Books Read in December

 

Closing out the year reading on a beach in Mexico which has helped me sail through and read 80 books for 2025.

1. The Giver by Lois Lowry (YA/Sci-Fi/Book Club/Library)
2. Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (Audiobook/Fiction/Library)
3. More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (Audiobook/Fiction/Library)
4. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (Fiction/Shelves/Book Club)
5. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (Romance/Shelves)
6. Nora Goes Off Script by Anabel Monaghan (Romance/Shelves)
7. The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware (Mystery/Library)

Looking forward to a great reading 2026!

Books Read in November

 

Books read this month:

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (Fiction, Library)

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (Fiction, Library)

Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson (Memoir, Library, Book Club)

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig (Fiction, Library)

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (Thriller, Library, Book Club)

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangdu Mandanna

It's been a busy December at work, but hoping that the end of the year will bring a few days of solid reading time to close the year our strong!

Happy Reading!

Books Read in October

 

The fall season is upon us - we've had a couple lovely rainy reading days - and another one on the way tomorrow!  I'm starting to set aside my to-read piles for Thanksgiving Break and the winter holidays...and all the books I'm sure I will get through in 2026 - never taking into account that so many new books come my way each year to keep adding.  But, here's what I made it through last month:

1. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Fiction; Shelves)
2. Trauma Stewardship by LauraVan Dernoot Lipsky (Nonfiction; Bookshelves)
3. We all Live Here by JoJo Moyes (Fiction; Library)
4. Animal Farm by George Orwell (Fiction; Shelves)
5. Project Hair Mary by Andy Weir (Sci-Fi; Book Club)
6. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (Fiction; Bookshelves)

Books Read in September

 

1. Sandwich by Catherine Newman (Fiction/Library)
2. Friends Like These by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez (YA Fiction/Borrowed)
3. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (Fiction/Book Club/Shelves)
4. The Golden Gate by Amy Chua (Mystery/Book Club/Library)
5. The Tenant by Freida McFadden (Mystery/Library)

Books Read in August

 

1. Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt (YA Fiction/Borrowed)
2. North Woods by Daniel Mason (Fiction/Shelves/Book Club)
3. Fire Exit by Morgan Talty (Fiction/Library/Book Club)
4. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green (Nonfiction/Book Club/Shelves)
5. The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (Fiction/Shelves/Book Club)
6. State of the Union: A Marriage in Ten Party by Nick Hornby (Fiction/Library)

Books Read in July

 

1. The Girls from Corona Del Mar by Rufi Thorpe (Fiction/Shelves)
2. We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida (Fiction/Shelves)
3. Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams (Romance/Shelves)
4. Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang (Mystery/Library)
5. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (Fiction/Library)
6. Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Tales by Terry Pratchett (Children's Short Story/Borrowed)
7. Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson (Fiction/Library)

Books Read in June

 

1. Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Claire Pooley (Fiction/Shelves)
2. The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (Fiction/Library/Book Club)
3. Havoc by Chirstopher Bollen (Thriller/Library)
4. The Marvelous Land of Snergs by Veronica Cossantelli (Children's Fiction/Borrowed)
5. Upgrade by Blake Crouch (Sci-Fi/Shelves)
6. The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal (Fiction/Library)
7. Braiding Sweeetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Non-Fiction/Library/Book Club)
8. The Off-Limits Rule by Sarah Adams (Romance/Shelves)
9. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Sci-Fi/Shelves)
10. The Crossing by Michael Connelly (Mystery/Library)