Reading Analytics

I’ve already shared that I read every night and have done for years (and, at this point, possibly even decades). Almost all of my reading happens on Kindle, which makes analytics largely possible. A quick GDPR request to Amazon and I was able to pull all of my reading sessions since 2018…and a hop-skip-and-a-jump away with Claude, and I’d got a bunch of analytics on what and how I read. I’m not here to dive into that just yet, but I am here to talk about my reading over the last 5 months of parental leave! Books I’ve read This covers the period February 2026 to the start of July 2026 The Wee Free Men I was coming off the back of a slog through Les Miserables and wanted something new, light and fun. I love Pratchett and had never read this one…and it was exactly that: fun. Not as much depth as some of his books but very enjoyable all the same. Maybe one for my eldest child soon… The Mistborn Trilogy I loved these, but they took me a whole bunch of time (around 7 weeks). I’d never read…