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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #100 on: February 23, 2025, 02:02:34 AM »
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1. Metro 2033, by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
2. Metro 2034, by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
3. Drømmer av bronse (Dreams of bronze), by Camilla Läckberg.
4. Det Kinesiske Rommet (The Chinese Room), by Jan Grue.
5. Uromomenter (Moments of Unrest), by Jan Grue.
6. Mannen som døde (The Man who Died), by Antti Tuomainen
7. Mørkt som mitt hjerte (Dark as my Heart), by Antii Tuomainen
8. Helbrederen (The Healer), by Antii Tuomainen
9. Skred (Landslide), by Sara Strömberg

10. Skinn (Skin), by Sara Strömberg.

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #101 on: February 23, 2025, 02:30:43 PM »
12) The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
13) When My Ghost Sings: A Memoir of Stroke, Recovery & Transformation by Tara Sidhoo Fraser
14) Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino (audiobook)**


Popsugar challenge
12) A book about a road trip
13) A book written by an author who is neurodivergent
14) A book about space tourism

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #102 on: February 24, 2025, 08:54:11 PM »
Just eight here to get back to nice round numbers.

53. Heart of the Mountain by Larry Correia
Excellent finale to a long-time favourite series. Fantastic series overall, and the ending is great.


54. Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali by Kris Holloway
55. Adrift in Current Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire
56. The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
57. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
58. A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang
59. No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
60. We Shall Be Monsters by Alyssa Wees

I'm on track for all my official goals, and also making some headway into my loose-goosey goals - I only read relevant books on my trip, I've been staying on top of new releases, and knocked out a lot of the super-popular books I hadn't gotten around to yet.

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #103 on: February 24, 2025, 10:36:35 PM »
9. The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell

10. Playground by Richard Powers

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #104 on: February 25, 2025, 06:25:03 AM »
1Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your ClothesBernadette BannerOwnEducational1/1/2025Nonfiction - Home and Garden
2Blade of DreamsDaniel AbrahamLibrarySequel1/3/2025Fiction - Fantasy
3Red RisingPierce BrownLibraryTBR List1/9/2025Fiction - Science Fiction
4Rhythm of WarBrandon SandersonOwnReread1/9/2025Fiction - Fantasy
5House of Flame and ShadowSarah J MaasLibrarySequel1/16/2025Fiction - Fantasy
6The ArchivedVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works1/18/2025Fiction - Young Adult
7The UnboundVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works1/24/2025Fiction - Young Adult
8The BonehuntersSteven EriksonLibrarySequel1/31/2025Fiction - Fantasy
9The Fragile Threads of PowerV.E. SchwabLibraryComplete Works2/3/2025Fiction - Fantasy
10The Voyage of the ForgottenNick MartellILLSequel2/7/2025Fiction - Fantasy

11This Savage SongVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works2/8/2025Fiction - Young Adult
12This Dark DuetVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works2/9/2025Fiction - Young Adult
13Children of TimeAdrian TchaikovskyLibraryTBR List2/15/2025Fiction - Science Fiction
14The Near WitchV.E. SchwabLibraryComplete Works2/15/2015Fiction - Fantasy
15City of GhostsVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works2/21/2025Fiction - Young Adult

Sequels: 3
TBR: 2
Complete Works: 7
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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #105 on: February 26, 2025, 07:55:54 PM »
 7     A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter    1938
 8     State of Wonder by Ann Patchett    2011
 9     The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck    2017
 10     What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith    2007

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #106 on: February 27, 2025, 06:53:20 AM »
5. The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness by Wendy Syfret

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #107 on: February 28, 2025, 05:58:52 PM »
1.  The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson   
2.  Fuzz:When Nature Breaks The Law by Mary Roach
3.  A Hundred Other Girls by Iman Hariri-Kia   
4.  Coming Up for Air Sarah Leipciger   
5.  The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley   
6.  Coming Up for Air by Tom Daley
7.  Let the Games Begin! by Rufaro Faith Mazarura   
8.  Packing for Mars:The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach   
9.  A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

10. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
11.  An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
12.  One Life by Megan Rapinoe with Emma Brockes
13.  Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
14.  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
15.  Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
16.  Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah


DNF: This Is How You Lose the Time War.  I was just not in the headspace to handle the symbolism and double meanings in this book.  Maybe later I will try again.

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #108 on: February 28, 2025, 09:30:19 PM »
15) Studio Saint-Ex by Ania Szado *didn't love this one, picked it for the challenge and ended up skimming the last 1/3
16) The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Popsugar challenge
15) A book with silver on the cover or in the title
16) A book mentioned in another book
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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #109 on: March 01, 2025, 07:28:09 AM »
Previous years: 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023 | 2024

January
1. A Day In a Medieval City by Chiara Frugoni ★★★☆☆
2. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree ★★★★☆
3. Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon ★★★★★
4. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett ★★★★☆

February
5. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut ★★★★☆
6. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy ★★★★☆
7. Declassified: A Low-Key Guide to the High-Strung World of Classical Music by Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch ★★★★☆
8. Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay ★★★★☆
9. The Sellout by Paul Beatty ★★★☆☆
10. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell ★★★★☆

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #110 on: March 01, 2025, 09:35:04 AM »
January:
1) Snakebit by Paul Dorion
2) The Dollmakers by Lynn Buchanan
3) Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
4) Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
5) Tigana by Guy Gabriel Kay
6) Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
7) The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
8) Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation by Jim O'Heir
9) The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
10) The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
11) I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

February:

12) The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
13) Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
14) This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman
15) Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
16) The House on the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
17) Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

March:
18) Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #111 on: March 02, 2025, 07:28:34 AM »
1. Dawn on a Distant Shore, Sara Donati
2. The Lost Bookshop, Evie Woods
3. There's Something About Mira, Sonali Dev
4. Kaleidoscope, Danielle Steele
5. Even Though I Knew the End, C. L. Polk
6. The Library Thief, Kuchenga Shenje
7. Not the Duke's Darling, Elizabeth Hoyt
8. Lake in the Clouds, Sara Donati
9. Fire Across the Sky, Sara Donati
10. Swordheart, T. Kingfisher
11. Queen of Swords, Sara Donati
12. The Shoemaker's Wife, Adriana Trigiani
13. Maisie Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear
14. Birds of a Feather, Jacqueline Winspear
15. This will be Fun, E. B. Asher
16. Love at First Book, Jenn McKinlay
17. The Bedlam Stacks, Natasha Pulley
18. Don't Want You Like a Best Friend, Emma R. Alban
19. The Once and Future Fling, Leigh Heasley
20. The Endless Forest, Sara Donati
21. Fear the Flames, Olivia Rose Darling
22. Anybody Out There, Marian Keyes
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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #112 on: March 03, 2025, 07:05:34 AM »
6. Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman
7. Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
8. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #113 on: March 05, 2025, 02:07:36 AM »
Hi All

January 2025
1 Clean my space  - Melissa Walker - 3/5
2. Aging agelessly  - Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene 4/5
3. Inner life of animals - Peter Wohlleben 4/5
4. How to have a good day - Caroline Webb 4/5

February 2025
5. On foot to Canterbury - Ken Haigh 5/5
6. Normal rules don't apply - Kate Atkinson 5/5
7. What - John Cooper Clarke 5/5
8. Seafaring, Canoeing ancient song lines - Victor Briggs 4/5
9. The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan 3/5 DNF companion book to series I have not read.
10. The Walls have Ears - Helen Fry 5/5*
11. Fen, Bog and Swamp - Annie Proulx 5/5
12. The Magic of Meditation - Butet and Champeaux-Cunin 3/5



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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #114 on: March 06, 2025, 04:33:38 AM »
1. Metro 2033, by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
2. Metro 2034, by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
3. Drømmer av bronse (Dreams of bronze), by Camilla Läckberg.
4. Det Kinesiske Rommet (The Chinese Room), by Jan Grue.
5. Uromomenter (Moments of Unrest), by Jan Grue.
6. Mannen som døde (The Man who Died), by Antti Tuomainen
7. Mørkt som mitt hjerte (Dark as my Heart), by Antii Tuomainen
8. Helbrederen (The Healer), by Antii Tuomainen
9. Skred (Landslide), by Sara Strömberg
10. Skinn (Skin), by Sara Strömberg.

11. Kaninfaktoren (The Rabbit Factor), by Antii Tuomainen
Funny book. Recommended.

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #115 on: March 08, 2025, 07:26:27 AM »
6. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #116 on: March 08, 2025, 11:57:23 AM »
1. The life impossible - Matt Haig
2. Kill the Farm Boy (DNF) - Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne.
3. The Lightest Object in the Universe - Kiki Eisele
4. The Messy Lives of Book People (DNF) - Phaedra Patrick
5. Run the Storm - George Micheleson Foy
6. Service Model - Adrian Tchaikovsky

A gentleman’s gentlerobot at the end of civilization. I really enjoyed it. It’s advertised as a satire, and I can see the criticism of modern society, but I found it more character driven than funny.

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #117 on: March 10, 2025, 06:47:25 AM »
Dawn on a Distant Shore, Sara Donati
2. The Lost Bookshop, Evie Woods
3. There's Something About Mira, Sonali Dev
4. Kaleidoscope, Danielle Steele
5. Even Though I Knew the End, C. L. Polk
6. The Library Thief, Kuchenga Shenje
7. Not the Duke's Darling, Elizabeth Hoyt
8. Lake in the Clouds, Sara Donati
9. Fire Across the Sky, Sara Donati
10. Swordheart, T. Kingfisher
11. Queen of Swords, Sara Donati
12. The Shoemaker's Wife, Adriana Trigiani
13. Maisie Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear
14. Birds of a Feather, Jacqueline Winspear
15. This will be Fun, E. B. Asher
16. Love at First Book, Jenn McKinlay
17. The Bedlam Stacks, Natasha Pulley
18. Don't Want You Like a Best Friend, Emma R. Alban
19. The Once and Future Fling, Leigh Heasley
20. The Endless Forest, Sara Donati
21. Fear the Flames, Olivia Rose Darling
22. Anybody Out There, Marian Keyes
23. The Widow of Rose House, Diana Biller
24. You, Again, Kate Goldbeck
25. Meeting Millie, Clare Ashton
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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #118 on: March 10, 2025, 03:16:10 PM »
1. Metro 2033, by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
2. Metro 2034, by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
3. Drømmer av bronse (Dreams of bronze), by Camilla Läckberg.
4. Det Kinesiske Rommet (The Chinese Room), by Jan Grue.
5. Uromomenter (Moments of Unrest), by Jan Grue.
6. Mannen som døde (The Man who Died), by Antti Tuomainen
7. Mørkt som mitt hjerte (Dark as my Heart), by Antii Tuomainen
8. Helbrederen (The Healer), by Antii Tuomainen
9. Skred (Landslide), by Sara Strömberg
10. Skinn (Skin), by Sara Strömberg.
11. Kaninfaktoren (The Rabbit Factor), by Antii Tuomainen

12. Elgparadokset (The Moose Paradox), by Antii Tuomainen
A good follow-up.

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #119 on: March 10, 2025, 08:09:57 PM »
1.  The Invisible Husband of Frick Island.  Colleen Oakley
2.  The Lost Girls of Paris.  Pam Jenoff
3.  Rent to Be.  Sonia Hartl
4.  London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency, a Memoir.  Kate MacDougall
5.  The Lost Husband.  Katherine Center
6.  Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord.  Celeste Connally
7.  The Marlow Murder Club.  Robert Thorogood
8.  Snow in April.  Rosamunde Pilcher
9.  The Booklover's Library.  Madeline Martin
10. September.  Rosamunde Pilcher
11. Last Christmas in Paris.  Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb
12. The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year.  Ally Carter
13. The Grey Wolf.  Louise Penny
14. Malibu Rising.  Taylor Jenkins Reid

15. Carrie Soto Is Back.  Taylor Jenkins Reid
16. What I Ate In One Year.  Stanley Tucci
17. Digital Minimalism.  Cal Newport
18. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice.  Laurie R. King
19. A Monstrous Regiment of Women.  Laurie R. King
20. Empire of Pain.  Patrick Radden Keefe
21. All the Colors of the Dark.  Chris Whitaker

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #120 on: March 10, 2025, 09:00:39 PM »
I like this kind of challenge! I haven’t been keeping count, but I just finished City of the Uncommon Thief, which was a fantastic fantasy story.

I got it at the the local Library’s used book sale. I’m going to swing by those every chance I get now. You can get books at a low price, and you help support your local library.

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #121 on: March 11, 2025, 01:45:38 PM »
17) The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley  (*bookclub, quite enjoyable and fantastical)
18) The Country of the Blind by H.G Wells (short story)
19) The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

Pop sugar Challenge
17) A book where an adult character changes careers
18) Two books with the same title (2)
19) A book that reminds you of your childhood. (First read through of the book, the 1960 movie was watched multiple times when I was young & the treehouses had a strong impact on my imagination. The book is a bit brutal to read now "oh, look a new colony for us", etc so I'll also rewatch the film when I finish)

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #122 on: March 12, 2025, 04:13:00 PM »
11. An Island by Karen Jennings

12. The Heartbeat of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #123 on: March 13, 2025, 06:56:19 PM »
1. The life impossible - Matt Haig
2. Kill the Farm Boy (DNF) - Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne.
3. The Lightest Object in the Universe - Kiki Eisele
4. The Messy Lives of Book People (DNF) - Phaedra Patrick
5. Run the Storm - George Micheleson Foy
6. Service Model - Adrian Tchaikovsky
7. Riddley Walker - Russel Hoban

Man, I dunno what to think of Riddley Walker. On the one hand, the language was great. It must have taken so much thought and work. On the other hand, the plot was so effing boring. I nearly quit about 5 times, and it was only cussedness that kept me going to the end.

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #124 on: March 15, 2025, 11:52:47 AM »
1Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your ClothesBernadette BannerOwnEducational1/1/2025Nonfiction - Home and Garden
2Blade of DreamsDaniel AbrahamLibrarySequel1/3/2025Fiction - Fantasy
3Red RisingPierce BrownLibraryTBR List1/9/2025Fiction - Science Fiction
4Rhythm of WarBrandon SandersonOwnReread1/9/2025Fiction - Fantasy
5House of Flame and ShadowSarah J MaasLibrarySequel1/16/2025Fiction - Fantasy
6The ArchivedVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works1/18/2025Fiction - Young Adult
7The UnboundVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works1/24/2025Fiction - Young Adult
8The BonehuntersSteven EriksonLibrarySequel1/31/2025Fiction - Fantasy
9The Fragile Threads of PowerV.E. SchwabLibraryComplete Works2/3/2025Fiction - Fantasy
10The Voyage of the ForgottenNick MartellILLSequel2/7/2025Fiction - Fantasy
11This Savage SongVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works2/8/2025Fiction - Young Adult
12This Dark DuetVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works2/9/2025Fiction - Young Adult
13Children of TimeAdrian TchaikovskyLibraryTBR List2/15/2025Fiction - Science Fiction
14The Near WitchV.E. SchwabLibraryComplete Works2/15/2015Fiction - Fantasy
15City of GhostsVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works2/21/2025Fiction - Young Adult

16Tunnel of BonesVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works2/27/2025Fiction - Young Adult
17Bridge of SoulsVictoria SchwabLibraryComplete Works3/2/2025Fiction - Young Adult
18Wind and TruthBrandon SandersonLibrarySequel3/10/2025Fiction - Fantasy
19Tears of the WolfElisabeth WheatleyOwnTBR List3/11/2025Fiction - Fantasy
20Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer CultureShannon HayesILLTBR List3/15/2025Nonfiction - Philosophy

Sequels: 5
TBR: 4
Complete Works:
 - V.E. Schwab: 9

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #125 on: March 16, 2025, 04:33:26 AM »
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1. Metro 2033, by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
2. Metro 2034, by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
3. Drømmer av bronse (Dreams of bronze), by Camilla Läckberg.
4. Det Kinesiske Rommet (The Chinese Room), by Jan Grue.
5. Uromomenter (Moments of Unrest), by Jan Grue.
6. Mannen som døde (The Man who Died), by Antti Tuomainen
7. Mørkt som mitt hjerte (Dark as my Heart), by Antii Tuomainen
8. Helbrederen (The Healer), by Antii Tuomainen
9. Skred (Landslide), by Sara Strömberg
10. Skinn (Skin), by Sara Strömberg.
11. Kaninfaktoren (The Rabbit Factor), by Antii Tuomainen
12. Elgparadokset (The Moose Paradox), by Antii Tuomainen

13. Isfjell (Iceberg), by Niklas Turner Olovzon

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #126 on: March 17, 2025, 12:22:43 AM »
Next 20, favourites marked:

61. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss
62. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
63. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
64. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
65. How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain by Peter Goodman
66. The Secret World of Slugs and Snails: Life in the Very Slow Lane by David Gordon
67. My UnTrue Love by Cassandra Gannon

68. Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
Absolutely loved this dark vampire fantasy, instant all-time favourite. Immediately starting book 2.


69. Breath of the Dragon by Shannon Lee
70. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
71. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
72. Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley
73. Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card
74. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
75. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
76. Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid
77. The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter
78. Miss Amelia's List by Mercedes Lackey
79. Jurassic Florida by Hunter Shea
80. Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #127 on: March 17, 2025, 06:30:43 AM »
1. De blauwe boekanier by Tonke Dragt
2. Mijn leven's liederen by Remco Campert
3. Het onbegonnen feest by Els Pelgrom
4. Verlies by Nicci French
5. Onmacht by Charles den Tex
6. Blauwe maandagen by Arnon Grunberg (DNF, absolute drivel)
7. Animal Farm by George Orwell
8. De zee een lied by J. Slauerhoff
9. Het zingend hart by Gerard Reve
10. Oeroeg by Hella Haasse
11. Zie me staan by Trea van der Vliet
12. The mad ship by Robin Hobb (finally got round to continuing this series!! I absolutely adore it)
13. Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb (god I love this series!!)
14. Siegfried by Harry Mulisch (DNF - really liked the concept but once a writer starts writing about how great and smart writers are... and then drag in every other writer, composer or philosopher to make long-winded analogies... I'm out)
15. Het verlangen by Hugo Claus (DNF - got real gross real fast. Did my best to read at least 20 pages but damn, I should've tossed it after 5)
16. Voor wie ik liefheb, wil ik heten by N.M. Min
17. Het bloemenmeisje by Anya Niewierra [DNF, dragged myself to page 189 and decided it wasn't worth the next 200)

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Re: 50 Books in 2025
« Reply #128 on: March 17, 2025, 05:22:39 PM »
7. The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy by Stephanie Kelton

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!