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Note 116 – 2025 Reading Insights
Since it is already February, it’s past time to reflect on my 2025 reading list and see what I most enjoyed this past year. Books Read in 2025 Total Books: 57 Total Pages: 20718 Average: 363 Longest: 1315 Shortest: 70 The longest book read (like the past two years) was a travel guide – Lonely…
Note 112 – December 2025 Books
Total Books: 5 Total Pages: 1280 Longest: 382 Shortest: 70 Genres: 2 (Adventure Fiction – 2, Thriller – 3) December’s reading found me falling back on tried-and-true authors, along with one newcomer. The Saint’s Covenant by Ernest Dempsey The 24th book in the Sean Wyatt Archaeological Mystery series finds Sean and Tommy on the track…
Note 109 – November 2025 Books
Total Books: 4 Total Pages: 1296 Longest: 407 Shortest: 240 Genres: 4 (Biography/Religion – 1, Fiction – 1, Thriller – 2) I Give Up: The Secret Joy of a Surrendered Life by Laura Story Laura Story is a Grammy and Dove Award-winning singer-songwriter, most notably for “Blessings” and “Indescribable”. In the chorus of “Blessings”, Laura…
Note 107 – October 2025 Books
Total Books: 2 Total Pages: 602 Longest: 315 Shortest: 287 Genres: 2 (Fiction – 1, Mystery – 1) I didn’t get a lot of reading done in October as we were on our Mediterranean Odyssey cruise – which I’m still trying to complete blogging about. And, obviously, I’m behind in posting my monthly reading as…
Note 98 – September 2025 Books
Total Books: 5 Total Pages: 1344 Longest: 384 Shortest: 94 Genres: 3 (Fiction – 2, History/Memoir – 1, Mystery – 2) A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz This is the 3rd in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series in which the author plays sidekick to former DI Daniel Hawthorne as his biographer of sorts. This…
Note 97 – August 2025 Books
Total Books: 5 Total Pages: 1563 Longest: 443 Shortest: 118 Genres: 5 (Fiction – 1, History – 1, Historical Fiction – 1, Mystery – 1, Science – 1) Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson Living near the Texas Gulf Coast all my life, I grew up with a healthy respect for tropical storms and hurricanes. Any…
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