Books are a gateway drug…
We’re just all hooked on different Sh#t. So take the number of stars after the titles with a grain of salt. It might not be my cup of tea (strain of weed, etc), but it may be yours. It’s all just a matter of taste.
Are you the one and done type, or like me, do you return to your favorites year after year? Some of these titles will pop up year after year.
March 2025
You Might Feel A Little Pressure: Finding Wonder After Miscarriage - Mary Adkins (ARC) ***** It’s always amazing to read a book before it’s releases. This is a heartbreaker.
Hell House - Richard Matheson **** It’s a horror classic for a reason, but it’s age makes me cringe at some of the attitudes toward women. Ick.
How to Be a Victoria - Ruth Goodman **** Fun read. Not going to keep you up at night but I feel like I want to hang out with the author.
Blue Hour Homecoming: Finding Life on the Fringes of Reproduction (ARC) - Alle Mudrick ***** This book fills a gap in memoir that needs filling in the worst day. But I hate crying, and this is a tear-jerker.
World War Z - Max Brooks ***** This is one of my all-time favorites, so five stars, duh. Even liked the movie which had about zero to do with the book.
Salem’s Lot - Stephen King ***** Because what would a month be if I didn’t read a Stephen King book?
Good Calories, Bad Calories - Gary Taubes ***** Feel like I was reading it for a year, since it’s very dense, but the science is incredible.
February 2025
The Bachman Books - Stephen King - Not my favorite, but still better than anything I could ever come up with.
Christine - Stephen King - I swear, I read other authors. Just on a mission this year :)
Hell House - Richard Matheson ***** This is a classic for a reason.
Life at the Dakota - Stephen Birmingham *** Informative but not going to set your ass on fire or anything
Night Shift - Stephen King ***** I don’t love short stories, but I’m on a mission to read everything King this year. So sue me.
The Institute - Stephen King **** My second favorite King book. God I hope this gets made into a movie that doesn’t blow.
The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub *** Not gonna lie, I don’t love this book.
The Domestic Revolution - Ruth Goodman ***** Goodman makes the most obscure, inside the home parts of history insanely interesting.
January 2025
Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi ***** - Another winner from the writer I want to be :)
Darcy, Harriet, Susan - Alice McVeigh - ** For Christ’s sake people, leave Jane Austen’s shit alone!
Desperation - Stephen King ***** Love reading this one back to back with the Regulators.
The House of Dudley - Joanne Paul *** Not bad, at least compared to those Dudleys
Daughter of Chivalry - Kelcey Wilson-Lee **** Interesting and very juicy considering the subject matter and time period.
The Long Walk - Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman ***** Oldie but a goodie
Glamorous Notions - Megan Chase - No Stars - Hated it
Eleven Numbers - Lee Child - ***** - Not usually a short story fan but this might get the conversion underway
