Author Topic: 50 Books in 2025 (Read 15264 times)

Linea_Norway · « **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.

Serendip · « **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

Zikoris · « **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.

nessness · « **Reply #103 on:** February 24, 2025, 10:36:35 PM »

9. The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell

10. Playground by Richard Powers

Raenia · « **Reply #104 on:** February 25, 2025, 06:25:03 AM »

Quote from: Raenia on February 08, 2025, 11:22:34 AM

1 Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes Bernadette Banner Own Educational 1/1/2025 Nonfiction - Home and Garden
2 Blade of Dreams Daniel Abraham Library Sequel 1/3/2025 Fiction - Fantasy
3 Red Rising Pierce Brown Library TBR List 1/9/2025 Fiction - Science Fiction
4 Rhythm of War Brandon Sanderson Own Reread 1/9/2025 Fiction - Fantasy
5 House of Flame and Shadow Sarah J Maas Library Sequel 1/16/2025 Fiction - Fantasy
6 The Archived Victoria Schwab Library Complete Works 1/18/2025 Fiction - Young Adult
7 The Unbound Victoria Schwab Library Complete Works 1/24/2025 Fiction - Young Adult
8 The Bonehunters Steven Erikson Library Sequel 1/31/2025 Fiction - Fantasy
9 The Fragile Threads of Power V.E. Schwab Library Complete Works 2/3/2025 Fiction - Fantasy
10 The Voyage of the Forgotten Nick Martell ILL Sequel 2/7/2025 Fiction - Fantasy

11	This Savage Song	Victoria Schwab	Library	Complete Works	2/8/2025	Fiction - Young Adult
12	This Dark Duet	Victoria Schwab	Library	Complete Works	2/9/2025	Fiction - Young Adult
13	Children of Time	Adrian Tchaikovsky	Library	TBR List	2/15/2025	Fiction - Science Fiction
14	The Near Witch	V.E. Schwab	Library	Complete Works	2/15/2015	Fiction - Fantasy
15	City of Ghosts	Victoria Schwab	Library	Complete Works	2/21/2025	Fiction - Young Adult

Sequels: 3
TBR: 2
Complete Works: 7
- V.E. Schwab (7)

Avolonte · « **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

PlanetDee · « **Reply #106 on:** February 27, 2025, 06:53:20 AM »

5. The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness by Wendy Syfret

gatortator · « **Reply #107 on:** February 28, 2025, 05:58:52 PM »

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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.

Serendip · « **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

grantmeaname · « **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 ★★★★☆

hudsoncat · « **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

YellowCat · « **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

redhead84 · « **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

Wanttobehome · « **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

Linea_Norway · « **Reply #114 on:** March 06, 2025, 04:33:38 AM »

Quote from: Linea_Norway on February 23, 2025, 02:02:34 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.

PlanetDee · « **Reply #115 on:** March 08, 2025, 07:26:27 AM »

6. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

Sailor Sam · « **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.

YellowCat · « **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

Linea_Norway · « **Reply #118 on:** March 10, 2025, 03:16:10 PM »

Quote from: Linea_Norway 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

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

Splashncash · « **Reply #119 on:** March 10, 2025, 08:09:57 PM »

Quote from: Splashncash on February 10, 2025, 05:03:02 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

Wintergreen78 · « **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.

Serendip · « **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)

nessness · « **Reply #122 on:** March 12, 2025, 04:13:00 PM »

11. An Island by Karen Jennings

12. The Heartbeat of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

Sailor Sam · « **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.

Raenia · « **Reply #124 on:** March 15, 2025, 11:52:47 AM »

Quote from: Raenia on February 25, 2025, 06:25:03 AM

1 Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes Bernadette Banner Own Educational 1/1/2025 Nonfiction - Home and Garden
2 Blade of Dreams Daniel Abraham Library Sequel 1/3/2025 Fiction - Fantasy
3 Red Rising Pierce Brown Library TBR List 1/9/2025 Fiction - Science Fiction
4 Rhythm of War Brandon Sanderson Own Reread 1/9/2025 Fiction - Fantasy
5 House of Flame and Shadow Sarah J Maas Library Sequel 1/16/2025 Fiction - Fantasy
6 The Archived Victoria Schwab Library Complete Works 1/18/2025 Fiction - Young Adult
7 The Unbound Victoria Schwab Library Complete Works 1/24/2025 Fiction - Young Adult
8 The Bonehunters Steven Erikson Library Sequel 1/31/2025 Fiction - Fantasy
9 The Fragile Threads of Power V.E. Schwab Library Complete Works 2/3/2025 Fiction - Fantasy
10 The Voyage of the Forgotten Nick Martell ILL Sequel 2/7/2025 Fiction - Fantasy
11 This Savage Song Victoria Schwab Library Complete Works 2/8/2025 Fiction - Young Adult
12 This Dark Duet Victoria Schwab Library Complete Works 2/9/2025 Fiction - Young Adult
13 Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky Library TBR List 2/15/2025 Fiction - Science Fiction
14 The Near Witch V.E. Schwab Library Complete Works 2/15/2015 Fiction - Fantasy
15 City of Ghosts Victoria Schwab Library Complete Works 2/21/2025 Fiction - Young Adult

16	Tunnel of Bones	Victoria Schwab	Library	Complete Works	2/27/2025	Fiction - Young Adult
17	Bridge of Souls	Victoria Schwab	Library	Complete Works	3/2/2025	Fiction - Young Adult
18	Wind and Truth	Brandon Sanderson	Library	Sequel	3/10/2025	Fiction - Fantasy
19	Tears of the Wolf	Elisabeth Wheatley	Own	TBR List	3/11/2025	Fiction - Fantasy
20	Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture	Shannon Hayes	ILL	TBR List	3/15/2025	Nonfiction - Philosophy

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

Linea_Norway · « **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

Zikoris · « **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

Nederstash · « **Reply #127 on:** March 17, 2025, 06:30:43 AM »

Quote from: Nederstash on January 25, 2025, 11:49:42 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)

PlanetDee · « **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

nessness · « **Reply #129 on:** March 22, 2025, 05:09:45 PM »

13. The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

14. The Quarter-Acre Farm by Spring Warren

15. One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole

YellowCat · « **Reply #130 on:** March 23, 2025, 04:42:47 AM »

Quote from: YellowCat 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
26. The Magpie Lord, KJ Charles
27. Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries, Heather Fawcett

Linea_Norway · « **Reply #131 on:** March 23, 2025, 09:28:34 AM »

Quote from: Linea_Norway on March 16, 2025, 04:33:26 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
12. Elgparadokset (The Moose Paradox), by Antii Tuomainen
13. Isfjell (Iceberg), by Niklas Turner Olovzon

14. Skygger (Shadows), by Sara Strömberg.

Magenta_screwdriver · « **Reply #132 on:** March 25, 2025, 07:13:19 PM »

Quote from: Magenta_screwdriver on February 12, 2025, 07:15:48 PM

Quote from: Magenta_screwdriver on February 02, 2025, 06:13:24 PM
I read 4 books so far! Yay!

1.Pathfinders by JL Collins
2.I will teach you to be rich by Ramit Sethi (reread, I read it 7 years ago)
3.Le Syndrome E, by Franck Thilliez
4. The Midnight Feast, by Lucy Foley
5. Gataca, by Franck Thilliez
6. La forêt des ombres, by Franck Thilliez

Both were really good.

7. Atomka, by Frank Thilliez
8. La cadence parfaite, by Jessyca David
9. Les détournements, by Marie Demers
10. Norferville, by Frank Thilliez

I’m behind on my goal of 52 books. I sometimes think that because I work full time and study part time, I don’t have time to read, but I know someone who as 3 children, works full time and read approx 100 books per year.

Sailor Sam · « **Reply #133 on:** March 25, 2025, 08:18:16 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
8. Shine On - Cecile Sass
9. How High We Go In the Dark (DNF) - Sequoia Nagamatsu

YellowCat · « **Reply #134 on:** March 26, 2025, 12:27:24 PM »

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
23. The Widow of Rose House, Diana Biller
24. You, Again, Kate Goldbeck
25. Meeting Millie, Clare Ashton
26. The Magpie Lord, KJ Charles
27. Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries, Heather Fawcett
28. The Work of Art, Mimi Matthews
29. A Case of Possession, KJ Charles

Splashncash · « **Reply #135 on:** March 26, 2025, 05:01:01 PM »

Quote from: Splashncash 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

22. A Letter of Mary. Laurie R. King
23. Back to the Garden. Laurie R. King
24. The Door-to-Door Bookstore. Carsten Henn
25. A Grave Talent. Laurie R. King
26. To Play the Fool. Laurie R. King
27. With Child. Laurie R. King

DNF
- The Case of the Missing Maid. Rob Osler

Thanks to @YellowCat for the Laurie R. King recommendation. As you can see, I’m a little obsessed.

PlanetDee · « **Reply #136 on:** March 27, 2025, 06:38:57 AM »

8. Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

erp · « **Reply #137 on:** March 27, 2025, 09:03:31 AM »

Moving slower this year, but have listened to a lot of podcasts in lieu of audiobooks. Also read so many technical manuals (but those don't make it on the list). I guess I'm on track for 40 books at this rate, so I might need to increase the rate (or read some short books)!

1. Unaccountability Machine - Dan Davies
2. Piranesi - Susana Clarke
3. Tales from Out There: The Barkley Marathons, The World’s Toughest Trail Race - Frozen Ed Furtaw
4. The Fuller Memorandum - Charles Stross
5. REDACTED
6. The Apocalypse Codex - Charles Stross
7. The Rhesus Chart - Charles Stross
8. The city and it's uncertain walls - Haruki Murakami (audiobook)
9. Where Wolves Don't Die - Anton Treuer (audiobook)
10. It's not the end of the world - Hannah Ritchie

Serendip · « **Reply #138 on:** March 27, 2025, 08:22:43 PM »

20) The Harder I Fight The More I Love You: A Memoir by Neko Case
21) The Change by Kristen Miller
22) What Comes Before Mindfulness?: Effective Effort: How to Garden Your Inner Life by Ajahn Sona

PopSugar Challenge
20) A Highly Anticipated Read of 2025
21) A book that features a character going through menopause

Morning Glory · « **Reply #139 on:** March 28, 2025, 09:24:13 AM »

Quote from: Morning Glory on February 13, 2025, 10:45:31 AM

1. Something Rotten (Thursday Next #3) -Jasper FForde -" magical creatures that aren't dragons"
2. Ghostwritten -David Mitchell- (audio book) " interconnected short stories"
3. Anathem-Neal Stephenson- "nontraditional education"
4. The Devil and the Dark Water-Stuart Turton "set in or around a body of water"
5. The Chaos Machine: The inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world-Max Fisher (audio book) nonfiction
6. The Blue Hour-Paula Hawkins 'two books with same title #1"
7. The Blue Hour-Laura Pritchett "two books with same title #2"
8. The Mistletoe Mystery- Nita Prose (novella) "book under 250 pages"
9. The Mirror and the Light-Hilary Mantel (Thomas Cromwell #3) "politician", "chronic pain" or "married couple who don't live together".
10. Silver in the Wood-Emily Tesh (novella) "silver on the cover or in the title"
11. The Six: the untold story of America's first women astronauts-Loren Gush (audio book) nonfiction "a book about an overlooked woman in history"
12. Girl, Woman, Other-Bernadine Evaristo another series of interconnected short stories, "a book where an adult character changes careers"
13. Green Frog-Gina Chung (short story collection) "POC experiencing joy not trauma"

14.The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes-Suzanne Collins "snake on the cover or in the title"
15. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo-Taylor Jenkins Reid "book about a road trip"-there's a road trip in there anyway
16. A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through? by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith (audio book) nonfiction "a book about space tourism"
17. Normal Women: 900 years of making history-Philippa Gregory (audio book) nonfiction
18. Beowulf, a new translation-Maria Headley "a book by the oldest author on your TBR pile" -read aloud with my son
19. The Thursday Murder Club-Richard Osman "a book with a nonverbal character"
20. The Lost City of the Monkey God-Douglas Preston (audio book) nonfiction. "a book that takes place at a luxury resort"-part of it does anyway
21. Orbital - Samantha Harvey "a book that could be considered healing fiction" this is more of a philosophy book with fictional characters there for convenience. no real conflict happens but the writing is very good. I actually had to put it down a couple of times because I was getting vertigo.
22. Normal People-Sally Rooney "a book about soccer" it's actually about relationships but there's a soccer scene so it counts. I did not like the beginning but it got better.
23. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo "a book you've always avoided reading" additionally my son challenged me to read something over 1000 pages. There were some parts that were more engaging and some that required a bit of patience. I put it down a few times and read several of the short books I've listed while I was also reading this.
24. Ghostwalk-Rebecca Stott "a book with less than 3 stars on Goodreads" it actually has 3.08 but close enough. this had potential but could have used better editing.

YellowCat · « **Reply #140 on:** March 31, 2025, 01:14:24 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
23. The Widow of Rose House, Diana Biller
24. You, Again, Kate Goldbeck
25. Meeting Millie, Clare Ashton
26. The Magpie Lord, KJ Charles
27. Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries, Heather Fawcett
28. The Work of Art, Mimi Matthews
29. A Case of Possession, KJ Charles
30. Half a Soul, Olivia Atwater
31. A Place of Hiding, Elizabeth George
32. The Ballad of Smallhope & Pennyroyal, Jodi Taylor
33. Duke of Pleasure, Elizabeth Hoyt
34. Doing Time, Jodi Taylor

Sailor Sam · « **Reply #141 on:** March 31, 2025, 05:17:25 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
7. Riddley Walker - Russel Hoban
8. Shine On - Cecile Sass
9. How High We Go In the Dark (DNF) - Sequoia Nagamatsu
10. Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolover

I have an unfortunate quirk of finding a lot of hyped bestsellers to be total crap, but Demon won me over. The middle dragged just a bit, but I was in for the ride by the end.

gatortator · « **Reply #142 on:** March 31, 2025, 04:02:43 PM »

Quote from: gatortator on February 28, 2025, 05:58:52 PM

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

17. They Thought They Were Free, The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer
18. A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
19. Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
20. Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
21. The Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams
22. The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
23. The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media by Brooke Gladstone, Josh Neufeld
24. All Fours by Miranda July

hudsoncat · « **Reply #143 on:** April 01, 2025, 06:36:20 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
19) The Bang-Bang Sisters by Rio Youers
20) The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson
21) The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
22) Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames
23) Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
24) Funny Story by Emily Henry
25) Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
26) Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett

Read a lot of lighter stuff recently and/or at least shorter than the big fantasy novels I'd been on for most of last year. It's kind of nice to just have short, (hopefully) tight story to fall in/out of without a lot of mental effort right now. Still thinking a lot about Service Model though.

redhead84 · « **Reply #144 on:** April 01, 2025, 09:51:24 AM »

9) Table for Two by Amor Towles
10) James by Percival Everett
11) There is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari
12) How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

Linea_Norway · « **Reply #145 on:** April 02, 2025, 10:46:17 AM »

Quote from: Linea_Norway on March 23, 2025, 09:28:34 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
12. Elgparadokset (The Moose Paradox), by Antii Tuomainen
13. Isfjell (Iceberg), by Niklas Turner Olovzon
14. Skygger (Shadows), by Sara Strömberg.

15. Vårofferet (The Spingtime Victim), by Lars Mytting

nessness · « **Reply #146 on:** April 02, 2025, 05:08:08 PM »

16. Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie. I picked this one up at the library without knowing anything about it, but it was one of my favorite reads of the past year. It's told from the perspective of various members of two British Pakistani families whose lives intersect after one family member joins a terrorist organization.

nessness · « **Reply #147 on:** April 05, 2025, 09:33:48 AM »

17. Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha

18. I Found You by Lisa Jewell

19. The Third Rule of Time Travel by Philip Fracassi

The upside of being sick is that I've had lots of time to read!

Nederstash · « **Reply #148 on:** April 07, 2025, 01:16:56 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)
18. De elementen by Harry Mulisch - surprisingly fun
19. Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend - very biblical but filled with good lessons in setting boundaries. Surprisingly good read for an atheist like me.
20. De ecologische leider by Peter Robinson - DNF, very outdated

Sailor Sam · « **Reply #149 on:** April 08, 2025, 03:12:09 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
8. Shine On - Cecile Sass
9. How High We Go In the Dark (DNF) - Sequoia Nagamatsu
10. Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolover
11. The Last Wish - Andrzej Sapowski

The first Witcher book. I enjoyed it, but there's nothing deep about it.

1	Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes	Bernadette Banner	Own	Educational	1/1/2025	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
2	Blade of Dreams	Daniel Abraham	Library	Sequel	1/3/2025	Fiction - Fantasy
3	Red Rising	Pierce Brown	Library	TBR List	1/9/2025	Fiction - Science Fiction
4	Rhythm of War	Brandon Sanderson	Own	Reread	1/9/2025	Fiction - Fantasy
5	House of Flame and Shadow	Sarah J Maas	Library	Sequel	1/16/2025	Fiction - Fantasy
6	The Archived	Victoria Schwab	Library	Complete Works	1/18/2025	Fiction - Young Adult
7	The Unbound	Victoria Schwab	Library	Complete Works	1/24/2025	Fiction - Young Adult
8	The Bonehunters	Steven Erikson	Library	Sequel	1/31/2025	Fiction - Fantasy
9	The Fragile Threads of Power	V.E. Schwab	Library	Complete Works	2/3/2025	Fiction - Fantasy
10	The Voyage of the Forgotten	Nick Martell	ILL	Sequel	2/7/2025	Fiction - Fantasy

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