Fine, but not my faves
16. The Call To Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush: A Visual Biography by John Meacham: This was definitely a coffee table book that we listened to in the car (only 3 hours long!), but we liked it a lot. **Audio
15. The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius by Kendra Adachi: This was really helpful to read before my September planning date with Jack
14. The Tenant by Freida McFadden: Delightfully awful. **2025
13. We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes: This was adorable. **Audio **2025
12. Sunny Side Up by Katie Sturino: This is SO CUTE and a good antidote to the usual diet culture pablum. **2025
11. With a Vengeance by Riley Sager: This is my least favorite Sager book ever, but also, it is an interesting Murder on the Orient Express kind of clever little experiment. Liked it, eventually.
10. Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson: Charming, but the plot was really far fetched. **2025
Getting Better
9. You Like it Darker by Stephen King: He is SO good at short stories. **Audio
8. How To Lose Your Mother by Erica Jong-Fast: This is terrific, and you should read it. **2025
7. The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka: I loved this-- you should read it. **Audio
6.The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware: I didn't even know I had been waiting for this sequel, but I guess I WAS! **2025
BOTY maybes
5. Consider Yourself Kissed by Jessica Stanley: I loved this story about an unconventional marriage -- the pandemic is a huge part of this book, so avoid it if this bothers you in novels **2025
4. Heartwood by Amity Gaige: This is a great read-- some suspense, great characters-- loved it. **2025
3. Audition by Katie Kitamura: WOW-- this book is great/disconcerting. The narrative just changes mid way through in a way that made me question the idea of performance and the roles all of us play in our lives that are dictated by circumstance. And my reading comprehension for a hot second there. Liked it a lot. **Booker prize longlist **2025
2. We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter: A new Karin Slaughter SERIES!!! AND there's no Sara Linton! Kathleen Early reads the audio book-- love her, too! **2025 **audio
1. The Compound by Aisling Rawle: I could not pout this down. Reality TV meets Lord of the Flies-- so good-- perfect pool read. **2025
STATS
BTM 16
Book books: 9
Kindle books 0
Audio books 7
2025 books: 12
BTY 128
Book books: 72
Kindle books: 3
Audio books: 53
2025 books: 76
I am going to miss this reading view
I loved Audition too! I put the How To Lose Your Mother on hold.
ReplyDeleteYes, I saw that you and Nicole both loved Audition. I'm intrigued! I also read and liked Heartwood.
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