My strategy for June was to read books from the piles of unread books I gathered over the last months. Six out of the eight books below were there, collecting dust.

This approach had mixed results.

Best

1. Captain Blood – the only fiction book I truly enjoyed last month. Pirates, sea battles, honor, and love – I felt 15 again
2. The Engineering Leader by Cate Huston – I wrote a post about it called Energy Management. It was a great learning experience about certain areas of leadership
3. Shift by Hugh Howey – even though this book was not as good as the first part of Silo, it grows on you, and the ideas are very cool. Also, the main main character Juliette is badass. I rated it 4/5 but I think it gained a star over the weeks since I completed it and no longer feels like a 4.

Worst

1. I read a gamebook about the Tsaritchina mystery – a very promising subject. However, I could not find the mystery. It’s large, takes a lot of space, and I kind of wish I didn’t buy it
2. The fall of Koli by M.R. Carey – I rated it 4/5 but the whole series is now waiting on the shelve to be donated, not sure how I managed to complete it. It lost a star since I finished it and it now feels like a 3.

The other 3 books were fine, solid 4s, and I’ll read the continuations.