Books I'm Reading

Starting in 2025, I’m going to be listing out all the books I’m reading and have read going forward.

I LOVE seeing what others are currently reading.

I assume many do as well.

Well, here is my list.

I am planning to write personal reviews and reflections on many of them as well.

Ratings explained:

= Terrible!

= Nothing really beneficial here

= It was Good

= A GREAT read!

= Perfection!

Books Read in 2025

Month	Book	Quick note	Written Review
January	Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire by Andrew Wilkinson	Overall a great read. Much to learn here about networking, business, seeing the bigger picture, and the meaninglessness of money on its own.	N/A
January	Skills of a Successful Software Engineer by Fernando Doglio	A good book for those new to the industry. Basic topics, but deep details and practicality.	N/A
January	Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk	It had it’s moments. It has its meanings and one-liners. But nothing memorable for me, at least.	N/A
February	The Will of the Many by James Islington	I mean…fantastic! So upset there was no second book yet (I did preorder though). Having loved Red Rising so much, this was along the same vein and an excellent story.	N/A
February	The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington	Not quite as riveting as the above book by Islington, but nonetheless an excellent start to what looks to be a promising trilogy. Glad to know all three books are complete also 😛.	N/A
March	Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths	An intriguing look at how we use algorithms (or can use algorithms) in our day to day lives like in sorting, making the best decisions, scheduling, caching (yes we do this). For me it was helpful to put a name and to pinpoint many of the things I, kind of, subconsciously did anyway. We read this in the Travis Media Community	N/A
March	The Developer Advocacy Handbook	Broad coverage of topics. I only needed to read a number of chapters to get up to speed, but overall very insightful. The content is obviously from a seasoned Developer Advocate and authentic.	N/A
April	An Echo of Things To Come by James Islington	The second in the Licanuis trilogy. This one was much “deeper” than the first, especially building on Caeden’s story, but did a great job of expanding on more details of the overall big picture. Excited to start the third and final book as I’ve heard they concluded it well.	N/A
May	Identity-Native Infrastructure Access Management by Ev Kontsevoy	Probably the best book on the subject of why (and how) we need to get rid of shared secrets and move toward Identity-based access as well as an overview of the buzz-word “Zero-Trust.” It’s a short read but packed with the important points of how to represent real Identity as data (spoiler-alert…certificates) and the benefits of doing so.	N/A
May	The Light Of All That Falls by James Islington	This was the final book in the Licanius trilogy and the author did an EXCELLENT job bringing the series (and it’s many different narratives) to a close. The Epilogue was “epic” in that it explained the conclusion in a way I did not see coming, but was certainly the best way to end the book.	N/A