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25 books for 2025
February 4th, 2025 03:09 pm- Dead River by McCaid Paul - A thriller? set in North Florida? I believe? My boyfriend's grandmother asked me to check this out because she enjoyed it and he is an independent author, so I will be reading this sometime soon.
- Death Note: Volume 8
- Death Note: Volume 9
- Death Note: Volume 10
- Death Note: Volume 11
- Death Note: Volume 12
- Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami - A manga for when I finish Death Note!
- Normal People by Sally Rooney - I read Intermezzo by this author in January this year and loved it! I can't wait to check out her most popular release!
- Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare - Can't wait to finish the Shadowhunters journey I started when I was 13 LMAOOOO
- The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk - I love understanding my mental illness <3 This is a scientific book looking into how trauma and PTSD reshape our brains. Hopefully, this proves to be insightful?
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - a dystopian book —apparently a classic — about the United States being overthrown by Christian fundamentalists and how that would impact women. I really enjoyed the TV show (until the last season) and thought I would give the book a go.
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - gay reimagining of the Greek myth of Achilles and Patroclus. I am intrigued by all the women sobbing on TikTok because of this book.
- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green - I like to feel like a millennial sometimes and between blogging on tumblr + dreamwidth and reading John Green coming-of-age romance novels, it fulfils that dark shameful desire within myself.
- The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans - a short story collection. I know nothing else. A booktuber that I am endeared by enjoyed it so I must read it.
- I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive by Lynn Melnick - a memoir about PTSD? and Dolly Parton? I can't lie I added this to my TBR long enough ago that I forgot.
- Papillion by Henri Charriere - I don't know anything about this book except that Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson I GUESS reference it extensively, and even though I'm not a mega fan of either of them anymore, I am still intrigued.
- Paper Towns by John Green - see: An Abundance of Katherines
- A Man of Two Faces by Viet Thanh Nguyen - a memoir about a Vietnamese man who emigrated to the United States and has a main theme of dual identity I THINK. I also don't remember. I remember adding this to my TBR in October 2023.
- What if it's Us by Adam Silvera - see: An Abundance of Katherines
- Looking for Alaska by John Green - see: An Abundance of Katherines
- Maurice by EM Forester - Gay? A gift from my friend for Christmas 2023...
- A Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - see: Maurice
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - see: The Song of Achilles
- Hacienda by Isabel Canas - My former friend who is a kleptomaniac stole this from target and gave it to me and I just. Have it now so. Gotta read it.
- Turtles All The Way Down by John Green - see: An Abundance of Katherines
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