Books Read 2026

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In reply to Claude! • 6:25p, 5/3/26
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Claude! said:
Completed: Macabre Stories by HP Lovecraft. A collection what I think are some of his earlier short stories, none of which really deal much with the Cthulhu mythos. It was fine - you can see the beginnings of what he eventually built - but probably not worth seeking out unless you want a full Lovecraft picture.


I love all things Lovecraft!

He's unique, and bizarre, and gloriously creepy.

Can't go wrong with Ole HP!
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In reply to Claude! • 8:23a, 5/4/26
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The Marksman said:
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Never read this one before, but now it's my second favorite Shakespeare play of all time behind only Hamlet.

I couldn't really get into it, for it was Greek to me.


Cry havoc, and let slip the Corgis of war
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8:27a, 5/4/26
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Had a long car ride yesterday and got through about 250 pages of Gone With the Wind, which I've never read before. About halfway through now.

The way this book just completely enveloped me yesterday on that ride, it had me borderline disoriented when I got home, and last night I had a dream about the scene of Scarlett and Rhett escaping Atlanta as it caught up in flames.

I was on the edge of my seat when the Yankee came into the house and Scarlett came down the stairs with her pistol. Scared sheetless as she later gripped Charles sword as the house gets ransacked.

The home guard being sent to the front line …

This book is unlike anything else I've ever read in the pull that it has when you give it the time it deserves. Looking forward to the back half
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9:20a, 5/4/26
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Finished Revenge Prey by John Sanford. Solidly enjoyable as always. My favorite murder mystery/thriller writer. All of his series kind of intertwine and are great. If you haven't given him a try, you should. Start with the Prey series.

Almost done with my audible listen of the Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher. Swear I read it, but really did not remember much. Has been very enjoyable. Kate Reading does a great job with the reading work.

Not sure what's up next.

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10:41p, 5/4/26
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - It was amongst the books at the cabin in which we staying at for a mini extended family vacation. First time revisiting the book since before the film series began. Fun as I remembered.

January
1) A Team For America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation at War by Randy Roberts (B)
2) Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (B+)
3) What Christians Believe: Understanding the Nicene Creed by Bishop Robert Barron (A)

February
4) A Gentleman in Moscow by by Amor Towles (A)
5) The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams by Adam Lazarus (C)

Audiobooks
1) The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien - A mixture of listening and reading the text in an attempt to actually finish the book after many failed attempts in the past. I think listening to the stories comes across as the telling of lore instead of a dry history.
2) Frankenstein (or, The Modern Prometheus) by Mary Shelley (B)

March (Not a good reading month of reading for me)
6) The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (B-)

Audiobooks
3a) Don Quixote Part1 by Miguel de Cervantes (A-)

April (All three of these book are rather short, so another not particularly good reading month for me)
7) Daybreaks: Daily Reflections for Lent and Easter by Amy Welborn (B)
8) The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel (C-)
9) Night by Elie Wiese (A)

Audiobooks
4) The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (A)
5) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (C+)
6) All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (A)

May
10) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
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In reply to Wolfpac 08 • 2:29p, 5/5/26
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Finished Morning Star by Pierce Brown. Mostly audio book on this one. Glad to be caught back up on the first three. Excited to dive into the next three in this series! I've had Iron Gold sitting on my nightstand for almost a year. Ready to finally dive in!

Books read in 2026:

January
The Runaway Jury - John Grisham
The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien

February


March
The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien

April
Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman
Red Rising - Pierce Brown (re-read)
Golden Son - Pierce Brown (re-read)

May
Morning Star - Pierce Brown (re-read)
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Othello by William Shakespeare. Some particularly good Shakespeare lines in this one.
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In reply to The Marksman • 11:20a
The Marksman said:
Othello by William Shakespeare. Some particularly good Shakespeare lines in this one.

the beast with two backs!
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Finished up Open Season by C. J. Box and started Platform Decay, book 8 of the Murderbot Diaries, by Martha Welles. It was a surprise addition to my Kindle as I had forgotten when it was due to come out when I pre-ordered it. I'm sure the new DCC book will also surprise when it drops.
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Finished book 4.5 of the Dark Tower series, The Wind through the keyhole. I really enjoyed 95% of the book, it's interesting in that it's a story we are reading, with the character telling a story about his past, which ends up going to another story that he tells while in his past, So a story, within a story, within a story. It ends up feeling like a couple of short stories, which I enjoyed.

I'm now about 1/3 through the book Dr. Sleep by Stephen King. It's been good so far, my wife thought it was okay but once she finished, she said the book was good overall, she just didn't like the characters from the True Knot.
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In reply to Wolfpac 08 • 4:43p
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Iron Gold is typically considered the weakest of the books in the Red Rising series. But stick with it - the story widens considerably and there are huge payoffs in Dark Age and Light Bringer (and eventually Red God I hope…)

I'm currently rereading the whole series to kill time for the next DCC book. On the second read thru, Iron Gold is actually much better (and it's great already).
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