MyReads
I used Goodreads for the better part of a decade to track and share information on books I was reading, wanted to read, how I rated them out of five etc. What I've learned since rediscovering computers is that I can do everything Goodreads does with a simple spreadsheet containing all reading data and a basic R script. So this is MyReads - everything I loved about Goodreads, only much simpler and fully curated by myself. This is a snapshot of my current and recent reading interests and therefore distinct from my book page which contains more detailed information on the books I've read.
Last updated: 2025-01-28
Currently Reading
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| The Hidden Life Of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries From A Secret World | Peter Wohllenben |
Favourites
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| How To Train Your Dragon | Cressida Cowell |
| A Prayer For Owen Meany | John Irving |
| Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, And The Greatest Race The World Has Never Seen | Christopher McDougall |
| The Long Ships | Frans G. Bengtsson |
| The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life | Boyd Varty |
Recent Reads
| Title | Author | Rating | Date Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sloth Lemur's Song: Madagascar From The Deep Past To The Uncertain Present | Alison Richard | 4 | 2025-01-26 |
| Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, And The Greatest Race The World Has Never Seen | Christopher McDougall | 5 | 2025-01-16 |
| Nexus: A Brief History Of Information Networks From The Stone Age To AI | Yuval Noah Harari | 4 | 2025-01-12 |
| What An Owl Knows | Jennifer Ackerman | 4 | 2024-12-17 |
| Useful Not True | Derek Sivers | 4 | 2024-11-25 |
| The Art Of Danish Living: How The World's Happiest People Find Joy At Work | Meik Wiking | 4 | 2024-11-21 |
| Dark Emu | Bruce Pascoe | 4 | 2024-10-26 |
| American Gods | Neil Gaiman | 4 | 2024-09-26 |
| The War Of Art | Steven Pressfield | 5 | 2024-09-16 |
| Rewilding Africa: Restoring The Wilderness On A War-Ravaged Continent | Grant Fowlds Graham Spence | 4 | 2024-09-03 |
Next in the To-Read Pipeline
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Strange Fascination: David Bowie: The Definitive Story | David Buckley |
| When Life Gives You Lemurs | Tim Husband |
| In The Shadow Of Man | Jane Goodall |