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2025 Reading Plans
Well, we’re already a month into 2025, but I am catching up on posts since my January was spent entirely without WiFi because I moved house! In 2024 I smashed my number of books goal and read more than I ever have before. I think this was entirely down to the fact that I set…
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January Wrap-Up
Well, January was a whirlwind over here! Almost literally (SO many storms), and figuratively because it’s been quite the busy month. I moved house and read 11 books! Not having any WiFi certainly made for a productive reading month. My main goal for the start of the year is to finish up the 2024 edition…
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A 2024 Bookish Retrospective
In 2024 I read a total of 86 books, and totally exceeded my own expectations of just how much I can read. 10 of these books were non-fiction, which I didn’t track on my spreadsheet last year, so stats below are exclusively for fiction books. My standout month was August this year, which is the…
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Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
Synopsis: On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones—those who are lost—will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets. Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop’s new owner to find…
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A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young
Synopsis: The only thing James and Johnny Golden have ever had is each other. For as long as she can remember, James’s deep connection with her twin brother, Johnny, has gone beyond intuition—she can feel what he feels. So, when Johnny is killed in a tragic accident, James knows before her phone even rings that her brother is gone…
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Calypso by Oliver K. Langmead
Synopsis: Rochelle wakes from cryostasis to take up her role on the colony ark, Calypso . But she wakes to find the ship deserted, and the interior taken over by a forest. As she explores and finds the last remaining members of the crew, she discovers a legacy of war conducted whilst she slept. The…
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