What do all the stars and daggers after the book titles mean?


Note to self, for this year: Read less, write more notes. Abandon more books.

January

  1. Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie*
  2. The Body in the Library, Agatha Christie*
  3. The Moving Finger, Agatha Christie*
  4. Sleeping Murder, Agatha Christie*
  5. A Murder Is Announced, Agatha Christie*
  6. They Do It with Mirrors, Agatha Christie*
  7. My Horrible Career, John Arundel*†
  8. The Veiled Lodger, Sherlock & Co. Podcast*
  9. Hardcore History, Mania for Subjugation II, Episode 72*†
  10. A Pocket Full of Rye, Agatha Christie*
  11. 4.50 from Paddington, Agatha Christie*
  12. The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side, Agatha Christie*
  13. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride, Cary Elwes & Joe Layden*†
  14. A Caribbean Mystery, Agatha Christie*
  15. At Bertram’s Hotel, Agatha Christie*
  16. Nemesis, Agatha Christie*
  17. Miss Marple’s Final Cases, Agatha Christie*

February

  1. A Shadow in Summer, Daniel Abraham*
  2. Black Peter, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 25*
  3. On Writing with Brandon Sanderson, Episodes 1-4, Brandon Sanderson*‡
  4. A Betrayal in Winter, Daniel Abraham*
  5. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf, Grant Snider*
  6. The Art of Living, Grant Snider*
  7. The Shape of Ideas, Grant Snider*
  8. For the Love of Go, John Arundel*‡
  9. Powerful Command-Line Applications in Go, Ricardo Gerardi*‡
  10. Learning Go, Jon Bodner*‡
  11. An Autumn War, Daniel Abraham*
  12. The Price of Spring, Daniel Abraham*
  13. Math for English Majors, Ben Orlin (Notes)*†
  14. Empire Podcast, The Three Kings, Episodes 212–214*†#

March

  1. Companion to the Count, Melissa Kendall*
  2. Wisteria Lodge, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 26*
  3. A Story of Love, Minerva Spencer*
  4. The Etiquette of Love, Minerva Spencer*
  5. A Very Bellamy Christmas, Minerva Spencer*
  6. Empire Podcast, The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire, Episodes 205–211, 215-222*†#
  7. Empire Podcast, Britain’s Last Colony, Episodes 229-230*†#
  8. Head First Java (3rd edition), Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates & Trisha Gee*‡
  9. Head First Go, Jay McGavren*‡
  10. The Rest is History, The French Revolution (Part II), Episodes 503–507*†#
  11. The Rest is History, The French Revolution (Part III), Episodes 544-547*†#
  12. Morris Chang & TSMC, Spring 2025, Episode 1, Acquired Podcast*†#
  13. Rolex, Spring 2025, Episode 2, Acquired Podcast*†#