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My year in books, with reviews, at BookWyrm.
Best SFF:
- "A Drop of Corruption", "The Tainted Cup" by Robert Jackson Bennett
- "The Enigmatic Madam Ingram" by Meihan Boey
- "The Adventures of Mary Darling" by Pat Murphy
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## 📚 The Reluctant Dungeon
I picked this up solely because of the cover. And it was a good choice. It was funny and an interesting take in the litrpg genre.
Might recommend this to Max.
A death in door county
Book 9 for 2025. A Death In Door County, Annelise Ryan.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #books #audiobooks #booksky 📚💙 #booksin2025 #mystery #urbanlegends #cryptids
Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Book 8 for 2025. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins. No words, no spoilers, no lack of tears. I'm still crying, days after finishing. This book with powerful and heart-wrenching.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #books #audiobooks #booksky 📚💙 #booksin2025 #distopian #sciencefiction #hungergames
The House of My Mother by Shari Franke
Book 7 for 2025. The House of My Mother by Shari Franke. I just finished watching about this on the ID Channel. Shari's conpelling memoir helped humanize it beyond Ruby and Jodi's horrifying actions.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #books #audiobooks #booksky 📚💙 #booksin2025 #biography #memoir #truecrime
Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall
I made it half way. Not engaging
Do I count this as the 6th book of 2025 if I didn't finish it? I made it halfway. it's not engaging enough to hold my attention. Protagonist is flat & unrelatable. The Anita Blake and Dresden Files series' are infinity better.
Rating: 👎 #books #audiobooks #booksky 📚💙 #booksin2025 #didnotfinish
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Latest books read
‘Crack down’ by McDermid, early book i like, not so ‘hyper evil’ criminals - like / better than Sara Paresky
‘Girl in blue’ by Wodehouse - late career (70s). Funny but not prime. 2nd hand shop had a pile of less common Wodehouse books
Been busy so needed light reading
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Just finished ‘Armour of light’ by Ken Follett
Continuation of his history of England through the history of fictional Kingsbridge
The original ‘Pillars of the Earth’ is one of my favourite ever books
Here it’s Napaleonic wars and industrialisation of textiles
Interesting
Absolute no-brainer which book I was going to read next. A JAM fan since the energy of "In The City" and the cheekiness of "Batman Theme". Lucky enough to see them live in Cardiff in 1980. And after the sad news of Rick's passing. #RIPRick
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‘Money For Nothing’ by PG Wodehouse
Diverting, funny in parts but (and for Wodehouse a real crime) felt a bit heavy handed in places
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Triggered thoughts (on parental death and separately perspective) I was underwhelmed. No plot!! Creative writing exercise??
Anne Glenconner's "Lady In Waiting" is a tough act to follow. Let's see what you've got Phyllida Law!! 😉
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Just read ‘Bad Actors’ by Mick Heron
Didn’t enjoy it as much as others in this series - maybe because I read it on Kindle (still prefer physical book) and on a sort of work trip to Seville so I was distracted
Found his ‘god-eye’ view introduction and ending more intrusive than usual
Erasing History by Jason Stanley
5th book of 2025. Erasing History by Jason Stanley. Yes, I read Non Fiction, too. Fascinating look at past and current fascism, and what we should all be aware of in order to fight it.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #books #audiobooks #booksky 📚💙 #booksin2025
I know exactly why I bought this book!! I saw her on the Graham Norton Show (check it out on youtube) and she had everyone in stitches. (n.b. honeymoon in Paris 😂😂) and I'm pretty sure there'll be lots of great anecdotes in this book. #NowReading #Book6 #BooksIn2025
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Just finished ‘The Poisoned Crown’, and ‘Royal Succession’ by Maurice Druon (middle of ‘Accursed Kings’ series
Found this series on 2nd hand book shop. It’s historical 1315 -1325 France (a time of some turmoil)
Lots of intrigue and plotting - good if a slightly stilted translation.
Raised By A Serial Killer:Discovering the Truth About My Father by April Balascio.
Fourth book of 2025. Raised By A Serial Killer:Discovering the Truth About My Father by April Balascio. April recounts her life being raised by Edward Wayne Edwards, and how she discovered a horrifying truth about him.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #books #audiobooks #booksky 📚💙 #booksin2025
Third book of 2025. The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly.
I love this series. Mickey Haller is my favorite fictional lawyer, hands down. I love watching him evolve through this series, case by case.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #books #audiobooks #booksky 📚💙 #booksin2025
@her-first100k.bsky.social
I wanted to start 2025 with more financial empowerment and this book did everything it says it will!
I opened a new Savings account, started tracking my monthly spending and feel more confident than ever before
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Two read recently
Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan (book 6 in Wheel of Time). Embarrassing how late I came to this series
Raylan by Elmore Leonard - best dialogue in thrillers ever
Hand holding a black kindle showing the cover of Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros.
Anyone else almost…reluctantly reading Onyx Storm? Like, I’m tired of the series, author, & drama behind all of the different editions but I also want to see where the story goes? #onyxstorm #BookSky #reading #booksin2025
2nd book of 2024. If You Tell, by Gregg Olsen. I love true crime, but sometimes it can be very disturbing. A little slow to get into, also. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ #books #audiobooks #booksky 📚💙 #booksin2025
Matt Haig is always worth reading and I am definitely interested in anything that can help my mental health, anxiety, stress etc Easy to read in short chapters (so far), i think I'll finish this in a day, 2 at the most.
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Some books have been patiently waiting on the shelf for years!!! This one is from 2008 🤦♀️ and I'm pretty sure I'll find even older ones as I work through the pile!! Still, better late than never!?!?
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#womensheath #menopause truth in #fiction #booksin2025 5/5 so grateful for this spreading of menopause knowledge and very entertaining
I used to love reading but really lost the habit so that's something I really want to get back into not least because I have 60+ books waiting to be read. 🤦♀️ Of course I'm starting with the newest ones. #NowReading #Book2 #BooksIn2025
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Agreement with daughter to record ALL the books we each read this year
My first was Carl Hiassen ‘Tourist Season’ (1986).
His first book
Moderately funny black humour about a (very) OTT reaction to over-development in south Florida
Enjoyed it
The cover to Death On Ice by R.O. Thorp, published in Faber, covered in decals of Arctic and other marine animals by the author, who has no business doing anything of the sort.
Pssst! Want an addition to your 2025 book club reading list?Queer romance? Arctic walruses, Greenland sharks, plus a misbehaving manta ray? There's cosy mystery ahoy on #DeathOnIce, coming from @faberbooks.bsky.social the day before Valentine's Day!
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First book done in 2025. It was the hunger games. I read it because my son needs to read it for school and he needed the encouragement.
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