books.md

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page	Books	Book reviews and recommendations, reading goal tracker

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In order to try and enforce a habit of reading daily, I'm making this a public page on my blog. With a full year calendar to indicate the days I've read. Similar to the "Every Day Calendar" by Simone Giertz{:target="_blank"}...but I can't afford one, and this site is free.

Current book

{% assign currentBooks = site.data.books | where: "isCurrent", true %} {% for book in currentBooks %}

• [{{ book.title }}{% if book.author %} by {{ book.author }}{% endif %}]({{ book.link }}){:target="_blank"} {% if book.summary %} * {{ book.summary }}{% endif %} {% endfor %}

{% assign currentYear = "now" | date: "%Y" | to_integer %} {% assign currentYearRecord = site.data.dates | where_exp: "item", "item.year == currentYear" %} {% assign recentBooks = site.data.books | where_exp: "item", "item.completeDate >= currentYearRecord[0].start" | where_exp: "item", "item.completeDate < currentYearRecord[0].nextStart" | sort: "completeDate" | reverse | group_by_exp: "item", "item.completeDate | date: '%B'" %} {% if recentBooks.size > 0 %}

Recently finished books

{% for month in recentBooks %}

{{ month.name | capitalize }}

{% for book in month.items %}

• [{{ book.title }}{% if book.author %} by {{ book.author }}{% endif %}]({{ book.link }}){:target="_blank"} {% if book.rating %} * My rating: {{ book.rating }}{% endif %} {% if book.summary %} * Summary: {{ book.summary }}{% endif %} {% endfor %} {% endfor %} {% endif %}

---

2023 Reading

###	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1	❌
2	❌
3	❌
4	❌
5	❌
6	❌
7	❌
8	❌
9	❌
10	❌
11	❌
12	❌
13	❌
14	❌
15	❌
16	❌
17	❌
18	❌
19	❌
20	❌
21	❌
22	❌
23	❌
24	❌
25	❌
26	❌
27	❌
28	❌
29	❌	-
30	❌	-
31	❌	-		-		-			-		-

---

Past reviews and recommendations

{% assign pastBooks = site.data.books | where_exp: "item", "item.completeDate < currentYearRecord[0].start" | sort: "title" %} {% for book in pastBooks %}

• [{{ book.title }}{% if book.author %} by {{ book.author }}{% endif %}]({{ book.link }}){:target="_blank"} {% if book.rating %} * My rating: {{ book.rating }}{% endif %} {% if book.summary %} * Summary: {{ book.summary }}{% endif %} {% endfor %}

Todo List

{% assign todoSorted = site.data.books | where_exp: "item", "item.isCurrent != true" | where_exp: "item", "item.completeDate == nil" | sort: "title" %} {% for book in todoSorted %}

• [{{ book.title }}{% if book.author %} by {{ book.author }}{% endif %}]({{ book.link }}){:target="_blank"} {% if book.summary %} * {{ book.summary }}{% endif %} {% endfor %}