The Cataloger's Reading List

Monday, November 09, 2026

Review: 138 Main

138 Main by Gavin Bell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Thursday, October 29, 2026

Twelve Months by Jim Butcher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was just about finished with this book when I realized that this is the latest Harry Dresden book, so I'm actually caught up!
Harry is finally maturing, and this book is full of quiet moments as he recovers from the Battle of Chicago, the loss of his loved ones, his new marital plan, and all kinds of horrors trying to kill him. The timing for me was spot-on.

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Review: 100 Books to Live By: Literary Remedies for Any Occasion

100 Books to Live By: Literary Remedies for Any Occasion by Joseph Piercy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The original plan for me reading this is to start a list of "books I need to read" as I flipped through this, but instead I just read it and decided my TBR pile is already too tall. Nice idea for suggestions when someone is stumped and none of the usual authors or books are hitting right.

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Review: Alice's Oxford: People and Places that Inspired Wonderland

Alice's Oxford: People and Places that Inspired Wonderland by Peter Hunt
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a must-read only if you know Oxford pretty intimately already, or are currently there, and absolutely adore all things Alice. If you fail on any of these, the book is a little haphazard and hard to follow. But it would be fun to take on a trip and traipse around in Carroll's footsteps.

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Review: All Systems Red

All Systems Red by Martha Wells
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Looks like I have another series I have to catch up on.

The ending of this rather surprised me, but I can see why--if you consider there has to be a sequel--it's much easier to do it from where this ends. I can't wait to find out more about this world.

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Review: How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay

How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay by Jenny Lawson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was fun, and the author and I share a similar outlook on the world (and possibly some diagnoses). I'm not sure I was in the right frame of mind to take anything much from this, but I enjoyed reading it.

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Review: The Last Cuentista

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A wonderful and scary story of what happens if humans get an early warning (in the near future) that the planet is going to die--and decide to send a colony off in three different ships to another possibly livable planet hundreds of years away from Earth. The science is rather glossed over, but the main character is just a lovely creation. I was surprised to find that there is a sequel, so that's on my to be read list....

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Review: Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary

Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary by Stefan Fatsis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

While a little self-oriented, the author does a good job of explaining how Webster's dictionary began 200 years ago, and where the company is today in the face of the death of print publishing. Lots of fun asides and interesting rabbit holes

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Thursday, October 01, 2026

Review: Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

OK, I read it. Leave me alone now.
It wasn't as bad listening as it was every time I tried to read with my eyeballs.
Mark it off as done.

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