Books I’ve Read in 2025…

Total Pages Read: 5437
Shortest Book: 96
Longest Book: 601
Fiction: 10
Non-Fiction: 0
Cookbook: 5
Poetry: 1

Last Book Read:
16. Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward. The story of five men and their deaths and how it affected their families and the world around them in far south. 274 pages. (Finished 11 Apr 2025).

Past Lists:

Full book list below the cut:

1. The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz. (The Book Series #1). Jacob Finch Bonner was a promising young novelist that is now languishing teaching in a low-residency MFA program. One of his students tells him about the plot of his “sure thing” novel. When Jake finds out a few years later about the death of that student without the publishing of that novel it sets up a dilemna for Jake and a chain of events that will consume him. 317 pages. (Finished 04 Jan 2025).
2. Everyday Pressure Cooking: Over 100 Family Favourites Made Fast and Easy in Stovetop and Electric Pressure Cookers by Catherine Phipps. Another fun cookbook from Catherine Phipps. She’s from England, so the cookbook definitely has a British flair to it (from units of measurements to names for different ingredients.) 256 pages. (Finished 06 Jan 2025).
3. Orbital by Samantha Harvey. Six astronauts are orbiting Earth on one of the last trips to the space station. 224 pages. (Finished 08 Jan 2025).
4. I hope this finds you well: poems by Kate Baer. From comments/emails/news by erasing words poems are created. 96 pages. (Finished 09 Jan 2025).
5. The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz. (The Book Series #2). Anna Williams-Bonner is about to release her debut novel in the aftermath of her husbands death. In the insuing acclaim for her own book, ghosts from the past reappear. 304 pages. (Finished 13 Jan 2025).
6. Latinísimo: Home Recipes from the Twenty-One Countries of Latin America by Sandra A. Gutierrez. 475 pages. (Finished 14 Jan 2025).
7. The Mighty Bean: 100 Easy Recipes That Are Good for Your Health, the World, and Your Budget by Judith Choate. 239 pages. (Finished 22 Jan 2025)
8. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney. Peter and Ivan Koubek are not alike. Peter is a successful lawyer in Dublin. Ivan is a socially awkward former competitive chess player. They are both grieving the death of their father in their own ways. 454 pages. (Finished 29 Jan 2025).
9. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer. Lucy Hart is one of the biggest fans of childrens author Jack Masterson. When Jack announces a contest for the sole copy of his new book, she gets a chance to finally get her wish. 304 pages. (Finished 04 Feb 2025).
10. Richard Hart Bread: Intuitive Sourdough Baking by Richard Hart. 601 pages. (Finished 18 Feb 2025).
11. James by Percival Everett. A reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn but told from the perspective of the enslaved Jim. 303 pages. (Finished 18 Feb 2025).
12. Milk Street Fast and Slow: Instant Pot Cooking at the Speed You Need by Christopher Kimball. 579 pages. (Finished 09 Mar 2025).
13. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. The Vignes twins left their home town (a small, southern black community) at 16. Years later, one returns with her black daughter. The other has disappeared, secretly passing for a white woman. 389 pages. (Finished 09 Mar 2025).
14. Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue. Jende Jonga feels he is extremely lucky when he gets a job in the fall of 2007 as a chauffeur for a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. However, when Lehman Brothers collapses the following year, it will have dire consequences for both his boss and Jende’s family. 400 pages. (Finished 29 Mar 2025).
15. The Tigers of Lents by Mark Pomeroy. The story of a family who live in the outer neighborhood of Lents in Portland. Three sisters who are struggling with life, each other, and figuring out how to survive in a world that nothing comes easy in. 222 pages. (Finished 07 Apr 2025).
16. Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward. The story of five men and their deaths and how it affected their families and the world around them in far south. 274 pages. (Finished 11 Apr 2025).