ETA: I’ve made some additional enhancements since writing this post.
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I would be adding some new features here on the blog. For one of those features, I’d planned to move the list of everything I’ve read since 1996 back here to the blog. I recently began that process and now have a page ready in beta for people to take a look at:
A few notes about this initial testing phase:
- Currently, the list includes what I have read from 1996-2020. I have not yet added the 50 or so books I have read in 2021. That will be coming shortly.
- I have not yet enabled responsive design, so it may not look right on mobile devices, yet
- You can sort the columns by clicking on the sorting arrows. Sorting on the Finished column doesn’t work right yet because I don’t have the date formatting correctly.
- To get back to the default sort, sort on the first column.
- The Related Posts column is intended to be a place where I will link to posts I’ve written about the book in question. I’ve added one example so far.
- Want to see the longest book I’ve read? Do a descending sort on the Pages column
If you are curious to see an example without clicking on the link, here’s a screenshot:
My goal here is to be able to provide a single authoritative place I can point people to for a list of everything I’ve read. Ideally, I’ll be able to add links to related posts for additional context for a given book. A few things I’ve been thinking about but am on the fence on:
- I’d like to have one big list, but I will likely break it into pages by year before rolling it out officially. This will allow me to have a “top page” with a table that lists each year, along with some stats for the year and links to other things like recommended reads, etc.
- I’d like to add an icon in front of the title to indicate the format in which I consumed the book (paper, ebook, audio, etc.)
- I’d like to add an indicator for books that I recommend. Maybe a star at the start of the column? Or just a bold column? I’m not really into 5-star ratings so that’s a nonstarter for me.
Finally, keep in mind that I will be tweaking this as I have time, so you may see things change or disappear. But I wanted to get the basics out there for folks to see.
If you take the time to check it out, I’d love to hear your feedback. Please, let me know what you think, good or bad. I want to make this as functional as I can manage. Leave your thoughts in the comment. Or, if you prefer to provide them directly to me, shoot me an email.
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