books.html

---
permalink: /on/books/
description: Writing about books helps me figure out what I think about them.
---

<p class="u-centered mr-md ml-md">Hi!<br>You’ll notice I’ve stopped keeping track of the books I read. I found it made me focus too much on getting to the <em>end</em> of a book, and not enough on what I was getting <em>out</em> of it. These days, I’m keeping track of what I learn from books in an app I built, <a href="https://note.garden/stevegrossi/">note.garden.com/stevegrossi</a>. See you there!</p>

{% assign books_by_year = site.books | where_exp: "book", "book.finished" | sort: "started" | group_by_exp: "book", "book.started | slice: 0, 4" | reverse %}

{% for book_year in books_by_year %}
  <h2 class="u-centered">{{ book_year.name }}</h2>
  <ol class="ThumbList">
  {% for book in book_year.items %}
    <li class="ThumbList-item">
      {% assign book_post = site.posts | where: "book", book.slug | first %}
      {% if book_post %}
        <a href="/on/{{ book_post.slug }}">
          <img src="{% if book.asin %}https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/{{ book.asin }}.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg{% else %}/img/{{ book.slug }}.jpg{% endif %}" class="ThumbList-thumb Cover" />
        </a>
      {% else %}
        <img src="{% if book.asin %}https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/{{ book.asin }}.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg{% else %}/img/{{ book.slug }}.jpg{% endif %}" class="ThumbList-thumb Cover" />
      {% endif %}
    </li>
  {% endfor %}
  </ol>
{% endfor %}