This is the third year that I have been keeping track of the books that I have finished reading. See the Books I read in 2023, the Books from 2022 and my Top 5 Books from last year. I finished reading 33 books last year which was down quite a bit on the previous year, so I'm looking to increase that number to about 50. I'm not going to set any goals to read more on this … [Read more...] about Books Read in 2024
Book Lists
The Best Books I Read for the Year
The number of books I read in 2023 dropped quite a bit on 2022. I finished 50 in 2022 and only got around to reading 33 in 2023. A few personal issues may have been the reason and maybe the books I'm buying are a bit chunkier, who knows. It was a bit of a blah year for me but I still enjoyed my books. I haven't been buying too many new books as I already have a few boxes … [Read more...] about The Best Books I Read for the Year
Books I Have Read in 2023
This is the second year that I have been keeping track of the books that I have finished reading. See the Books that I read in 2022 here and my Top 5 Books for the year. I plan to read 4 or 5 books each month. The goal is 52 books for the year or a book per week on average. I say on average because I'm always reading multiple books at any one time and I finish them in … [Read more...] about Books I Have Read in 2023
Top Five Books I Read in 2022
In 2022 I started taking note of every book that I read so that I can keep track of them and remind myself of the good bits from the best books. I started out keeping track of them in notebooks but then I thought, why not make a website and share them with everyone? I had a domain name sitting around collecting dust and voila! ThinkMonk.com came to life! I'm still not … [Read more...] about Top Five Books I Read in 2022
The Books I Have Read in 2022
These are the books that I have read in 2022. I started out reading three books per month, then four, and have found that five is the right number for me. I read lots of books at one time so I can choose how many I finish in one month. If it's the twentieth of the month and I have already finished 5 books then I'll focus more on some of the big 600+ page tomes! January 2022 … [Read more...] about The Books I Have Read in 2022
List of the Best-Selling Self Help Books
Lately I have been making sure that I'm always reading at least one self-help book at any one time. I like to read five, ten or more books at a time as that's just what feels most natural to me, so one or more is always going to be motivational or discussing ways to improve my life. Which got me thinking about the best sellers in the self-help genre. If I had to guess which … [Read more...] about List of the Best-Selling Self Help Books
A List of Book Reviews Coming Soon
Here's a few books that have been read or are being read right now. I'm always looking for new book suggestions so do let me know in the comments if you have read anything mind blowing lately. Things I Didn't Know by Robert HughesThe Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch by Michael WolffA Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time Tested Strategy for … [Read more...] about A List of Book Reviews Coming Soon