These are some of my 5⭐️ reads for 2025 (Jan-Dec).
A couple of fun facts: two are from the same series (Mar & Dec) and two are from the same author writing for two different series (Apr & Oct).
I also had no less than 9 (!!) 5⭐️ books in Feb…a stellar month (and I‘m sure that‘s a personal record for me).
Thanks @TheEllieMo ! It‘s always fun looking back at great books. 🤎
#12BooksOf2025
My top 25 of 2025, in no particular order. I don‘t think I could pick an absolute favourite, but if forced to pick a top 5 I‘d go with:
The Axeman‘s Carnival
The Story of a Heart
Heart the Lover
For The Sun After Long Nights
The Artist
But, ask me again in 5 minutes and I‘ll change my mind about that! 😜
New Waterstones opened in York today - totally forgot until very late on but obviously had to have a last minute look around. Double stamps for their opening weekend too 😁
Coincidentally on 4 September we went on a 'behind the scenes' library tour
#libraryfun
@eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
From April 4th edition of Shelf Awareness. 😡
GPS missed it by “that much” on Monday, but I did find the used bookstore Turn the Page on my way out of Williamsburg yesterday. (It‘s not in the Litsy database.
I managed to restrain myself and only bought the tagged book.
It was also charming to listen to big band music while browsing, and even the bag is cute.
With all due respect to the books I will finish before Wednesday, I went ahead and put together my #Top24of24 list. My favorite fiction of the year is The Book Censor‘s Library and my favorite NF is Challenger. There‘s also some really good stuff in the next tier and if I‘d waited an hour, maybe this list would be different.
Personally, I find the NYT to be rather snobby about books. Anyhoo, I've read 9. Out of the 9 I bailed on 3, loved 3, and found the others ok.
There are 4 I want to read. The rest I either never heard of or purposely ignored.
BUT! I was shocked and pleasantly surprised to see Random Family on the list. I loved this book, it's such an unknown gem. I've never seen this book mentioned anywhere nor heard anyone talk about it. I highly recommend it!
#CoverLove #Black
Anyone else have shelves of Penguin classics?
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
This was on my tbr pile of books I bought at an op (thrift) shop because it looked interesting… not sure how long I‘ve had this one - but it absolutely sent me down an internet rabbit hole to discover what I could about Ruth M. Hawker - which I‘ve since added to her GR page. Put my GR librarian powers to good use.
I‘ve never seen this kind of notice before! Truely a glimpse into a different time.
