https://shorette.com/books/Books sealed on the shelf, with a review when there is one.en-usSun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500https://shorette.com/books/#book-goodbye-erihttps://shorette.com/books/#book-goodbye-eriSun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/goodbye-eri_hu_cd96b82fed1c1fde.webp" width="168" height="240" alt="Cover of Goodbye, Eri" /></p> <p>begun 11 october 2026 · sealed 11 october 2026</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-the-prophethttps://shorette.com/books/#book-the-prophetMon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/the-prophet_hu_caeb652101de56a1.webp" width="168" height="257" alt="Cover of The Prophet" /></p> <p>begun 6 september 2026 · sealed 14 september 2026</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-four-thousand-weekshttps://shorette.com/books/#book-four-thousand-weeksMon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/four-thousand-weeks_hu_f1799d401ddac225.webp" width="168" height="259" alt="Cover of Four Thousand Weeks" /></p> <p>begun 20 april 2026 · sealed 15 june 2026</p> <p>So I&rsquo;ve actually read this book twice. The message is simple but I find myself returning to it because it&rsquo;s so easy to forget. Life is finite. That&rsquo;s it. That&rsquo;s the message. The implications drawn from this are pretty simple too but it&rsquo;s nice to read them. Just enjoy it! I remember spending an evening sitting under a tree outside just relaxing and I remarked to myself that &ldquo;I wasted the evening&rdquo;. How ridiculous of me! Because it wasn&rsquo;t spent reading, working or doing something productive it was &ldquo;wasted&rdquo;. First of all, we can&rsquo;t work all the time. Our mood plays such an important part in that. I think nothing is wasted. We have four thousand weeks, and that&rsquo;s if we are lucky. There&rsquo;s no point in trying to stuff every second, just live.</p> <p>I think this is seperate from what you may enjoy doing though. I explicitly avoid social media for example. I do not have a single social media presence. Why? Because that&rsquo;s a thing I have determined that I do not want to spend any time on. Does it matter? Maybe not, we are dying anyways, but I think you should still make solid efforts to make sure the things you do spend your time on are high quality. We can&rsquo;t always</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-letters-to-a-young-poethttps://shorette.com/books/#book-letters-to-a-young-poetTue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/letters-to-a-young-poet_hu_b3d74e6a73ca4245.webp" width="168" height="283" alt="Cover of Letters to a Young Poet" /></p> <p>begun 28 may 2026 · sealed 2 june 2026</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-when-breath-becomes-airhttps://shorette.com/books/#book-when-breath-becomes-airTue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/when-breath-becomes-air_hu_76e31a72c586e06c.webp" width="168" height="248" alt="Cover of When Breath Becomes Air" /></p> <p>begun 15 january 2026 · sealed 10 february 2026</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-the-great-gatsbyhttps://shorette.com/books/#book-the-great-gatsbySun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/the-great-gatsby_hu_28a1628ccb28c0e7.webp" width="168" height="238" alt="Cover of The Great Gatsby" /></p> <p>begun 20 september 2025 · sealed 5 october 2025</p> <blockquote> <p><em>(Another short sample — replace or remove as you like.)</em></p></blockquote> <p>The green light is the whole book, really: the future we row toward and never quite reach. What stuck this time was less the parties and more the quiet at the end of it all.</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-the-spy-and-the-traitorhttps://shorette.com/books/#book-the-spy-and-the-traitorSat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/the-spy-and-the-traitor_hu_f7fb3eb619a79317.webp" width="168" height="255" alt="Cover of The Spy and the Traitor" /></p> <p>begun 5 june 2025 · sealed 14 june 2025</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-outliershttps://shorette.com/books/#book-outliersSat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/outliers_hu_973046880fa00638.webp" width="168" height="253" alt="Cover of Outliers" /></p> <p>begun 1 april 2025 · sealed 19 april 2025</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-project-hail-maryhttps://shorette.com/books/#book-project-hail-maryTue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/project-hail-mary_hu_d9d6606f01c93107.webp" width="168" height="258" alt="Cover of Project Hail Mary" /></p> <p>begun 15 february 2025 · sealed 4 march 2025</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrowhttps://shorette.com/books/#book-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrowThu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow_hu_3fdadddc757b6bb3.webp" width="168" height="254" alt="Cover of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" /></p> <p>begun 8 january 2025 · sealed 30 january 2025</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-the-pillars-of-the-earthhttps://shorette.com/books/#book-the-pillars-of-the-earthSat, 28 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/the-pillars-of-the-earth_hu_c75478e39cb73165.webp" width="168" height="273" alt="Cover of The Pillars of the Earth" /></p> <p>begun 5 november 2024 · sealed 28 december 2024</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-the-brokerhttps://shorette.com/books/#book-the-brokerWed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/the-broker_hu_b463d353d2a5767c.webp" width="168" height="306" alt="Cover of The Broker" /></p> <p>begun 1 september 2024 · sealed 18 september 2024</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-the-firmhttps://shorette.com/books/#book-the-firmWed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/the-firm_hu_13c9cc2109928f8d.webp" width="168" height="263" alt="Cover of The Firm" /></p> <p>begun 3 august 2024 · sealed 21 august 2024</p>https://shorette.com/books/#book-the-almanack-of-naval-ravikanthttps://shorette.com/books/#book-the-almanack-of-naval-ravikantSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500 <p><img src="https://shorette.com/media/books/covers/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant_hu_f32b0e01e183f6d7.webp" width="168" height="259" alt="Cover of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant" /></p> <p>begun 10 may 2024 · sealed 2 june 2024</p>