Read this for the first time since 2014. Very cozy book, I just didn’t love that the reader is directly spoken to at times - that ruined the immersion for me. But I love middle-earth as a setting and will be re-reading the LOTR books too now.
Books
My book reviews. Most of the books I’ve read since buying a Kindle Paperwhite in May 2019.
Currently reading:
- The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R Tolkien
- The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery - David Thomas
- Learning Go: An Idiomatic Approach to Real-World Go Programming - Jon Bodner
- Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought - Neil Drew
Total books: 75
Favorite Books
A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time, #14)
The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)
When Breath Becomes Air
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
Permanent Record
2024
Aug 2024
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
Aug 2024
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Apr 2024
The Stranger - Albert Camus
Mar 2024
Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo - Christiane F.
Feb 2024
A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time, #14) - Robert Jordan
2023
Dec 2023
Towers of Midnight (The Wheel of Time, #13) - Robert Jordan
Oct 2023
The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12) - Robert Jordan
Aug 2023
Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11) - Robert Jordan
Jul 2023
New Spring (The Wheel of Time, #0) - Robert Jordan
Jul 2023
Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10) - Robert Jordan
Apr 2023
Winter's Heart (The Wheel of Time, #9) - Robert Jordan
Feb 2023
The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8) - Robert Jordan
Jan 2023
A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7) - Robert Jordan
2022
Nov 2022
The Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6) - Robert Jordan
Sep 2022
The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, #5) - Robert Jordan
Jul 2022
The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, #4) - Robert Jordan
Jul 2022
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World - Cal Newport
Jun 2022
The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
May 2022
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) - Martha Wells
Apr 2022
Lessons in Stoicism: What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us about How to Live - John Sellars
Apr 2022
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death - Caitlin Doughty
Mar 2022
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
Mar 2022
The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3) - Robert Jordan
Feb 2022
Brief Answers to the Big Questions - Stephen Hawking
Jan 2022
Schoolgirl - Osamu Dazai
2021
Dec 2021
Schachnovelle - Stefan Zweig
Nov 2021
The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2) - Robert Jordan
Oct 2021
When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
Oct 2021
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Sep 2021
Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
Sep 2021
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
Aug 2021
Play Winning Chess - Yasser Seirawan
Aug 2021
Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena - Jason Hazeley
Aug 2021
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1) - Robert Jordan
May 2021
The Last Question - Isaac Asimov
May 2021
The Egg - Andy Weir
Apr 2021
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life - David Foster Wallace
Apr 2021
To Be Taught, If Fortunate - Becky Chambers
Apr 2021
The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness - Andy Puddicombe
Mar 2021
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4) - Brandon Sanderson
Jan 2021
Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5) - Brandon Sanderson
Jan 2021
1984 - George Orwell
2020
Dec 2020
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) - J.K. Rowling
Dec 2020
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) - J.K. Rowling
Nov 2020
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) - J.K. Rowling
Nov 2020
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) - J.K. Rowling
Oct 2020
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) - J.K. Rowling
Oct 2020
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) - J.K. Rowling
Oct 2020
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) - J.K. Rowling
Sep 2020
Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist
Aug 2020
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5) - Andrzej Sapkowski
Aug 2020
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup - John Carreyrou
Jul 2020
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
Jul 2020
The Institute - Stephen King
Jun 2020
Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms - Hannah Fry
Apr 2020
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Apr 2020
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) - Douglas Adams
Apr 2020
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Apr 2020
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) - Brandon Sanderson
Mar 2020
Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive, #2.5) - Brandon Sanderson
Mar 2020
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) - Brandon Sanderson
2019
Nov 2019
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) - Brandon Sanderson
Oct 2019
Im Westen nichts Neues - Erich Maria Remarque
Oct 2019
The Whisperer in Darkness - H.P. Lovecraft
Oct 2019
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #1) - Randall Munroe
Oct 2019
Permanent Record - Edward Snowden
Sep 2019
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
Aug 2019
Night (The Night Trilogy, #1) - Elie Wiesel
Aug 2019
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Jul 2019
A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
Jun 2019
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
Jun 2019
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
May 2019
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
May 2019
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
May 2019
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr