Books this year

Notes in the margin, collected in one place.

Gave up

October 11, 2026

Stopped halfway through a long novel. Life is short and the shelf is long.

September 12, 2026

Slow start

The first hundred pages were hard going. The rest made up for it, which is not always the case.

August 25, 2026

Notes

Writing two lines after each chapter helped more than underlining ever did.

Library finds

July 24, 2026

The best book this month came from the returns trolley, not from any list.

A short one

July 17, 2026

Finished in two evenings. It said what it had to say and stopped, which more books should do.