My reading list for 2025.
All books link back to the original review.
Key to Abbreviations.
- O = Own copy – I bought / swapped / was given / inherited it
- RC = Print review copy / freebie from publisher / Amazon Vine etc
- B or (S)L = borrowed from someone or the (School)Library resp.
- NG = Review copy via Netgalley
- NF = Non Fiction; P = Poetry; Gr = Graphic novel; Ch – Children’s
- Tr = Translated
- DNF= Did not finish. CGS = Couldn’t get started (first chapters only)
- And finally, an asterisk * = from the TBR (acquired by any of the above routes before 1.1.23)
Finished in 2024, reviewed in 2025
- Human Being: Reclaim 12 Vital Skills We’re Losing to Technology by Graham Lee – RC NF (8/10) Review
- The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez – O F (10/10) Review
JANUARY
1. An Ethical Guide to Murder by Jenny Morris – RC F
2. The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey – RC F
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DNF: The Colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller (14p + good skim) Thoughts
FEBRUARY
11.
MARCH
21.
APRIL
32.
MAY
40.
JUNE
48.
JULY
59.
AUGUST
69.
SEPTEMBER
84.
OCTOBER
91.
NOVEMBER
102.
DECEMBER
116.
117.
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120.
GOODREADS CHALLENGE (120) FINISHED
121.
Reading the World 2025
- Author origin: New Zealand, UK, USA
- Language: English
- Notable settings: Central Otago (NZ), Corfu, Athens
