Flashback to my mid-year review of the #325ReadingChallenge
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A fun book cover guessing game for the book lovers out here
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The mid-year update on my #325ReadingChallenge includes the list of over 50 books I plan to read this year (half fiction, half nonfiction) and reviews for those I’ve read so far.
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Yellow book cover for Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir by Shoji Morimoto. Illustration in a pink circle of a man wearing a blue hat and hoodie sitting next to an outline of a human figure. The book is on green grass and a shadow is cast over both. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
#BookReview
RENTAL PERSON WHO DOES NOTHING
by Shoji Morimoto
"As a career choice, it’s certainly something outside the usual..."
Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/8wvsvwxd
#325ReadingChallenge
#BookRecommendations
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What do bones, houses, vampires, race, and generational trauma all have in common?
Find out in my #325ReadingChallenge mid-year wrap-up!
Includes:
> fiction & non-fiction book reviews
> updated 2025 TBR
> top 5 reads (so far)
#ReadingRecommendation
#ReadingChallenge
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What is Mary reading?
Find out!
Also, bonus book reviews for the books Mary read in June with a few #ReadingRecommendations
All on the blog
#325ReadingChallenge
#Reviews
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Slight spoilers for my upcoming blog, but it's #FridayReads and you deserve this 😊
HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN
by Gabino Iglesias
made my top #325ReadingChallenge reads for the first half of 2025.
Here's my review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ac54...
Treat yourself!
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Black book cover for The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. Illustration of two peaches with leaves, one has parallel puncture marks that are oozing red. The book is on a wooden chopping board that has something red spilled on it. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
#BookReview
THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES
by Grady Hendrix
"An addictive suburban horror...Sharpen your white picket fences into stakes, folks!" 🍑🧛
Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/3jx3cw33
#325ReadingChallenge
#BookRecommendations
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Book cover. Penguin edition of The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. “Remains fresh and disturbing in an entirely unexpected way” - Guardian. Illustration by Brian Cronin of a young humanoid Caucasian figure sitting in the branches of a tree that has budding green leaves. The figure is wearing a light green top with short sleeves and trousers. Their feet are bare, revealing six toes per foot.
Happy Monday, fellow readers! I’m reading
THE CHRYSALIDS
by John Wyndham
I swear the cover isn’t AI!
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Black book on white bedding. Her Body and Other Parties. Stories. Carmen Maria Machado. A red illustration of a neck that is stretched and exposed, showing the inner workings. A green ribbon floats around it. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
#BookReview
HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES
by Carmen Maria Machado
"Tales told with lyrical strangeness and soul."
Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/mf2u9y67
Part of the #325ReadingChallenge
#BookRecommendations
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2/5 books read in June
Which two from the June TBR do you think I've read?
See the list in the May Update
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What did Mary read in May?
What will Mary read in June?
What is #325ReadingChallenge?
Why should I care?
Find out:
www.marywyrd.com/blog/325-rea...
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Yellow book cover Angela Y. Davis An Autobiography. Black and white image of a young Angela Davis with an afro. She is sitting wearing a short-sleeved black dress. Her chin is lightly resting on the back of her hand, the elbow leaning on her bare knee. She is looking to one side asif waiting for something. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
#BookReview
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by Angela Y. Davis
"Only by reading this Autobiography can anyone seeking real change realise what price might be asked of us."
Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/3ubwkynh
#325ReadingChallenge
#BookRecommendations
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Book cover for Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde with an illustrated portrait of Audre Lorde wearing a yellow head covering and a patterned top with an orange sun behind her. The book cover is on a table with a cup of coffee and a few sticky notes to one side. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
#BookReview
SISTER OUTSIDER: ESSAYS AND SPEECHES
by Audre Lorde
"A necessary read..."
Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/3vpte8cm
Part of the #325ReadingChallenge
#ReadingRecommendation
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Book cover The Unworthy. A novel by Agustina Bazterrica. Author of Tender is the Flesh. Image of a Nun-like figure in a white habit, which is a red to white ombre. The book cover is on a stone floor with a splattering of red. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
#BookReview
THE UNWORTHY
by Agustina Bazterrica
"medieval monastery misery and future dystopian chaos"
Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/4b9wdd45
Part of the #325ReadingChallenge
#HorrorSky
#ReadingRecommendation
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This time with alt text...
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Book cover for The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez lies in the dry dirt/soil. Blood splatter on the cover has spread to the ground. The cover has the profile of a young black woman. #325ReadingChallenge hosted by www.marywyrd.com
#BookReview
THE GILDA STORIES
by Jewelle Gomez
"A vampire story that journeys hopefully from the dark past of slavery into an uncertain future...with subtle social commentary"
Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/muxnmw2r
#325ReadingChallenge
#BookRecommendations
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Book cover - A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher. USA Today Bestselling Author. Inside a house with a blood red carpet, the shadow of a vulture is against a far wall where the green wallpaper is full of leaves and tiny skulls. Background of pink roses - #325ReadingChallenge hosted by www.marywyrd.com
#BookReview
A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES
by T. Kingfisher
"A twisty, quick-paced Southern Gothic novel full of secrets"
Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/59a93nz4
#325ReadingChallenge
#BookRecommendations
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Book cover. Lone Women. A novel by Victor LaValle. A black woman stands in a barren land, holding a rifle but looking off into the distance. A broken branch rises from a hole in the ground. The book is on a worn wooden floor with the shadow of a woman standing over it. There is a torn piece of paper and bloodstains on the wood. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
#BookReview
LONE WOMEN
by Victor LaValle
"Come for the adventure and mystery, stay for the characters."
Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/4vr3dv2s
Part of the #325ReadingChallenge
#HorrorSky
#ReadingRecommendation
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#325ReadingChallenge created by www.marywyrd.com - May TBR - Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward (non-fiction). A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (fiction). Made In Manchester by Brian Groom (non-fiction). Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (fiction). Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (non-fiction).
What are you reading this weekend #BookSky?
I just finished We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
I’m part way through reading three books from my #325ReadingChallenge
And a few chapters into a fantasy ARC for Pull Quotes and enjoyment!
Share your May tbr!
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325 Reading Challenge. Read 25 fiction books. Read 25 non-fiction books. In 2025. Join the challenge on The StoryGraph (logo) and Bluesky (logo) #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
What is the #325ReadingChallenge?
It's a #ReadingChallenge where participants read
25 fiction books and
25 non-fiction books
in 2025
Read more of your TBR!
Read about the launch & how to take part at:
www.marywyrd.com/blog/325-rea...
Will you join the challenge?
#BookSky #AuthorSky #Library
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Book cover. House of Bone and Rain: A Novel. Gabino Iglesias. An orange house sits against a green sky on a purple beach. A storm batters the palm trees as the shadow of the house forms an upside-down black skull. The book is on broken, cracked concrete with splatters of blood. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
#BookReview
HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN
by Gabino Iglesias
"A bloody, brutal coming-of-age story with beautiful prose [and] a paranormal spirit."
Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/yvtd2mm2
Part of the #325ReadingChallenge
#HorrorSky
#ReadingRecommendation
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Book cover. Lone Women. A novel by Victor LaValle. A black woman stands in a barren land, holding a rifle but looking off into the distance. A broken branch rises from a hole in the ground. The book is on a worn wooden floor with the shadow of a woman standing over it. There is a torn piece of paper and bloodstains on the wood. #325ReadingChallenge Hosted by www.marywyrd.com
#BookReview
LONE WOMEN
by Victor LaValle
"Come for the adventure and mystery, stay for the characters."
Read the full review on The StoryGraph:
tinyurl.com/4vr3dv2s
Part of the #325ReadingChallenge
#HorrorSky
#ReadingRecommendation
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Book cover for The Fisherman by John Langan. A stormy black sky over a stormy beach with a boat and figures. In the distance, there are what look like large mountains. The book is on a brown wooden table with a coffee cup to the top right and white flowers to the bottom left.
#BookReview
THE FISHERMAN
by John Langan
"a masterclass in what's possible in the genre"
Read the full review on The StoryGraph: tinyurl.com/n92h7n9y
Part of the #325ReadingChallenge
#HorrorSky
#ReadingRecommendation
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One down…what are you reading #BookSky?
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#325ReadingChallenge created by www.marywyrd.com - May TBR - Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward (non-fiction). A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (fiction). Made In Manchester by Brian Groom (non-fiction). Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (fiction). Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (non-fiction).
What are you reading this weekend?
I'm seeing how far I can get with my May TBR
Men We Reaped - Jesmyn Ward
A House With Good Bones - T. Kingfisher
Made In Manchester - Brian Groom
Tales from the Cafe - Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
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#BookPairing - two book covers. Left (fiction) The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez. Profile of a young black woman. Right (non-fiction) Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde. Illustration of Audre Lorde.
A #BookPairing exploring the lives of two black lesbian women in North America who are busy being the change they wish to see in the world
THE GILDA STORIES
by Jewelle Gomez
SISTER OUTSIDER
by Audre Lorde
#ReadingRecommendations
#325ReadingChallenge
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Answering the big questions, like:
Which vampire novel did Mary wish she’d read sooner?
What is Mary reading in May?
What did Mary read in April?
Who is Mary and why should I care about her reading habbits?
Find out on the blog:
www.marywyrd.com/blog/325-rea...
#325ReadingChallenge
#BookSky
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Join in the fun #BookSky.
The #325ReadingChallenge is live on #StoryGraph 📚
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Graphic with five book covers. 25/25/25 Reading Challenge March TBR #325ReadingChallenge created by www.marywyrd.com. The books are: In Defence of Witches by Mona Chollet. The Anarchy by William Dalrymple. Femina by Janina Ramirez. Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. The Furies by Elizabeth Flock.
What are you reading?
I'm a bit behind on my #ReadingChallenge (another book suddenly became available at the library) so I'm reading alternate chapters of The Anarchy and Femina.
It shouldn't be confusing at all.
Why am I like this?
#325ReadingChallenge
#BookSky
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It’s not too late to join the #325ReadingChallenge
Read 25 fiction books
Read 25 non-fiction books
In 2025
Read the latest update from the host
#BookSky
#ReadingRecommendations
www.marywyrd.com/blog/325-rea...
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