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1 | Book Title | Author | Genre | Length | Rating - 3 I would recommend it to others, 2 it was enjoyable, 1 would not recommend to others and did not particularly enjoy it | Format: | Thoughts: | What Do I Read Next? | |||||||||||||||
2 | 80/20 Running | Matt Fitzgerald | Non Fiction - Running | 272 | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Doesnt need to be a book. It's 80./20. Run slow 80% fof the time and fast 20% of the time. | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Armor | John Steakley | Fiction - Sci Fi | 432 | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Fine book. A bit all over the place at times. Fun enough read if you like suit sci fi. | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Big Magic | Elizabeth Gilbert | Non Fiction - Art | 288 | 3 of 3 - 2022 | Audiobook (Audible) | A bit piffy but I really enjoyed it. I try to read 1-2 of these motivational art books a year to try to keep myself excited about creating. This did the job. | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Columbus Day: Expeditionary Force - Book 1 | Craig Alanson | Fiction - Sci Fi | 303 | 3 of 3 - 2022 | Audiobook (Audible) | Lots of fun and the audiobook is free with a audible membership. Fun listen. Going to buy the next book. | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Devolution | Max Brooks | Fiction - Sci Fi | 304 | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Have I heard every Max Brooks book? I don't know why. This book was almost a 1 for me. Very very meh. You pretty much can guess everything that will happen within the first hour. Even for bigfoot lovers this one probably wont be worth it. | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden's Final Plot Against America | Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman | Non Fiction - Government | 336 | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Interesting enough book. Got it because it has a little section on Ali the MMA fighter manager. Ended up learning a lot about a NYPC department. Entertaining enough. | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Extremely Online | Taylor Lorenz | Non Fiction - Internet | 384 | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Interesting book. Mostly because it really shows you how cylical social media companies are and how they have all been ads driven other than a brief period where they were VC funded. Feels like it misses a chance at the end to draw some type of conclusion though. Is this all good? Bad? Neither? Just kinda fizzels to the end. | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation | Kristin Kobes Du Mez | Non Fiction - Religious | 384 | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Pretty good book. Fun to have an overview from the outside of something it feels like I grew up inside of. | ||||||||||||||||
10 | One More Last Time | Eric Ugland | Fiction - Fantasy | 324 | 2 of 3 - 2024 | Audiobook (Audible) | Fun enough for a free book. Nothing special but I'll probably get the follow up book or 8. | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Proof of Heaven | Eben Alexander | Non Fiction - Autobio | 196 | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Fun story. Strangly, or convinently, doesnt include any theology. A nice thing to believe. | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Rainbow Six | Tom Clancy | Fiction - War | 912 | * 3 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Almost a *3. First Tomy Clancy book I've read. Very good. So long. I see why people are into them. Is it bad that I thought the eco terrorists were in the right? I'd check out another tom clancy book in the future. Maybe on a plane or something. | ||||||||||||||||
13 | Re-Start | Dan Sugralinov | Fiction - Sci Fi | 615 | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Kinda a turd. I'm glad this guy finished his book. It is not very good though. | ||||||||||||||||
14 | The Freeze Frame Revolution | Peter Watts | Fiction - Sci Fi | 3 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Surprised at how much I enjoyed this. I really struggled to finish Blindsight even though I enjoyed the concepts. This one is much more enjoyable. The characters are actually interesting. Fun ideas. Interested in reading more Watts now. | |||||||||||||||||
15 | The Happiness Project | Gretchen Rubin | Non-Fiction - Self Help | 352 | 3 of 3 - 2022 | Audiobook (Audible) | Some good stuff in here. I like the idea of doing a formal project like this. | ||||||||||||||||
16 | The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | Fiction - Fantasy | 384 | 3 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Fun book. The movies pretty much nail this was at least. Really no divergence. But I'll finish them and probably read the prequal one as well. I liked that new movie a lot. | ||||||||||||||||
17 | The Player of Games | Lain Banks | Fiction - Sci Fi | 416 | 3 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Pretty fun world. I guess this is he second book in the series but it didnt seem like I was missing anything. Funny how the book is about a game but it doesnt care about showing you the game at all. I probably wont coninue with these but I enjoyed them. | ||||||||||||||||
18 | Third Eye | Felicia Day | Fiction - Fantasy | Audiobook | 3 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Really fun. Glad I hear about this one on a podcast. Great voice actors here. | ||||||||||||||||
19 | Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent | Harvey Silvergate | Non Fiction - Bio/Crime | 392 | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Intersting enough but very much look at all the work I did from the author. | ||||||||||||||||
20 | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin | Fiction - Games | 416 | * 3 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Loved this. Just a really well told story about 2 + or - 1 people who make games. | ||||||||||||||||
21 | Trust | Hernan Diaz | Fiction - Auto Bio | 416 | 3 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Liked this. Was a bit underwelmed. Maybe it was too hyped so my expectations were too high. | ||||||||||||||||
22 | Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions | Anonymous | Self Improvement | 192 | 1 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Good lord. I am so glad I didnt try to get sober by reading this book. It's just not very good. It jerks off AA a lot and doesnt do a lot to talk about how to be or stay sober other than trust AA because AA is the best. Mostly got this because I saw some lady readying it on the plane and I thought it might be good. Nope. Oh and they say AA has helped 3 million people become sober. That.... Isnt a lot? Idk feel like as a culture AA gets a lot of credit for 1% of the population.over 70 years. | ||||||||||||||||
23 | Vampire$ | John Steakley | Fiction - Vampires | 368 | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Did John stop writing because he ran out of character names after exactly one book? | ||||||||||||||||
24 | What's Our Problem? | Tim Urban | Non Fiction | 746 | 3 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Good book. Feel like Tim is gonna get cancled for it which would kinda prove the thesis of the book. | ||||||||||||||||
25 | Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers | Robert Sapolsky | Self Improvement | 560 | Didn't Finish - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
26 | Without Remorse | Tom Clancy | Fiction - War | 639 | 3 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Great book. I wasnt sure I'd enjoy it but it really delivers. Not quite as good as Rainbox Six but still very enjoyable. Female characters are not... Great. But what can you really exspect from a Tom Clancy novel in that department? Going to try some of the Jack Ryan books. | ||||||||||||||||
27 | Dukes and Ladders: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure 5 | Eric Ugland | Fiction - Fantasy | 2 of 3 - 2024 | Audiobook (Audible) | Good enough! | |||||||||||||||||
28 | Four: The Loot: A LitRPG/GameLit Novel 4 | Eric Ugland | Fiction - Fantasy | 2 of 3 - 2024 | Audiobook (Audible) | Perferctly fine! | |||||||||||||||||
29 | Heir Today, Pawn Tomorrow: A LitRPG/GameLit Novel 2 | Eric Ugland | Fiction - Fantasy | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | Perferctly fine! | |||||||||||||||||
30 | Dungeon Mauling 3 | Eric Ugland | Fiction - Fantasy | 2 of 3 - 2024 | Audiobook (Audible) | Perferctly fine! | |||||||||||||||||
31 | One More Last Time 1 | Eric Ugland | Fiction - Fantasy | 2 of 3 - 2023 | Audiobook (Audible) | It was free so I triedd it and... It was actually pretty great. Not like actually good but good for litrpg and good for travel listening | |||||||||||||||||
32 | Rest | Alex Soojung-Kim Pang | Non Fiction - Business | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||||
33 | The Art of Learning | Josh Waitzkin | Non Fiction - Education | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||||
34 | Number Go Up | Zeke Faux | Non Fiction - Business | 304 | 3 of 3 - 2024 | Audiobook (Audible) | Really enjoyed this after hearing Zeke on a podcast. He was right inside the FTX collapse. So much of it makes sense in retrospect | ||||||||||||||||
35 | Piranesi | Susanna Clarke | Fiction - Fantasy | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||||
36 | Starfish | Peter Watts | Fiction - Sci Fi | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||||
37 | The Science of Channeling | Eban Alexander | Non Fiction - Religious | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||||
38 | News From Nowhere | William Morris | Non Fiction - Business | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||||
39 | Nonviolent Communication | Marshall Rosenberg | Non Fiction - Business | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||||
40 | Way of the Peaceful Warrior | Dan Millman | Non Fiction - Sport | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||||
41 | Home, Siege Home: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure 6 | Eric Ugland | Fiction - Fantasy | 2 of 3 - 2024 | Audiobook (Audible) | Least favorite in the series so far, mostly because it feels like the boring base building part of a video games. Or at least the part that is boring for anyone not doing it. But it seems like the authoer realized that and is sending our character out at the end of this one to do some more adventuring. Will probably take a break but will come back to these when i need more quick fun reads | |||||||||||||||||
42 | Going Infinite | Michael Lewis | Non Fiction - Finance | 288 | 2 of 3 - 2024 | Audiobook (Audible) | I liked this book but its just not as good as Zekes book. | ||||||||||||||||
43 | American Sniper | Chris Kyle | War | 381 | 2 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
44 | Ascend Online | Luke Chmilenko | Sci Fi | 644 | 2 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
45 | Beautiful Boy | David Sheff | Non Fiction | 352 | 3 of 3 - 2022 | Audiobook (Audible) | Good book. Meth is bad. | ||||||||||||||||
46 | Behind The Mask | Tyson Fury | Non Fiction - Biography | 320 | 2 of 3 - 2022 | Audiobook (Audible) | Great book with details about Furys life. Really interesting guy. so much confidence and success but still suffers from mental health issues. So eye opening for many. | ||||||||||||||||
47 | Born a Crime | Trevor Noah | Non-Fiction | 264 | 3 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | I thought I would learn about how Trevor Noah became famous. Instead I learned about his upbringing. I'm not mad. Great book. Interesting guy. | ||||||||||||||||
48 | Climbing with Mollie | William Finnegan | Non-Fiction | Audiobook | 2 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | I don't know William Finnegan but I guess he's a big deal. He wrote a nice book about climbing with his kid. | ||||||||||||||||
49 | Convenience Store Woman | Sayaka Murata | Fiction | 176 | 3 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
50 | Delivering Happiness | Tony Hsieh | Non-Fiction - Start-Ups | 272 | 3 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
51 | Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and It's All Small Stuff | Richard Carlson | Self Improvement | 272 | 2 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | Okay book. I read it because it's often talked about. It felt more like a list of 100 things that might make you happier or stress less than a real book. Like a long bullet point blog. May be more helpful if you haven't read a lot of self help books. | ||||||||||||||||
52 | Eat, Pray, Love | Elizabeth Gilbert | Travel | 400 | 2 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
53 | How to Be an Artist | Jerry Saltz | Non-Fiction | 144 | 3 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | Helpful little book. It oddly tries to address working artists and people who are artists part time. It gives a few helpful inspiration points. | ||||||||||||||||
54 | If This Isn't Nice What Is? | Kurt Vonnegut | Self Improvement | Audiobook | 3 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | Good advice in the form of graduation speeches. I wish Kurt was still around. | ||||||||||||||||
55 | Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | Fiction - Classics | 480 | * 3 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
56 | Lock In | John Scalzi | Sci Fi | 336 | 2 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
57 | Mating in Captivity | Esther Perel | Self Improvement | 272 | 2 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
58 | Measure What Matters | John Doerr | Self Improvement | 320 | 3 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
59 | My Life In France | Julia Child | Non-Fiction - Autobiography | 368 | 3 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | Julia Child is great. A fun book. Honestly I don't know if I would recommend anyone reading unless they really love her or they wanted more info than Julia and Julia gave them. The biggest disappointment is that it's not read by Julia Child. | ||||||||||||||||
60 | Norse Mythology | Neil Gaiman | Fiction | 304 | 3 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | These stories are fun. We should pass these down to our kids. | ||||||||||||||||
61 | Old Man's War - Book 1 | John Scalzi | Sci Fi | 320 | 3 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
62 | Old Man's War - Book 2 | John Scalzi | Sci Fi | 320 | 3 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
63 | Old Man's War - Book 3 | John Scalzi | Sci Fi | 320 | 2 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
64 | Old Man's War - Book 3 | John Scalzi | Sci Fi | 320 | 3 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
65 | Old Man's War - Book 4 | John Scalzi | Sci Fi | 320 | 3 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
66 | Old Man's War - Book 5 | John Scalzi | Sci Fi | 320 | 2 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
67 | Old Man's War - Book 5 | John Scalzi | Sci Fi | 320 | 3 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
68 | Old Man's War - Book 6 | John Scalzi | Sci Fi | 320 | 3 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
69 | Permanent Record | Edward Snowden | Non Fiction - Bio | 352 | 3 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
70 | Pryor Convictions: And Other Life Sentences | Richard Pryor | Non Fiction - Autobiography | 257 | 2 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | It was fun to learn about his life. There wasn't not a lot that was insightful thought or a lot of comedy. Just stories about things that happened to him. Watch the stand up instead | ||||||||||||||||
71 | Roaring Back: The Fall and Rise of Tiger Woods | Curt Sampson | Biography | 264 | 3 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
72 | SpecOps: Expeditionary Force - Book 2 | Craig Alanson | Fiction - Sci Fi | 275 | 2 of 3 - 2022 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
73 | The Dispatcher | John Scalzi | Sci Fi | 128 | 3 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | Interesting concept. Fun way to play with it. I like JS. | ||||||||||||||||
74 | The Dresden Files - Book 1 - Storm Front | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 372 | 3 of 3 - 2018 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
75 | The Dresden Files - Book 10 - Small Favor | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 560 | 3 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
76 | The Dresden Files - Book 11 - Turn Coat | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 432 | 3 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
77 | The Dresden Files - Book 12 - Changes | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 448 | 3 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
78 | The Dresden Files - Book 13 - Ghost Story | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 496 | 3 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
79 | The Dresden Files - Book 14 - Cold Days | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 528 | 3 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
80 | The Dresden Files - Book 15 - Skin Game | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 608 | 3 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
81 | The Dresden Files - Book 16 - Peace Talks | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 352 | 3 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | I thought the stakes were small in this entry compared to previous books until the last 1/4th of the book. Looks like this book is setting up a much grander second book. I can't remember if any of the previous books directly set up the next book outside of the normal callbacks but it’s an interesting step for the series. I've caught up so I'm listening in real-time which works a little better than marathoning the books. The series has and always will likely suffer from the issue of there always needing to be a bigger and badder villain. Once again Chicago is in trouble. In a few years, we will find out how it’s saved. | ||||||||||||||||
82 | The Dresden Files - Book 17 - Battle Ground | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 432 | 3 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | I keep saying I'm going to stop reading these books. Are they perfect? No. Do I get invested once I start one? Yup. This one delivered after a whole book of build up. Some characters actually died. We will see if they come back or not. | ||||||||||||||||
83 | The Dresden Files - Book 2 - Fool Moon | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 432 | 3 of 3 - 2018 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
84 | The Dresden Files - Book 3 - Grave Peril | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 465 | 3 of 3 - 2018 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
85 | The Dresden Files - Book 4 - Summer Knight | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 379 | 2 of 3 - 2018 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
86 | The Dresden Files - Book 5 - Death Masks | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 421 | 3 of 3 - 2018 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
87 | The Dresden Files - Book 6 - Blood Rites | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 372 | 2 of 3 - 2018 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
88 | The Dresden Files - Book 7 - Dead Beat | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 528 | 2 of 3 - 2018 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
89 | The Dresden Files - Book 8 - Proven Guilty | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 576 | 3 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
90 | The Dresden Files - Book 9 - White Night | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 528 | 3 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
91 | The Dresden Files - Side Jobs | Jim Butcher | Fiction - Fantasy | 432 | 2 of 3 - 2019 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
92 | The Gam3 - Book 1 | Cosimo Yap | Sci Fi | 410 | 2 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
93 | The Gam3 - Book 2 | Cosimo Yap | Sci Fi | 410 | 1 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
94 | The Gam3 - Book 3 | Cosimo Yap | Sci Fi | 278 | 2 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
95 | The Kaiju Preservation Society | John Scalzi | Fiction - Sci Fi | 272 | 2 of 3 - 2022 | Audiobook (Audible) | Fun light book. Not too serious. | ||||||||||||||||
96 | The Obstacle Is the Way | Ryan Holiday | Self Improvement | 224 | 3 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
97 | The President's Brain is Missing | John Scalzi | Fiction - Sci Fi | 29 | 2 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | Short little story with some fun ideas. Feels like a throw away for JS. | ||||||||||||||||
98 | The Rosie Project | Graeme Simsion | Fiction - Humor | 295 | 3 of 3 - 2020 | Audiobook (Audible) | |||||||||||||||||
99 | The Sandman | Neil Gaiman | Graphic Novel | Audiobook | 3 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | I didn't realize this was connected to the dc universe. Interesting book. I don't love love Neil Gaiman but this was a fun read. | ||||||||||||||||
100 | The Screwtape Letters | C.S. Lewis | Literature | 209 | 2 of 3 - 2021 | Audiobook (Audible) | Interesting book. Not really that interesting though. |