Another year, another bunch of books. I spend most of the year binging through thriller series that I had already had started in 2024. The books I really liked were the newest book from the Slough House series, the spy novel The Persian, and Fundamentals of Software Architecture (even if I didn't finish it). I am still using Goodreads to track these, so you can find the pretty Year in Books there. ...
I kept my reading in pretty light. I mostly read crime series, I am following and binged a new one. There were some books I have been pretty disappointed with. At least this will reduce my future reading list. You can also check out My Year in Books on Goodreads. ...
My year in books (according to Goodreads). 8443 pages read in 26 books. I mostly binged on thrillers and series I am already following. Just one non-fiction! I am currently reading / being stuck in these: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig - this is a reread. I read it as a teenager, and I am not getting through it at the moment. Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder by Dave Barter - collection of articles. The title might be the best bit. Edges by Linda Nagata - I am not very excited. Fiction Mark DawsonI just continue reading his multiple series. Sandstorm (Charlie Cooper Thrillers #1) - a new series in the Group Fifteen universe. It is a short book and quite entertaining. The Red Room (Atticus Priest #3) Pistolero (Beatrix Rose #5)Uppercut (John Milton #22)The Chameleon (Charlie Cooper Thrillers)Viveca SternA new series by Viveca. I confess, I only read them because of the cosy setting in Sweden. It is more "Nordic cosy", than "Nordic noir". ...
2022 Goodreads Challenge Like many things of 2022 my reading didn't go to plan. It went different in a completely unexpected way. My initial plan was to read about 18 books, which is a bit more than I manage in a normal year. I wanted to read a mix of fiction and non-fiction, and planned to alternate between one of each. I had a queue already on Goodreads and was all set. ...
I am pretty sure I said something along the lines of "2021 has to be better than 2020" a year ago. It certainly was different than 2020. And for 2022 I am going to predict it will be different again. I am not going to try even harder. Zoo ...