2025 books round up

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O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. Slice of life in the settlement and farming of Nebraska. This has lovely writing and I really liked it except for the souring I felt at the end. Like I understand it's probably period-typical of Alexandra, but the fact that Marie's jerk husband Frank finds her with Emil under the mulberry tree and impulsively shoots them both and Alexandra is like 'Frank shouldn't be in prison for this. They were more in the wrong than he was.' is so ridiculous to me.


This is probably the last book I'll finish in 2025 so, to count up. Total books read in 2025: 48! Or 49 I suppose if I count a book I read for work. So close to 50. This was a really good reading year for me although it corresponded to a not great writing year. Particular favorites were everything by Charlotte Bronte, John Steinbeck, and Octavia Butler, The Blue Castle, and the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.

Time for me to start my annual Lord of the Rings re-watch. Hope everyone has a good new year's!