{"id":24146,"date":"2026-01-03T14:17:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=24146"},"modified":"2026-01-03T14:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:17:47","slug":"reading-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=24146","title":{"rendered":"Reading in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My goal for 2025 was to read 32 book. According to my list I read 38, but because 11 of them were children&#8217;s picture books, it would be fairer to say that I only read 27. Sigh. It&#8217;s not as much as I&#8217;d hoped, but it&#8217;s also not nothing. And don&#8217;t get me wrong about the picture books. I love them. They&#8217;re just not what I&#8217;d intended to fill my list with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the plus side, here are some types of books that I clearly enjoyed filling my 2025 reading list with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Good mysteries: <em>The Thursday Murder Club<\/em> by Richard Osman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sad but well-written speculative fiction: <em>Klara and the Sun<\/em> by Kazuo Ishiguro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fictional memoirs of intrepid women explorers: <em><em>A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by <\/em>Lady Trent <\/em>by Marie Brennan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nonfictional memoirs and musings: <em>Walking: One Step at a Time<\/em> by Erling Kagge and<em> Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I\u2019ve Learned<\/em> by Alan Alda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good short story collections: <em>Buried Deep and Other Stories<\/em> by Naomi Novik<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Super kind and inclusive sci-fi: <em>A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet<\/em> and <em>A Closed and Common Orbit<\/em> by Becky Chambers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Super kind and inclusive romance: <em>The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches<\/em> and <em>A Witch\u2019s Guide to Magical Innkeeping<\/em> by Sangu Mandanna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Classic children&#8217;s literature: <em>Ballet Shoes<\/em> by Noel Streatfeild, <em>Runaway Ralph<\/em> by Beverly Cleary, and <em>Moominvalley in November<\/em> by Tove Jansson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rereads: <em>City of Sorcery<\/em> and <em>Stormqueen<\/em> by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and <em>The Hobbit<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And here are some things I encountered in 2025 that I would rather avoid in the future: books with totally unlikable characters, books with awesome premises that ultimately don&#8217;t follow their own internal logic and consequently break your heart, and books that draaaaaaag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My other reading goals for 2025 were to read more poetry (oops!), to finish at least 16 books from the BBC\u2019s Top 100 Children\u2019s Books list (my total was 13&#8211;not bad!), and to give away more books (there&#8217;s a big box of donations in the trunk of my car, just waiting to be dropped off).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall I did pretty well with my reading goals, and I will aim for the same ones this year. The only goal I truly failed on last year&#8211;reading more poetry&#8211;is not a hard goal. I have the wish. I just need to find the will. I hope this year will finally be the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wishing everyone a wonderful year of reading in 2026!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My goal for 2025 was to read 32 book. According to my list I read 38, but because 11 of them were children&#8217;s picture books, it would be fairer to say that I only read 27. Sigh. 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