Winter is over and spring has arrived.  I admit I’m behind where I would like to be in regards to my New Years resolution to read 2 books per month, but not worried.

Then again, if I were where I wanted to be, I would have already read 24 books this year.

One internal debate is if I should count programming books and such towards my goal.  I’m currently making my way through a book on Ruby, and leaning towards not counting it, despite the fact it takes up more of my time.  Still, the goal was to read books that actually interested me, so I will likely avoid adding these to the list.

Since I’m moving soon, I decided it was time to update this list while I still have the books handy.  I still feel like I am forgetting one, but I can always add it later.

Since my last update, my reading list has taken a turn for the worse.  I’ve started multiple books that I have only managed a couple chapters before moving on to something new.  Spook Country by William Gibson (mentioned in a previous post) was one such book.  After starting a few of these books, I realized I had to finish something.  That is the only reason I made it through Twinkie, Deconstructed and the “Award-winning” Then We Came To an End.  The first interesting, but had a hard time holding my attention, while the second was pointless.  After those my selection improved with America, The Book and the short stories combined in Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs… With the start of the baseball season, Where Have You Gone ’82 Brewers was also required reading.

So here is the current list for those following along at home, and for my own reference.

1. Here is New York – E.B. White
2. Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion – Gary Vaynerchuk
3. When You Are Engulfed in Flames – David Sedaris
4. Then We Came To an End – Joshua Ferris
5. Twinkie, Deconstructed – Steve Ettlinger
6. Where Have You Gone ’82 Brewers – Tom Haudricourt
7. Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren’t Scary… – Edited by Ted Thompson
8. America, The Book – John Stewart
9. (Currently Reading) Women – Charles Bukowski