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. ...
Covers of the books mentioned 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. Non-fiction Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business - I was joining a company focused on Kanban, which I never used fully before. I wanted to catch up with the ideas and concepts. This is a great book for that. Overall, it turned out the company actually used a long to-do list for their planning and not the more advanced ideas. ...
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 Dawson I just continue reading his multiple series. ...
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 The main thing that changed this year is what I now lovingly refer to as The Zoo. ...