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Gail's Reading in 2025
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FEBbooks: 21 .......... pages: 4,885
18. James by Percival Everett - 5++++
19. The Purple Violet of Oshaantu by Neshani Andreas -5
20. Ali and Nino by Kurban Said -4
21. Murder at an English Séance by Jessica Ellicott -3
22. Our Riches by Kaouther Adimi -4
23. Ban This Book by Alan Gratz -3.5
24. Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe -3.5
25. N or M? by Agatha Christie -5
26. The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft -4.5
27. Years and Years by Hwang Jungeun -4
28. The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman -4.5
29. Who Was John Lewis? by Crystal Hubbard -4
30. Aya by Marguerite Abouet -3.5
31. G'Day to Die by Maddy Hunter -3
32. So Distant From My Life by Monique Ilboudo -5
33. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle -3.5
34. The House On Sun Street by Mojgan Ghazirad -4
35. Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 by Edwidge Danticat -3.5
36. A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death by Valerie Burns -4
37. House Party Murder Rap by Sonia Parin -4
38. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells -4
MARbooks: 21 .......... pages: 4,657
39. Ashes of Izalco by Claribel Alegría -3
40. A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene -3.5
41. Festival of Colors by Surishtha Sehgal -4
42. Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor -5
43. Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh -3.5
44. When the Only Light Is the Moon by Rita Wilson -3.5
45. We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai -5
46. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto -4
47. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon -5.5
48. Assembly by Natasha Brown -5.5
49. The Only Child by Guojing -5
50. My Ántonia by Willa Cather -5
51. Glory Daze: A Glory Broussard Mystery by Danielle Arceneaux -4
52. No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister -5.5
53. The Girl in the Moon Circle by Sia Figiel -3.5
54. The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar -5.5
55. Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap -4
56. The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso -4.5
57. Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History by Kate Schatz
58. A Fatal Illusion by Matthew Costello -3.5
59. Stalking Ground by Margaret Mizushima -4
PAGES: 4,657
APRbooks: 13 .......... pages: 3,434
60. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston -4.5
61. April Fools by Jess Lourey -3,5
62. Once Upon an Eid by S.K. Ali -5
63. The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg -3
64. Long Bright River by Liz Moore -4
65. Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel -3
66. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson -4.5
67. Huda F Are You?: A Graphic Novel by Huda Fahmy -5.5
68. The Life Impossible by Matt Haig -5 (audio)
69. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman -5
70. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo -4.5
71. Have a Nice Day by Billy Crystal -4.5 (audio)
72. What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama -4
I hope you are enjoying your 2025 reads. You're making great progress toward your goal -- over halfway already! 👍
MAYbooks: 10 .......... pages: 2,611 .......... ytd 20,317
73. The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen -5
74. The Three Taps: A Detective Story Without a Moral by Ronald Knox -3.5
75. The Bees by Laline Paull -4
76. Murder at Archly Manor by Sara Rosett -3.5 (audio)
77. River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer -5
78. As Close to Us as Breathing by Elizabeth Poliner -5.5
79. Mothersland by Shahzoda Samarqandi -4
80. Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir -4
81. Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara -4
82. Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky -4.5
JUNbooks: 15 .......... pages: 3,955.......... ytd 24,172
83. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy -5+++
84. A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return by Zeina Abirached -3.5
85. The Break by Katherena Vermette -4
86. A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas -3
87. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami -3
88. Golden Child by Claire Adam -5
89. The Pleasure of Drowning by Jean Bürlesk -3
90. The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy -4
91. I'm Just a Person by Tig Notaro -4
92. The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose -4
93. The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke -3.5
94. Black Friend: Essays by Ziwe -4
95. The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear -4.5
96. How to Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin -4
97. The Echoes by Evie Wyld -4
Hi Gail! Hope all is well. I hope you are enjoying lots of amazing books on your reading journey so far this year! Happy reading!
JULbooks: 13 .......... pages: 2,666.......... ytd 26,938
98. Cut and Thirst by Margaret Atwood -4
99. Binti by Nnedi Okorafor -4
100. I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger -5
101. The Ones We Choose by Julie Clark -3.5
102. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton -4.5
103. Selected Shorts: American Classics, edited by Symphony Space -4
104. Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time -4
105. Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid -4
106. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers -4
107. A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa -3.5
108. Only The Stones Never Die by Padraig McLoughlin -3.5
109. Potiki by Patricia Grace -4
110. The Man Who Died by Antti Tuomainen -4.5
AUGbooks: 12 .......... pages: 2,462 ........ ytd 30,943
111. Neighbours: The Story of a Murder by Lília Momplé -3
112. The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares -4
113. The Colony by Annika Norlin -4.5
114. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry -not rated
115. Glorious Boy by Aimee Liu-5
116. Hai kur mamashu chis: I want to tell you a story by Cristina Zarraga -4
117. Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister -5
118. Crooked House by Agatha Christie -4.5
119. bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations by bell hooks -5
120. The Choice and other Tales by Amyna -2.5
121. The Bees by Carol Ann Duffy -3.5
122. My Conversations with Canadians by Lee Maracle -5
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books: 17 .......... pages: 4,730
1. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore -5+
2. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer -4.5
3. Road No Good by Bridget Isichei -4
4. The Wedding People by Alison Espach -4
5. This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson -5
6. Shot With Crimson by Nicola Upson -5
7. The Last White Man - Mohsin Hamid -5+
8. Cry Wolfby Annette Dashofy -4
9. Pope John Paul II: In My Own Words
10. His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham -5.5
11. Something Evergreen Called Life by Rania Mamoun -5
12. Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ -4
13. The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman -5
14. Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat -5
15. Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook -4.5
16. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren -3.5
17. Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri -5