update booklist and index

Author: devalog

_posts/2025-08-19-booklist.md

@@ -15,6 +15,48 @@ All the books I've read since January 2020.
     <th>Date completed</th>
     <th>Rating (out of 5)</th>
   </tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>The Pearl</td>
+    <td>John Steinbeck</td>
+    <td>1947</td>
+    <td>Sep 2026</td>
+    <td>4</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>Country People</td>
+    <td>Daniel Mason</td>
+    <td>2026</td>
+    <td>Sep 2026</td>
+    <td>5</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>The Best of Everything</td>
+    <td>Rona Jaffe</td>
+    <td>1958</td>
+    <td>Sep 2026</td>
+    <td>5</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>The Enchanted April</td>
+    <td>Elizabeth von Arnim</td>
+    <td>1922</td>
+    <td>Aug 2026</td>
+    <td>4</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>The Small House at Allington</td>
+    <td>Anthony Trollope</td>
+    <td>1862</td>
+    <td>Aug 2026</td>
+    <td>4</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>Siblings Without Rivalry</td>
+    <td>Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish</td>
+    <td>1987</td>
+    <td>Aug 2026</td>
+    <td>4</td>
+</tr>
 <tr>
     <td>Benediction</td>
     <td>Kent Haruf</td>

index.markdown

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ layout: home
 
 ## About me
 
-I'm currently a writer-of-all-words at [Fern](https://buildwithfern.com/) (a [Postman](http://postman.com/) company). I write developer documentation and technical marketing content (case studies, engineering blog posts, product launches, social media, etc) for Fern's Docs and SDKs. My [portfolio](/portfolio/) contains a selection of my work; my [GitHub profile](https://github.com/devalog) is a better indicator of how much I write. The rest of this site contains random musings I write in my free time. 
+I'm currently a writer-of-all-words at [Fern](https://buildwithfern.com/) (a [Postman](http://postman.com/) company), where I own all developer documentation and technical marketing content. My [portfolio](/portfolio/) contains a selection of my work; my [GitHub profile](https://github.com/devalog) is a better indicator of how much I write. The rest of this site contains random musings I write in my free time. 
 
-Previously, I was a technical writer at Google for over 6 years. Before that, I was a technical writer intern at [MapR Technologies](http://community.hpe.com/t5/ai-unlocked/where-is-mapr-today/ba-p/7091891) (acquired by HP). I graduated from the College of William and Mary with a double major in English and Accounting and a minor in Computer Science. Here's my [resume](https://github.com/devalog/resume/blob/main/resume.pdf).
+Previously, I was a technical writer at Google for over 6 years. Before that, I was a technical writer intern at [MapR Technologies](http://community.hpe.com/t5/ai-unlocked/where-is-mapr-today/ba-p/7091891) (acquired by HP). I graduated from the College of William and Mary with a double major in English and Accounting and a minor in Computer Science (yep I was indecisive). Here's my [resume](https://github.com/devalog/resume/blob/main/resume.pdf).
 
 In my free time, I [read a lot](/2025/08/19/booklist.html). The best book I've read so far in 2026 is *The English Understand Wool* (2022) by Helen DeWitt, followed closely by *The Romance of a Shop* (1888) by Amy Levy.