna Wallace, "You'd Look Better as a Ghost"

May 2024 (3 total, 1 re-read)
Sarah Jackson, "The Haunted Tea Set & Other Stories"
Ben Aaronovitch, "The October Man" (Rivers of London #7.5)
Richard Osman, "The Thursday Murder Club" (Thursday Murder Club #1)

June 2024 (4 total, 3 re-reads)
Richard Osman, "The Man Who Died Twice" (Thursday Murder Club #2)
Peng Shepherd, "The Cartographers"
Richard Osman, "The Bullet That Missed" (Thursday Murder Club #3)
Terry Pratchett, "Reaper Man" (Discworld #11, DEATH #2)

July 2024 (1 total)
Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West, "Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World"

August 2024 (3 total, 1 re-read)
Lisa Jewell, "None of This Is True" (Library book)
Terry Pratchett, "Going Postal" (Discworld #33, Industrial Revolution #4)
Richard Osman, "The Last Devil To Die" (Thursday Murder Club #4)

September 2024 (3 total)
Bernard J. Farmer, "Death of a Bookseller"
Jessa Maxwell, "The Golden Spoon"
Kristen Perrin, "How to Solve Your Own Murder" (Library book)

October 2024 (3 total)
Sarah J. Maas, "A Court of Thorns and Roses"
Sarah J. Maas, "A Court of Mist and Fury" (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2)
Sarah J. Maas, "A Court of Wings and Ruin" (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3)

November 2024
Travis Baldree, "Legends & Lattes" (Library book)
Sarah J. Maas, "A Court of Silver Flame" (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4)
Travis Baldree, "Bookshops & Bonedust" (Legends & Lattes prequel) (Library book)
Terry Pratchett, "Making Money" (Discworld #36, Moist Von Lipwig #2, Industrial Revolution #5)

Did not finish: (10 books)
C.K. McDonnell, "The Stranger Times" (Stranger Times, #1)

• Didn't like any of the characters

Thomas Erikson, "Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life)"

• Stopped reading because the author decided to only use 'he/him' pronouns, neatly erasing non-males from the world. Couldn't get past the first 3 chapters without wanting to throw the book at author's head. From the introduction: "I know that you have enough imagination to insert a 'her' or a 'she' in your thoughts where this may be appropriate." Ugh!

Grant Faulkner, "The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story"
Robert B. Cialdini, "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" (Work book club)
Simone St. James, "The Broken Girls" (Library book)
Paige Shelton, "The Cracked Spine" (Scottish Bookshop Mysteries #1)
Lora D Delwiche, Susan J Slaughter, "The Little SAS Book"
Ellery Adams, "The Secret, Book, & Scone Society" (Library book)
Elliott Hay, "A Bit of Murder Between Friends"
Chuck Wendig, "Wanderers" (Library book)