Mount TBR Challenge 2025 discussion

Here we go again for the 6th year! I want to try to read 48 books from my mountain knowing that I will have new books to read too. I hope I read a lot of really good books this year and no time wasters.

Starting off good with a psycho-thriller, and then a historical fiction selected for my Bedtime Bookclub!

Book #1 - How to Be a Good Wife by Emma Chapman. Very interesting, well-written, and a quick read that's suitable for the New Year holiday weekend.

Book #2 - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. Beautiful flow, a little slow-moving but still interesting. Sad, and no happy ending as it is based on the true story of the Mirabal sisters.

Book #3 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. A quirky and very enjoyable read! So glad I picked it up.

Book #4 - The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah. Very entertaining! Maybe I'll see something familiar when I get to Casablanca in a few months.

Book #5 - A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco by Suzanna Clarke. Beautifully written, and in fact more in-depth locally with some interesting historical narratives compared to Tahir Shah's Casablanca story.

Book #6 - Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons. Very cute story, and I smiled to myself multiple times. Comfort indeed!

Book #7 - When You Ask Me Where I'm Going by Jasmin Kaur. Not good, very whiny, not something I enjoy. I like the art of classic poets like Wilkinson, Plath, Kipling, Frost...

Books #8 - The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux. Only a few pages in and I already understand why he is so highly praised!!