The Best Books I Read in 2025: My Top Fiction and Nonfiction Picks

Every December, I love looking back at my year in books. My reading always ends up reflecting everything else in my life. It shows what I’m curious about, what’s inspired me, and how I’ve grown. This year, I feel like really got to fall back in love with reading so much more deeply. For…
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After starting my blog with part three, here's my thoughts about the first part of Marie Howalt's Colibri Investigations - in English and German.
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https://auntieterrorsreading.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/marie-howalt-the-stellar-snow-job/

https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/literature/i-cheerfully-refuse-despair

I came across this review on The Plough's daily email. It sounds interesting, so I found it in my local library system (Arrowhead, part of the Mn Library System). I will let you know what I think.
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Books I Read in October 2024
1. History Smashers: Christopher Columbus and the Taino People by Kate Messner and José Barreiro
2. Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood
3. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
4. Dreadful by Caitlin Rozaki
5. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
6. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch*

*I read this for my school district’s literature review committee

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Books I read in August 2024
1. Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
2. Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
3. Hot Dutch Daydream by Kristy Boyce
4. Funny Story by Emily Henry
5. Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

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Books I Read in July 2024
1. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
2. Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
3. Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen
4. The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton
5. Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay
6. Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
7. Youth Group by Jordan Morris
8. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

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Books I Read in June 2024
1. Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez
2. Holes by Louis Sachar
3. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
4. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
5. The Getaway List by Emma Lord
6. This Night is Ours by Ronni Davis
7. A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
8. This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

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Books I read in May 2024!
• So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
• The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
• Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
• The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
• We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

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