Book Log

Sorted reverse chronological - recently finished to previously finished.

(It's worth noting that I work for a library, so sometimes during slow days I'm permitted to read on the clock. That time adds up over a year, and certainly extended this list by quite a few titles.)

2025

14 September - 26 October

  • ¡Dichos!: The Wit and Whimsy of Spanish Sayings (2019), Joseph J. Keenan.
  • The Housemaid's Complete Guide (1851), A. M. Sargeant.
  • The Expert Maid-Servant (1904), Christine Terhune Herrick.
  • The Afterlife of Malcolm X (2025), Mark Whitaker.
  • Eat the Ones You Love (2025), Sarah Maria Griffin.

20 July - 13 September (50 hours, 7 minutes)

  • Light From Uncommon Stars (2021), Ryka Aoki.
  • How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music (2024), Alison Fensterstock & Ann Powers.
  • 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool (2024), James Kaplan.
  • How to Write a Song that Matters (2022), Dar Williams.
  • We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance (2024), Kellie Carter Jackson.
  • Macromedia Flash Cartoon Animation: Learn From the Pros (2002), Kevin Peaty & Glenn Kirkpatrick.
  • Darkwater (1920), W. E. B. Du Bois.
  • Herding Cats: A Strategic Approach to Social Media Marketing (2014), Andrew Rohm and Michael Weiss.
  • The United States Governed By Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery (2024), John Swanson Jacobs.
  • Justice-Doing at the Intersections of Power: Community Work, Therapy and Supervision (2019), Vikki Reynolds.

1 January - 20 July

  • Leviathan (2009), Scott Westerfield.
  • Computer-Aided Architectural Design (1977, 1979), William J. Mitchell.
  • If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future (2020), Jill Lepore.
  • Yume (2021), Sifton Tracey Anipare.
  • Sketching Manga-Style Vol. 1: Sketching to Plan (2007), Hikaru Hayashi, Takehiko Matsumoto, and Kazuaki Morita.
  • Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator (2023), Keith Houston.
  • Wars of Latin America: 1899-1941 (2006), René De La Pedraja.
  • NeXTSTEP User Interface Guidelines (1993), NeXT Computer Inc.
  • Mac OS 8 Human Interface Guidelines (1997), Apple Computer Inc.
  • Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines (1995), Apple Computer Inc.
  • Sympathy for the Traitor: A Translation Manifesto (2018), Mark Polizzotti.
  • Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (1860), William and Ellen Craft.
  • A Strange Disappearance (1879), Anna Katharine Green.
  • The Story of Jazz (1958), Marshall W. Stearns.
  • Birdgirl: Looking to the Skies in Search of a Better Future (2022), Mya-Rose Craig.
  • The Flash Webisode Production Handbook (2002), John Moore.
  • Life as No One Knows It (2024), Sara Imari Walker.
  • Floppy: Tales of a Genetic Freak of Nature at the End of the World (2023), Alyssa Graybeal.
  • The Other Valley (2024), Scott Alexander Howard.
  • Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain [4th Ed.] (2012), Betty Edwards.
  • Iola Leroy: Shadows Uplifted (1892), Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
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