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. Grant Faulkner, "The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story"
2. Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West, "Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World"
3. Robert B. Cialdini, "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" (Work book club)

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

Did not finish:
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!