Hi Deb, I missed seeing your comment back then. Thanks for leaving it. Sometimes it’s hard choosing favorites for the year. I’m glad if my lists of books were helpful to you … as your lists were to me as well. There’s always quite a few from other’s lists that I’ve missed and that I need to add too. Cheers!

Hi Rachel, thanks. And good to hear yours went well. We had winter for a while now we’re going to wind these days. I think you will like the audio of Broken Country … while you’re doing a puzzle. It’s a doozy. I might have to revisit it to recall the particulars. Have a great week.

Thanks Tracy. I tried to get to a few that were up for awards. I’m glad you have a couple of these. See what you think. And I think Fifteen Wild Decembers would appeal to you as well, especially if you have any interest in the Bronte family.
I think this is going to be a good year for my reads … if the news doesn’t get too in the way. I hope it’s a good reading year for you as well!

Hi Marcie, good to hear from you — and thanks, we had some good snow photo ops recently, lol. I agree many honorable mentions and it was hard to choose a bit which favorites to put. The Safekeep was quite good — I hope you like it — it’s a bit explosive in a way you don’t expect. I recall it being fairly short. See what you think. Much going on in it subtly … with its post-war setting.
Hope you have a great year! Happy reading.

I have two books on your list of top reads in 2025, that I hope to read in 2026: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans and Audition by Katie Kitamura. Fifteen Wild Decembers sound very interesting, I will look into that.

I hope the books you read in 2026 will be as enjoyable as 2025.

Thanks Linda, appreciate it. Glad you stopped by. It looked like a winter wonderland for about a week but now it’s gone. We need more snow soon! Happy New Year to you and happy reading.