My Bookish Goals for 2025
✔100 books - I read 199
✔50K pages - I read 64,229
💀25% NF - I hit 24% which is a bit shy but I am still happy with it!
✔50% not US - I did 53% and read from 64 different countries!
✔12 Chunksters - 15
It is always so fun to look back at what we accomplished even if we just missed out goals, at least we tried!
pickGrateful that this was on @monalyisha ‘s 2025 #AuldLangSpine list because I may never have gotten to it otherwise. An outstanding memoir by the Pulitzer-winning playwright (she wrote In the Heights and more) that‘s brilliant on audio (as I‘m so glad you noted, Alyisha!). I just loved how she wrote about her Puerto Rican family and culture, growing up in Philadelphia, her time at Yale and Brown, religion, language, music, writing, and so much more.
“It was dusk for kilometers and bats in the
lavender sky, like spiders when a fly is caught, began to appear.”
#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl
Omg @Captivatedbybooks I LOVE my goodies!! I‘m excited about your suggestion. YA horror set in Puerto Rico with mysterious murders sounds fantastic! The Red Knot from my TBR seems great for the coming season. Isolated Alaskan island, cults, and murder! My favorite candies Sour Patch Kids and Almond Joy plus Popsicle sour candy which I‘ve never seen before! I LOVE the book sleeve, the spider and stickers are so CUTE!! #AHRS2025 #AllHallowsReadSwap
pickI enjoyed this biography in verse about the Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario. Once again something I would have never read if not for #FoodAndLit
I need a break from Kindle and audiobooks so I pulled out a stack of library books for this weekend‘s Readathon. I‘m hoping for some cozy quiet time free from screens. #TurnThePage
pickThis picture book published in 2018 blends vibrant colors, swirling lines, and layered textures to create a dreamlike journey of immigration, resilience, and hope. Her rich symbolic imagery complement the text, celebrating the beauty and courage to begin again.
I think this is a great book that encourages young readers to be excited about books in an imaginative way.
