and i’m actually so upset. i thought i knew what this book was about and how it ended but no :( it was way sadder than i thought
liked the writing style but soo slow paced and idek if it was worth it, i’m in mourning
I also read Normal People twice 😩🫠
Some absolute bangers, good month overall. I read a lot of picture books to my grandkid, but only included Brown Bear because of a reading prompt. Little House on the Prairie hits different as an adult. And after finding out Pa built his homestead illegally on Osage land - argh!
Mad Sisters of Esi is currently my favorite book of the year - 7/5 stars.
Salt Slow and Nowhere Burning were my other two favs this month. Julia Armfield and Catriona Ward are some of the most reliable storytellers working today.
Isle of the Lost really threw off the curve because I'm reading the trilogy for a student, and it was terrible. Removing that one, I'd have to say No Friend to This House was the only book I read for me that I did not like. I really need to stop with these myth retellings, none of them ring like Circe did.
Hit 29/52 with the Night Watchman yesterday, now starting The Devils by Joe Abercrombie after seeing it on everyone’s best of 2025 lists.
S Teir:
- Frankenstein: Mary Shelley
- Confessions of a Mask: Yukio Mishima
- The Left Hand of Darkness: Urusula K. le Guin
A Teir:
- Rejection: Tony Tullatimutte
- The Metamorphoses: Franz Kafka
- Debt, The first 5000 years: David Graebber
- Paradise Logic: Sophie Kemp
- Annihilation: Jeff Vandermeer
B Teir:
- Tampa: Alissa Nutting
- The Stranger: Albert Camus
- Who's Afraid of Gender: Judith Butler
- Milk Fed: Melissa Broder
C Teir:
- The Prince: Niccolo Machievelli
D Teir:
- Fight Club: Chuck Palahniuk
- Sputnik Sweetheart: Haruki Murakami
- Norweigan Wood: Haruki Murakami
My grad school goal of 15 is still on.
Just finished this great book by McFaul. This is probably the most in depth book on policy towards Russo-American and Sino-Americans. Its extremely detailed and well argued. It also provides a ton of insider knowledge on the negotiation process.
I'll say the structure is great for wonks and amateurs alike.
5/5 🌟
A must read for Geopolitics.
Frankenstein. Im about to finish it.
I hate it. This dumb man doomed himself and everyone around him because hes so full of himself and can't handle what he's done. Dumb dumb dumb.
Finally read this classic American, I found it quite cozy and easy to read, despite some of the themes, thoroughly enjoyable. 4/5
I am really enjoying finally getting around to the Murderbot series, this was a fun month
Really loved You Weren't Meant to Be Human and A Secret History!
The Thief of Always was delightful and I think I would have adored it if I read it as a kid.
I really didn't care for Shadow and Bone and won't be continuing the series.
I like Dragonfired, the last book in the Dark Profit trilogy, but I still think Orconomics was the best one.
Hi! This community has popped up a lot on my feed and I really wanna participate but I have a couple of issues. The first one is that I mostly read comic books, and I’m not sure if those count. The second is that as much as I love reading I’m also diagnosed with schizophrenia and lately my symptoms have made it really hard to focus on full length books (hence the comics).
Is it too late in the year to start? How would you count comic books and graphic novels?
Editing to add that y’all are the nicest people on the internet.
Wow. What an adventure. There is a lot going on here I will have to unpack, my thoughts on this are very fresh. Melville has an unbelievable command of the English language, of that there is no doubt. That said, for a novel where so much of the setting is at sea, you’d be surprised how dry it can be for long stretches! Was it worth it in the end ? Yes. Would I recommend this to other people ? Maybe. Is it a masterpiece? Yes. Would I read it again? Surprisingly, yes. maybe the audiobook version.
12/52 just done with this one would like to read more of stephen king any recommendations??
