2025 Reading List
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Welcome to a new year of reading!
I read 28 novels and 26 graphic novels last year. Not bad! We start out 2025 by bringing over the two novels I’m reading right now:
The Revenant, Michael Punke. Yes, the book that the movie is based on. I have a niche like of Westerns set in the great expansion West period. This one is well written - it’s my treadmill book, which means it’ll be finished in Jan 25. On track!
Bitter in the Mouth, Monique Truong. Got this one for xmess and it is EXEMPLARY. Truong is an excellent writer. This book explores Lexical-gustatory (LG) synesthesia, which is the condition that makes words have tastes. This was my initial interest in the book, but the book is about finding oneself and family. This is Truong’s second novel, the first is The Book of Salt, which I will acquire shortly. I also like that her books all relate to TASTE.
Also Xmess:
Fuzzy Nation, John Scalzi.
You Like It Dark, Stephen King short stories.
From 2024 list:
Learning to Bow, Bruce Feiler. Subtitled Inside the Heart of Japan. I got this one for the look inside Japanese culture, but this guy writes a lot of Christian crap, so we’ll see how it goes. It seems to be less novel and more guide? I’ll report.
Courtney Crumrin, Ted Naifeh. (Things I realised I’d missed!)
Courtney Crumrin Vol 4: Monstrous Holiday
The Crumrin Chronicles Vol 1: The Lost and the Lonely
The Crumrin Chronicles Vol 2: The Charmed and the Cursed
The Crumrin Chronicles Vol 3: The Wild and the Innocent
The Drowning Kind, Jennifer McMahon.
The Woman in the Window, A.J. Finn. “A Netflix film”. Sounds like a derivative of Rear Window to me.
Leaving Time, Jodi Picoult.
Four Hours of Fury, James M Fenelon. The story of WWII’s largest airborne invasion and the final push into Nazi Germany.
Bunker, Bradley Garrett. Building for the end times. This is a look at prepper communities around the world and how they prepare for the apocalypse. Timely, no?
Thanks A Lot Mr Kibblewhite, Roger Daltrey. His memoir.
Alice Hoffman’s Magic Series (NOT in published order, but in storyline order)
Magic Lessons, Alice Hoffman. Part 1
The Rules of Magic, Alice Hoffman. Part 2
Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman. Part 3
Book of Magic, Alice Hoffman. Part 4
Paper Son, S.J. Rozen.
On Gold Mountain, Lisa See. I always get her books.
Born Standing Up, Steve Martin. His autobiography/memoir. I’ve read some of his fiction - he’s a good writer.