040 | Reading in 2025 | Stats and the Best Books of the Year

040 | Reading in 2025 | Stats and the Best Books of the Year

This morning I share some reading stats and my best books of 2025. Links mentioned: 2025 Goals [https://www.literarymorning.com/2025/01/episode-002-reading-and-writing-goals.html] (episode) Best Books of 2024 [https://www.literarymorning.com/2025/01/episode-001-my-favorite-books-of-2024.html] (episode) Re-reading Watership Down [https://www.literarymorning.com/2025/02/episode-008-readers-log-re-read-my.html] (episode) Books mentioned: Watership Down by Richard Adams Watership Down: The Graphic Novel adapted by James Sturm and Joe Sutphin A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa Knowing God by J.I. Packer More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell Victoria the Queen by Julia Baird The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower (series) Connect with me: Website -⁠⁠⁠⁠literarymorning.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.literarymorning.com] Instagram -⁠⁠⁠⁠@literary_morning [https://www.instagram.com/literary_morning/]

039 | Reader's Log: Read a Giant Russian Classic with Me | The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

This morning I'm taking you along with me as I read through The Brothers Karamazov for the first time. Links mentioned: How to Read The Brothers Karamazov [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpqES5V6iAg&t=1s] (video) The Grand Inquisitor Analysis [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UduOywQZvZM] (video) Books mentioned: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Connect with me: Website -⁠⁠⁠literarymorning.com⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.literarymorning.com] Instagram -⁠⁠⁠@literary_morning [https://www.instagram.com/literary_morning/]

038 | Diving into Fall Reading | October Wrap Up

This morning I wrap up all the books I read in October. Links mentioned: Fall TBR [https://open.spotify.com/episode/7gkw6OVjfHr4c7bOf2QAuw?si=4pN3yhG1S3OHMyGTt_a6Zw] (episode) Books mentioned: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Connect with me: Website -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠literarymorning.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.literarymorning.com] Instagram -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@literary_morning [https://www.instagram.com/literary_morning/]

037 | Using the Library with Reckless Abandon

This morning I reflect on libraries and how I want to use my library. Books mentioned: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Endling by Maria Reva Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman Ghost Story by Peter Straub Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Connect with me: Website -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠literarymorning.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.literarymorning.com] Instagram -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@literary_morning [https://www.instagram.com/literary_morning/]

036 | End of the Year Book Tag | Quarterly Update

This morning I go through the End of the Year Book Tag and talk about my plans to wrap up my 2025 reading. Links mentioned: Midyear Book Freak Out Tag [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0spfjkGolyeXPKKRpIgRC3?si=sKB5jC3ZSrS4_ZpQlLczVQ] (episode) Books Unbound [https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com](podcast) My Fall TBR [https://open.spotify.com/episode/7gkw6OVjfHr4c7bOf2QAuw?si=plfhMRnqSkyZt-STWGzvcg] (episode) My 2025 Reading Goals [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ZRov2LMbpI3JDCkqSYngL?si=Wu9Nsi8bS-Ku25SaE_67KA] (episode) Books mentioned: The Skull by Jon Klassen The Stand by Stephen King The Will of the Many by James Islington The Strength of the Few by James Islington Boy's Life by Robert McCammon The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante IT by Stephen King Connect with me: Website -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠literarymorning.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.literarymorning.com] Instagram -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@literary_morning [https://www.instagram.com/literary_morning/]