100+ Books in 2025 discussion

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

1. The World That We Knew - Hoffman - 372pg. - 1/8/20 - 4 stars
2. More Than a Mistress - Balogh - n.Landor - 12hrs - 1/8/20 - 3 stars
3. A Convenient Fiction - Matthews - 354k pages - 1/10/20 - 3 stars
4.The Broken Girls - St. James - n.R.Lowman - 11hrs - 1/14/20 - 4 stars
5. The Half Life of Marie Curie -Gunderson- n.Mulgrew/Faridany -1hr -1/25/20 -4 stars
6. The Sun Down Motel - St. James - 336pg.-1/28/20- 4 stars
7.The Spies of Shilling Lane - Ryan -n.J.Entwistle - 1/31/20 - 3 stars
8.Romancing Mister Bridgerton - Quinn - n.Landor 10hrs- 2/5/20 - 3 stars
9.To Sir Phillip With Love - Quinn - n.Landor -10 hrs.- 2/6/20 - 3 stars
10.The Case of the Wandering Scholar - Saunders -n.Bentinck-11hrs -2/12/ 20 -3 stars
11. Beloved - Morrison - 300 kpg - 2/14/20 - 5 stars
12. Sparkling Cyanide - Christie - n.H.Fraser - 6hrs - 2/23/20 - 3 stars
13.Someone to Care - Balogh - n.Landor - 11hrs - 2/27/20 -3 stars
14. Venetia - Heyer - n. Nash - 13hrs - 3/5/20 - 4 stars
15. Ordinary Grace - Krueger - 307pg - 3/6/20 -5 stars
16. Parkland: Birth of a Movement - Cullen- 385kpg - 3/8/20 - 4 stars
17. The Witches of New York - McKay - 545pg. - 3/11/20 - 3 stars
18. The Lost Future of Pepperharrow - Pulley - n.T. Judd - 3/14/20 - 4 stars
19. Honorable Doctor, Improper Arrangement -Nichols -n.DeLeeuw - 8hrs - 2 stars
20. One Night for Love - Balogh - 392k.pg. - 3/21/20 - 3 stars
21. A Summer to Remember - Balogh - 384k.pg. - 3/23/20 - 3 stars
22. Someone to Remember - Balogh - 272k. Pg - 3/24/20 - 3 stars
23. The Bully Pulpit… - Goodwin- 910pg. - 3/30/20 - 4 stars
24. Doing Time - Taylor -n.Z.Ramm - 12hrs. - 4/1/20 - 4 stars
25. Tales of Beedle the Bard - Rowling - multi.n. - 2hr. - 4/4/20 - 4 stars
26.This is How You Lose the Time War-El-Mohtar/Gladstone-209pg- 4/10/20- 4stars
Audio multiple narrators - 4hrs
27. Who Speaks for the Damned - Harris- n.D.Porter- 10hrs - 4/12/20 - 4 stars
28. A Gentleman’s Honor - Laurens- n.J. Tanner - 11hrs - 4/16/20 - 3 stars
29. The Lady Chosen - Laurens - n.J.Tanner - 11hrs - 4/18/20 - 3stars
30. To Distraction - Laurens -n.J.Tanner - 11hrs- 4/23/20 - 3 stars
31. A Lady of His Own- Laurens -n.J.Tanner - 11hrs - 5/1/2020 - 3 stars
32. Dune - F.Herbert - 553pg - 5/2/20 - 5 stars
Audio performance - multiple narrators -n.S.Vance - 21 hrs.
33. Beyond Seduction - Laurens - 488 k pg - 5/3/20 - 3 stars
34. The Edge of Desire - Laurens - 475 pg - 5/6/20 - 3 stars
35. Mastered by Love - Laurens - 448 kpg. - 5/7/20 - 3 stars
36. Matisse - Cut-Outs - Neret - 95pg - 5/9/20 - 3 stars
37. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August -North-n.P.Kenn 12hrs -5/17/20-4 stars
38. The Empire Striketh Back - Doescher - m. nar. -3.5 hrs - 5/20/20 -3 stars
39. Witches Abroad - Pratchett - n. N.Planer - 8hrs - 5/23/20 - 3 stars
40. Department of Sensitive Crimes - McSmith - n.D.Rintoul - 7hrs- 5/26/20 - 3 stars
41. Murder is Binding - Barrett -n. C.Cambell - 8hrs - 6/5/20 - 2.5 stars
42. Vanished Birds - Jimenez - n.S.Small - 13hrs - 6/13/20 - 3 stars
43. The Pale Horse - Christie - n.H.Fraser - 7hrs - 6/14/20 - 4 stars
44. Ninth House- Bardugo n.Fortgang/Axtell -16hrs-458pg-6/20/20-4stars
45. Eva Luna - Allende-n.Farrell/Pabon -12hrs - 6/25/20 - 4 stars
46. The Stories of Eva Luna -Allende -mult.narrators -9hrs -7/5/20- 4 stars
47. Loving Rose - Laurens -n.N.Ryan- 11hrs - 7/7/20 - 3 stars
48. Riviera Gold - L.R.King -320kpg - 7/9/20 - 4 stars
49. Where the Heart Leads -Laurens-n.S.Prebble -15hrs - 7/12/20 - 3stars
50. The Taste of Innocence - Laurens-n.S.Prebble -15hrs - 7/13/20 -3 stars
51. The Masterful Mr. Montague - Laurens - n.N.Ryan - 15hrs - 7/14/20 - 3stars
52. Monument: Poems New and Selected -N.Trethewey-208pg-7/18/20-5stars
53.The Peculiar Case of Lord Finsbury’s Diamonds -Laurens-6hrs-7/20/20-3stars
54. Long Way Down - Reynolds - n.Reynolds -2hrs- 7/21/20 - 5stars
55.Curious Case of Lady Latimer’s Shoes- Laurens -n.J.McCabe -6hrs-7/22/20 - 3stars
56.Lady O’ and the Missing Christmas Carols -Laurens -n.H.Lloyd-6hrs-7/23/20 3stars
57. Across That Bridge - J.Lewis -n.K.David- 5hrs - 7/28/20 - 5 stars
58. A Thousand Moons - Barry - 272pg. - 7/29/20 - 3 stars
59.The Girl Who Drank the Moon -Barnhill -n.C.Moore - 9hrs - 8/3/20 - 4 stars
60. Artists in Crime - Marsh - n.Frank- 9hrs - 8/7/20 - 4 stars
61. A Secret History of Witches -Morgan-n.P.Lee - 18hrs - 8/13/20 - 3.5stars
62. Wintersmith - Pratchett - n.S.Briggs -8hrs- 8/15/20 - 3 stars
63. I Shall Wear Midnight - Pratchett - n.S.Briggs - 8hrs - 8/17/20 - 3.5stars
64. Devil in Spring - Kleypas -n.M.Wells - 10hrs - 8/19/20 - 3 stars
65. The Game - L.R.King -n.J.Sterling- 13hrs - 8/20/20 - 4 stars
66. Cold Hearted Rake- Kleypas -n.M.Wells - 11hrs - 8/21/20 - 3 stars
67. Marrying Winterborne - Kleypas -n.Wells - 11hrs - 8/22/20 - 3 stars
68. Chasing Cassandra - Kleypas -n.Wells -11hrs- 8/25/20 - 3 stars
*69. A Fine Passion - Laurens- Laurens -n.J.Tanner - 11hrs 5/2/20
70. Plan For the Worst - J. Taylor - n.Z.Ramm -14hrs - 3 stars
* 71. Hello Stranger - Kleypas -n.Wells -11hrs - 8/25/20 - 3 stars
* 72. Devil’s Daughter - Kleypas -n.Wells - 11hrs - 8/27/20 - 3 stars
73. Someone to Romance - Balogh -n.Landor- 11hrs - 9/11/20 - 3 stars
74. Devil in Winter - Kleypas - n.R.Landor - 11hrs - 9/12/20 - 3 stars
75. A Long Petal of the Sea - Allende - 336kpg - n.Ballerine -10hrs - 9/15/20 - 5 stars
76. Troubled Blood - Galbraith/Rowling -n.R.Glenister -32hrs - 9/19/20 - 5 stars
77. The Case of the Missing Marquess - Springer-n. Kellgren- 4hrs - 10/6/20 - 3 stars
78. Cuckoo's Calling Galbraith/Rowling -n.R.Glenister -16hrs - 10/10/20
79. The Silkworm - Galbraith/Rowling -n.R.Glenister - 17hrs - 10/13/20 - 4 stars - rr
80. To Dance With the White Dog - T. Kay - 239pg. - 10/23/20- 4.5stars
81.Where the Crawdads Sing -Owens -n.C.Cambell-12hrs - 384kpg.-10/28/29 4 stars
82.The Rosewood Casket - McCrumb - n.Darling- 12hrs - 10/30/20 - 3 stars -rr
83.Singapore Sapphire - Stuart -n.S.Maarleveid - 11hrs - 11/4/20 - 3 stars
84. Piranesi - Clarke - n.Eliofor - 7hrs - 11/7/20 - 5 stars
85.The Angel of Darkness - Caleb Carr - 626pg -n.Guidall- 26hrs - 11/17/20 - 4 stars
86. Moonflower Murders - Horowitz - n.Manville/Corduner -18hrs - 11/21/20 - 4 stars
87. Hamnet - O’Farrell - 372 k.pg. - 11/28/20 - 4 stars
88. Miss Benson’s Beetle - Joyce - n.J.Stevenson - 12hrs - 11/29/20 - 4 stars
89. The Winter Companion - Matthews - 318kpg -12/1/20 -3 stars
90. Lady O’s Christmas Intrigue - Laurens -n.H. Lloyd - 9hrs - 3 stars
91. A Wallflower Christmas - Kleypas - 255 kpg. -12/5/20 - 3stars
92. Murder at Kensington Palace - Penrose -n.Stewart -13hrs - 12/8/20 - 3 stars
93. A Promised Land - Obama - n. Obama - 29hrs. - 12/10/20 - 5 stars
94. Winter - Ali Smith - n.M.Grove - 7hrs - 12/11/20 - 5 stars
95. A Holiday by Gaslight - Matthews -175k.pg - 12/16/20 - 3 stars
96. Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales…. Christie - n.Woolgar-10hrs - 3 stars
97. The Hobbit - Tolkien- n.A Serkis -10hrs - 5 stars
98. Mine Till Midnight - Kleypas - n.R.Landor - 10hrs - 3 stars- 12/23/20 - 3 stars
99. Seduce Me at Sunrise - Kleypas - n.R.Landor - 10hrs - 2.5stars -12/24/20 - 2.5 stars
100. The Ordeal of the Haunted Room - Taylor -n. Ramm - 3hrs -12/26/20- 3 stars
101. A Fatal Grace - Penny - 417kpg - 12/29/20 - 4 stars

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