Currently reading: A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny 📚So many of my neighbors love this series. I’m not starting at the beginning – this is the one I bought for cheap at the library book sale last summer.

Finished reading: The Ravenmaster by Christopher Skaife 📚Fun little book about the Yeoman Warder who takes care of the ravens at the Tower of London. I was most interested in his life as a soldier who entered the military when he was 16 years old. The ravens were cool, too.

Currently reading: #1s/9780062662590" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang 📚

Finished reading: Necessity by Jo Walton 📚The last in the Thessaly trilogy, interesting, almost sci-fi, novels about living according to the rules of Plato’s Republic amongst Greek gods. I found most interesting the way the Republic does not use money. People maximize “Excellence” instead of profit.

Finished reading: A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins 📚Quite good non-fiction, it achieves the aim of its title. From ancient Egypt and Greece, to the Vikings, Tudor England, Dutch East India Company Netherlands, and WW2, it focuses on the people in their sea-going context.

Currently reading: The Ravenmaster by Christopher Skaife 📚November book club pick.

Finished reading: Endling by Maria Reva 📚Excellent novel about Ukraine, snails, family, war, and life in the modern world.

On my way to DC by train

Currently reading: The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton 📚

Finished reading: #1/books/9780765332660" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">The Just City (Thessaly, #1) by Jo Walton 📚I’m enjoying this series, not least because I can see the threads that eventually lead to her book Lent, which is a masterpiece.

Currently reading: Endling by Maria Reva 📚Very excited to dive into this book that I heard about on the “Write Now with Scrivener” podcast Write Now with Scrivener Episode 55: Maria Reva, Booker Longlisted Author of Endling.

Currently reading: Thessaly by Jo Walton 📚

Finished reading: Flight Paths by Rebecca Heisman 📚Timely, since this past weekend saw about a billion birds migrating south across the Americas. Interesting, readable, introduction to bird migration science.

Finished reading: The Last Bake Sale by Andru Volinsky 📚While this book is mostly focused on the terrible way that New Hampshire pays for its public schools, this is an approachable introduction to school funding issues and how the Right is trying to destroy public education.

Musk's DoGE and Project Management: https://agilelisa.com/2025/02/27/musks-doge-and-project-management.html

I kinda like my 2024 Podcast Listening History.

I’m happy with the Midori planner I chose to replace Hobonichi Techo in my life. Undated pages mean I can expand and contract as needed. Excellent fountain pen paper (not as smooth as the Techo, but close).

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Year in books for 2024: https://agilelisa.com/2025/01/01/year-in-books-for.html

Anyone want to help save a historic grand piano? I’m on the board of the Monadnock Folklore Society in New Hampshire and this instrument is well worth restoring. More information at www.monadnockfolk.org/about/hel…