And now it's July... somehow half of 2025 is behind us! That makes this the perfect time to reflect on my reading year to date. Back in January I decided to again forgo all challenges, including goodreads. My plan was to make rough monthly tbr lists, while leaving room for flexibility. I wanted to at least try every selection of the MMD Book Club, plus the selections from my bimonthly World Lit book club. Plus I wanted to participate in buddy reads and community reads. I'm happy to report that so far I've mostly managed to stick to that plan.
By the numbers
As of June 30...
I've read 26 books, in keeping with my comfortable one book per week pace
27% nonfiction, slightly higher than last year
15% in translation
4 books from my Classics Club list
4 buddy reads/ community reads
MID-YEAR FAVORITES
Fiction
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky
You Are Here by David Nicholls
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard
The Annotated Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nonfiction
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
(audiobook narrated by the author)
Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones
(audiobook narrated by the author)
How is your reading year going? What book has been your favorite?
