2025 Book of the Year update
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2025 Book of the Year update
pickI am so far behind in posting for November!! Marking these 3 off of my TBR list. The Other Daughter was a slow build. I almost gave up on it. The Things we Cannot Say touched my soul in so many ways. The Thursday Murder Club was just plain fun. I watched the movie after I finished the book and was completely delighted!!
pickTwisted family secrets emerge in an estate in North Carolina. After years of estrangement, Cameron and his wife Jules venture back to his childhood mansion. There, dark family dynamics, feuds, and confession letters reveal secrets that Ruby had taken to the grave.
Super mysterious and I didn‘t figure out most of the plot. I love a book that surprises me!
The narrators for this novel were EXCELLENT and some of my favorites. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickThe drama and secrets in this family saga did not disappoint. The romance elements gave me the ick in some ways (the amount of growling and rumbling, for instance), but I still found it entertaining. I enjoyed the voice with the bracketed thoughts, and the ending was very satisfying.
so-soDidn‘t love this story about a Succession type family where dad dies and the family members have to jump through some hoops to inherit his money. I didn‘t feel like I knew this cast of characters any better at the end than I did at the beginning. Some secrets, but nothing earth shattering. Cardboard characters and no big surprises make this book skippable.
pickWasn‘t sure about this one, but my Libby hold came in quickly somehow… and I ended up binging this audio this weekend! There were some parts that were a bit repetitive, but I ended up enjoying (hence the binging) redemptive family story and the romance… kinda twisted really.
pickReally shocked at how much I enjoyed this. It was a recommendation from the NYT and it‘s a light, last book of summer vibe. I love the show Succession and this reminded me alot of that, but much less dark. Alice is the family outsider so when her billionaire father dies she must face them and the drama. But! She meets a stranger and sparks fly! Totally not my typical read but it was read by Julia Whalen and I was hooked!
