I have been an avid reader since my teenage years. Of course, there were the ups and downs of the hobby over the past two decades as life changed and such, but overall, I am quite happy with my consistency. My day job requires a lot of nonfiction reading, so the scope of my leisure reading has focused on Fantasy and Sci Fi, but I also enjoy ancient texts. I still read literary fiction but at a lower rate compared to the former. The same goes for non-job-related nonfiction and Arabic works. Although, I like to take my time with those. I am also a big fan of audiobooks, especially for things like Star Wars novels, 2000AD tales, dramatised novels, etc. A hell of a good time to be honest.
Over 2024-2025, I started organising my reading habit a bit more. I was never one for reading lists, but I recently started keeping a pocket notebook where I write down any music, films, artworks, and books that I hear about and want to explore further. Kind of like a key to the algorithm’s exit door. My notetaking is chronological; I just tag the note with ‘Film’, or ‘Book’, and that’s that. Every now and then I bring forward previous notes and catagorise them into lists with check boxes to make sure I take time to locate and explore the items. Long story short, here is my current reading list in no particular order:
So… only a couple of books, really. I have already picked up and read some of these, but I am on the hunt for the rest. The search itself is such a joy, especially because I am avoiding online purchases. So, catch me around Edinburgh bookshops on the weekends!