My reading was down from 2024, but I hiked 730 miles, watched 78 movies, and definitely have more houseplants. :)
I read 33 books, including my first two young adult novels in quite awhile (courtesy of my daughter's insistence). It was fun to revisit the world of Hunger Games. Of the rest, I liked You Dreamed of Empires, even though the names were frustratingly impossible, and Enter Ghost, which provided much-needed insight into what's happening in the West Bank. The God of the Woods was fun, and I appreciated learning about historic alpinism with Thirty Below.
Books read:
- The Book of Love by Kelly Link
- The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
- The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
- You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue
- Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
- The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
- Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa
- If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury by Geraldine DeRuiter
- A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
- Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
- The Ministry of Time by Kailane Bradley
- Audition by Katie Kitamura
- A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko
- The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones
- In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
- Outline by Rachel Cusk
- Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
- The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
- Heartwood by Amity Gaige
- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
- The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz
- Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature by Anna Beer
- The Door by Magda Szabo
- Lapvona by Ottesssa Moshfegh
- Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
- Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
- Turn to Stone: A Memoir by Emily Meg Weinstein
- A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
- Isola by Allegra Goodman
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali by Cassidy Randall
- So Far Gone by Jess Walter
- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Goodreads stats:
- Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was the most popular book I read; Turn to Stone the least popular.
- I read 10,865 pages (though Goodreads only has 32 books listed).
- Average book length was 339 pages.
