What are you reading in 2025?

[iris lilies]

Uh Oh! I suspect PacMan won't get much sleep tonight after that challenge.

I will throw him a bone: the murdered wife’s name is Ellie Torgeson Harris

[Tradd]

Just started Saving a Continent: The Untold Story of the Marshall Plan.

[catherine]

I'm reading The Ecology of Wisdom--writings by Arne Naess, the founder of the Deep Ecology movement.

A lot of simple living messages in there, that's for sure! It's great.

[rosarugosa]

Here's my full June reading list:

• Midnight Blue by Simone Van Der Vlugt - really good historical fiction set in the Netherlands in the 1600s, including elements of pottery and the plague.
• My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite - I got this from a Little Free Library in front of our inn in Hatfield last year. The title amused me, and I had taken a picture for my sister, but I ended up deciding to take the book home with me. It was OK, better than it sounded, but mostly from the local color of the setting in Nigeria.
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson - this was YA fiction, and it felt like it. I probably would have enjoyed it more in my teens, but it ws decent. It's about a young girl who is sexually assaulted by a popular classmate and her struggle to come to terms with the event.
• Horse by Geraldine Brooks - this was a superb piece of historical fiction about the legendary racehorse Lexington. I loved every page!
• A Rip in Heaven by Jeanine Cummins - discussed previously.

[rosarugosa]

So far this year, I have read 33 books and added 40 to my list, lol.

[catherine]

So far this year, I have read 33 books and added 40 to my list, lol.

Wow! So at your current rate, you should be able to finish your list of 40 by year-end! Good work!

I just saw a graphic on FB yesterday that indicated that the US read the most books vs other countries. I found that surprising. (Average 10/year)/

[happystuff]

I need to pump up my reading. Still trying to get through Les Miserables.

[catherine]

I need to pump up my reading. Still trying to get through Les Miserables.

Whoa! I think that's good for at least 4 books. But what a great way to spend your time! One of my all time favorite stories.

[rosarugosa]

Catherine, I don't think I expressed myself correctly. I had added 56 books to my list in 2024, and I read 51 books in 2024. So far this year, I've added 40 and read 33. I pretty much add more books to the list every year than I read in that year, so I just get further and further behind. It's not a real problem though. While I'm just about guaranteed to die with a big list of books I never got around to reading, it also means that I will always have many books to eagerly anticipate during my lifetime.

[nswef]

I've been keeping a list of books I've read for a long time. Just finished The Lost Man by Jane Harper. I had read The Dry by her a long time ago and my sister reminded me about the author. I'm off to read The Survisors by Jane Harper. She writes mystery, murders taking place in the dry of Australia. Descriptions and feelings are very well done for me.