From 1544fe807e0104a806f27c74077be48ad049abe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hao Tran Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 21:53:01 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Reading page --- pages/reading.md | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/reading.md diff --git a/pages/reading.md b/pages/reading.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a448402 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/reading.md @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +--- +title: Reading +link: reading +published_date: 2025-09-03 00:00 +is_page: true +make_discoverable: false +--- + +# Reading + +Here is a list of books I've read since 2023 which is when I started to diligently keep track. The purpose of this list is to help jog my memory of books I have read and to help decide on future reads. + +Books listed here do not necessarily reflect my personal views or whether I would recommend someone read them. + +## 2024 +- **The Psychology of Money** (2020), Morgan Housel +- **The Richest Man in Babylon** (1926), George S. Clason +- **Building a Second Brain** (2022), Tiago Forte +- **The Coddling of the American Mind** (2018), Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt +- **Never Let Me Go** (2005), Kazuo Ishiguro +- **Blindness** (1995), José Saramago with translation (1997) by Giovanni Pontiero +- **To Be Taught, If Fortunate** (2019), Becky Chambers +- **Legends & Lattes** (2022), Travis Baldree +- **Bookshops & Bonedust** (2023), Travis Baldree +- **The Handmaid's Tale** (1985), Margaret Atwood +- **The Testaments** (2019), Margaret Atwood +- **On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous** (2019), Ocean Vuong +- **Stoner** (1965), John Williams +- **The Things They Carried** (1990), Tim O'Brien +- **All the Pretty Horses** (1992), Cormac McCarthy +- **The Crossing** (1994), Cormac McCarthy +- **Cities of the Plain** (1998), Cormac McCarthy + +## 2023 +- **Deltora Quest** series (2000-2005), Emily Rodda + - My favourite fantasy series from childhood. Still an enjoyable read as an adult. + - Surprisingly dark and gruesome for a series targeted towards children. + - Deltora Quest + - The Forests of Silence + - The Lake of Tears + - City of the Rates + - The Shifting Sands + - Dread Mountain + - The Maze of the Beast + - The Valley of the Lost + - Return to Del + - Deltora Shadowlands + - Cavern of the Fear + - The Isle of Illusion + - The Shadowlands + - Dragons of Deltora + - Dragon's Nest + - Shadowgate + - Isle of the Dead + - The Sister of the South +- **Atomic Habits** (2018), James Clear +- **The Gift of Fear** (1997), Gavin de Becker +- **Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures** (2006), Vincent Lam +- **For One More Day** (2006), Mitch Albom +- **The Bullet Journal Method** (2018), Ryder Carroll