From 1 book every 2 years to over 30 this year! Here's the tierlist. Intermezzo is easily top of the list. Please recommend some other titles if you feel the urge.

And now the how and why.

Basically, I got tired of doom scrolling. So last October I marched myself to the library and chose a random book (second chance convenience store). It wasn't because I wanted to read, it was simply to be on my phone less. Being a slow reader with a short attention span was no longer a bad thing but rather continued success- less time on my phone! And with that mindset it became easy.

The craziest thing is that there's basically zero overlap between my reading list and my friends' lists. That's what Reddit is for haha.

S Tier:

Wild dark shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

A short stay in Hell by Stephen L. Peck

Stoner by John Williams

Pianesi by Susan Clark

A Tier:

The count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Man search for meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

The three body problem by Cixin Liu

Death's end by Cixin Liu

Clara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Hum by Helen Phillips

I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys

B Tier

Spin by Charles Wilson

Shadow of The wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Moral's invention by Adolfo Bioy Casares

Moon of the crusted snow by Waubgeshig Rice

The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

Dune by Frank Herbert

Angry queer Somali boy by Mohomed Abdul Karim Ali

They called me a lioness by Ahed Tamimi

C Tier

What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

No country for old Men by Cormac McCarthy

D Tier

The second chance convenience store by Ho-Yeon Kim

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

Posting a bit early because I’m unlikely to finish my current read before the end of the month, since I don’t quite feel like reading.

But October was an overall solid month of reading. 9 books total: 4 of them were rereads for spooky season. One was a powerful memoir, and another was a mildly underwhelming middle grade horror anthology. Another was a graphic novel I’ve been meaning to read for years. And the final two short stories have a spot on my favorite reads of 2026.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz (reread/audiobook): 4 ⭐️

Suffer a Witch by Joy McCullough (library book/audiobook): 4.75 ⭐️

Flamer by Mike Curato (TBR book): 3.5 ⭐️

Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe (reread/audiobook): 4.75 ⭐️

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (reread/audiobook): 4.75 ⭐️

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (reread/audiobook): 5 ⭐️

Don’t Turn Out the Lights edited by Jonathan Maberry (audiobook): 3.5 ⭐️

Mestra by Madeline Miller (audiobook): 5 ⭐️

Wicker by Ursula Wills (audiobook): 5 ⭐️

I grabbed this on a whim when searching on Libby for gothic horror reads to slip in before November, and I am wholly enchanted and fascinated! I cannot believe this is a debut novel.

It's still early going but I foresee a five star read. I know nothing at all of Welsh folklore, so the entire concept is brand new to me.

I used to be a strict one at a time reader and recently started juggling three, a fiction, a nonfiction, and something lighter for before bed. It is working better than I expected and I finish more, not less. Curious how everyone else manages this. Are you monogamous with your current read or do you keep a little rotation going depending on mood?

Harry August is born and then he dies and then he is born again with the memory of his past lives returning to him. In his 11th life, he receives a message that the world is ending sooner than expected. Harry makes it his mission to stop this from happening.

I had a lot of fun with this book. It had an interesting premise and I liked the characters a lot. Some of it seemed to not make a lot of sense if you stopped and thought about it to hard but I guess that's what happens when your story revolves around someone being repeatedly reborn. Its a bit slow to start but after it got going it was hard to put down

It’s funny the first Hendrix book I read I didn’t really enjoy, but gave him another chance and I’d loved all the rest.
Until this one.
This was firmly in the meh category for me.

I really liked the storyline, I mostly liked the characters, and mostly liked how the twists and ending were done.

There are 6 girls. Each with a bad guy, and each with a story (all that resemble a famous slasher movie).
My complaint is how the details of each were provided.
We learn which girl goes with which bad guy and movie in small, indirect pieces. We kind of piece it together at first.
It’s not critical to the story which is which so why make it complicated?
We don’t learn the whole story of the main character until like a third of the way through the book.
Just saying it would’ve been nice to have a chart or something.
Maybe I’m just forgetful.

#57: Revival - Stephen King (5/5)

Great story fantastic characters. Tragic, interesting and scary, definitely one of King’s best.

#58: Hallowe’en Party - Agatha Christie (3,5/5)

It was good, but it felt like it was repeating the same information a bit too much. I also thought it would have more to do with Halloween than it actually did.

#59: Dead Silence - S.A. Barnes (3/5)

It had some really good parts and it was pretty scary from time to time. It was brought down some by the juvenile dialogue and some of the stupid decisions the characters make.

#60: The Book of Cthulhu - Ross E. Lockhart (3,5/5)

A short story collection containing 27 different stories all by different authors. It was a real mixed bag for me. While some storys were great, others were really bad.

#61: Slewfoot - Gerald Brom (4/5)

Really loved the folklore and the characters. Some of the interactions happening between the spirits felt a bit too out there.

#62: The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides (4/5)

It had me intrigued for most of it. It lost some of its steam towards the end because someone indirectly spoiled it for me by comparing it to another book.

What’s your thoughts on these books?

i just realized i've been on the same book for like two weeks and i'm only halfway through, but i'm not even mad about it. usually i burn through stuff pretty fast but this one has me rereading paragraphs because i don't want to miss anything. is that normal or am i just weird about it?

Christopher Buehlman - The Blacktounge Thief, The Lesser Dead, Between Two Fires

Rick Mcintyre - Reign of Wolf 21

Augustina Bazterrca - The Unworthy

Ted Chiang - Exhalation

Stephan A. Jones - Mapping the Interior

Nghi Vo - Empress of Salt and Fortune

Edward Ashton - After the Fall

Djeli Clark - The Haunting of Tram Car 015

Adrian Tchaikovsky - Preaching to the Choir

Chuck Tingle - Camp Demascus

Anna Lembke - Dopamine Nation

167 /52. Overall fun month of reading. Fell in love with all things Christopher Buehlman and highly recommend Reign of Wolf 21 if you like nature!

Here’s what I’ve read so far this year! 🤷‍♀️😂😂😂🤷‍♀️

There are quite a few series that I’ve either finished up, some I reread that I didn’t add because I’ve read them so many times! Like The Dresden files 😂😂😂 it’s my go to hahaha 😂

Some I really tried to love but just couldn’t.

I started the yearly goal to read more, which I did, but the bigger shift was how much less I reach for my phone in idle moments now. The book filled the gap the scrolling used to. Did not expect a reading target to be a screen time fix. Has the challenge changed any habits for you beyond just the number of books?

Shoutout to Libby. Lots of fun books this year, this is ranked more in chronological order than picking best- worst in each specific tier. Yes, I’ve been reading lots of King this year

In my last post, The Spy and the Traitor was recommended by quite a few folks and I was not disappointed! A grat spy novel and I love this type of history. It reminds me of Tunnel 29 (which if you haven't ready and liked this book, please do!)

That brings me to 63 books this year. Thanks again for the recommendation!

Full list:

The Spy and the Traitor-Ben Macintyre

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West-Cormac McCarthy

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer-Michelle McNamara

All Systems Red-Martha Wells

Station Eleven-Emily St. John Mandel

The death of Ivan Ilyich and other stories-Tolstoy, Leo graf

Foundation-Isaac Asimov

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This-Omar El Akkad

Lonesome Dove-Larry McMurtry

Royal Assassin-Robin Hobb

We Are Legion-Dennis E. Taylor

The River of Doubt-Candice Millard

The Devils-Joe Abercrombie

In the Heart of the Sea-Nathaniel Philbrick

Madhouse at the End of the Earth-Julian Sancton

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet-Becky Chambers

The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl #4)-Matt Dinniman

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder-David Grann

Assassin's Apprentice-Robin Hobb

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage-Alfred Lansing

Alone on the Ice-David Roberts

The Terror-Dan Simmons

Lives-Plutarch

The Twelve Caesars-Suetonius

Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition-Owen Beattie

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party-Daniel James Brown

Last Argument of Kings-Joe Abercrombie

Histories-Herodotus

Before They Are Hanged-Joe Abercrombie

Introducing the Ancient Greeks-Edith Hall

The Blade Itself-Joe Abercrombie

Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old-Mary Beard

Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James Romm-James Romm

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 3-Matt Dinniman

The Hero of Ages-Brandon Sanderson

Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire-James Romm

Surface Detail-Iain M. Banks

Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 2-Matt Dinniman

The Well of Ascension-Brandon Sanderson

Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 1-Matt Dinniman

Wrath (The Faithful and the Fallen Book 4)-John Gwynne

Mistborn-Brandon Sanderson

The Norman Conquest-Marc Morris

Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen Book 3)-John Gwynne

The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England-Marc Morris

Matter-Iain M. Banks

The Doors of Eden-Adrian Tchaikovsky

Valor-John Gwynne

Look to Windward-Iain M. Banks

Malice (Book 1 of 4: The Faithful and the Fallen)-John Gwynne

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101-Christopher R. Browning

Leviathan Wakes-by James S. A. Corey

Medieval Europe-Chris Wickham

A Scanner Darkly-Phillip K. Dick

The Greatest Knight-Thomas Asbridge

House of Suns-Alastair Reynolds

Inversions-Iain M. Banks

The Last Town-Blake Crouch

The State of the Art-Iain M. Banks

Wayward-Blake Crouch

Pines-Blake Crouch

Excession-Iain M. Banks

Robots and Empire-Isaac Asimov

Sharing what I’ve read, the squares with purple backgrounds are the books that really stood out to me in their genre and I’m ready to recommend to anyone!

When I started the 52 book challenge nearly 5 years ago, I would not have dreamed I’d be easily reading over 100 books a year. But now, reading is my favorite hobby. I’ve joined some book clubs online and in my town and I’ve read far out of my comfort zone this year. Even if the book isn’t for me, I have a lot of fun reading almost anything. That wasn’t true 5 years ago!

Edited to add the titles and authors:

Row 1 (1–10)
Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan
You Shouldn't Have Come Here – Jeneva Rose
Ghost Wall - Sarah Moss
Triangles - Ellen Hopkins
Dark Matter – Blake Crouch
Beach Read – Emily Henry
The Getaway – Jim Thompson
Yellowface – R.F. Kuang
Earthlings – Sayaka Murata
Lost Lambs – Madeline Cash
Row 2 (11–20)
Anatomy of an Alibi – Ashley Elston
Deep Cuts – Holly Bodger
Half His Age – Jennette McCurdy
The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
Rock Paper Scissors – Alice Feeney
Apartment – Teddy Wayne
One of Us Is Dead – Jeneva Rose
Next to Normal – Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt
Set the Record Straight – Hannah Bonam-Young
Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver
Row 3 (21–30)
The Winner – Teddy Wayne
She Didn't See It Coming – Shari Lapena
Good People – Patmeena Sabit
Dazzler – Joy Fielding
Cursed Daughters – Ovinkan Braithwaite
Paradais – Fernanda Melchor
One of Our Own – Lucinda Berry
Looking for Alaska - John Green
Best Offer Wins – Marisa Kashino
Party Games – R.L. Stine
Row 4 (31–40)
The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett
Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones
Disney Adults – AJ Wolfe
This Story Might Save Your Life – Tiffany Chau
Lock Every Door – Riley Sager
Mother Night – Kurt Vonnegut
Seatmate – Cara Bastone
Vanishing Acts – Joshua Grasso
Almost Life – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque
Row 5 (41–50)
Burn Down Masters House - Clay Cane
Taylor Swift: By the Book – Rachel Feder and Tiffany Tatreau
The Devil She Knows – Alexandria Bellafleur
Wild Dark Shore – Charlotte McConaghy
The Truth According to Ember – Danica Nava
Dept. of Speculation - Jenny Orfill
The Ending Writes Itself – Evelyn Clarke
Chasing Haze – Piper Rayne
Yesteryear – Caro Claire Burke
The Secret Life of Church Ladies - Deesha Philyaw
Row 6 (51–60)
Julie Chan Is Dead – Liann Zhang
The Rose that Grew From Concrete- Tupac
Audition – Katie Kitamura
Convenience Store Woman- Sayaka Mukata
Murder Bimbo – Rebecca Novack
Heart The Lover – Lily King
Make Me Better – Sarah Gailey
My Sister, the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Killer Question – Janice Hallett
Anderson in Bloom – Jennifer Dugan
Row 7 (61–70)
11/22/63 – Stephen King
Pot Shot – Laura Piper Lee
Automatic Noodle – Annalee Newitz
Stoner - John Edward Williams
Mary Jane – Jessica Anya Blau
The Hike – Drew Magary
Margo's Got Money Troubles – Rufi Thorpe
Kin – Tayari Jones
Loud – Drew Afualo
Permafrost – Eva Baltasar
Row 8 (71–80)
Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut
Five – Ilona Bannister
The Lowe Job – Grace Alexander
Girl’s Girl – Sonya Feldman
A Children's Bible – Lydia Millet
The Girl I Was – Jeneva Rose
Dante’s Inferno - Paul and Gaetan Brizzi
Blankets – Craig Thompson
Everything Is Beautiful and Nothing Hurts – Ben Reeves
The Wager – David Grann
Row 9 (81–90)
Dissection of a Murder – Jo Murray
Savages – Don Winslow
Emma M. Lion - Beth Brower
Comfort Me with Apples - Catherynne M Valente
Sandwich – Catherine Newman
Confessions – Kanae Minato
Sky Daddy – Kate Folk
One Bad Night – multiple authors
The Intrigue – Silvia Marino-Garcia
The Silent Appeal – Janice Hallett
Row 10 (91–100)
James – Percival Everett
Little Eyes – Samanta Schweblin
Learning - Courtney Bush
Calamity Club – Kathryn Stockett
The Anniversary - Alex Finlay
Railed – Zane E. Stori
Look What the Cat Dragged In – Jason Rekulak
Dungeon Crawler Carl – Matt Dinniman
Etna – Paul Yoon
The Glass Hotel – Emily St. John Mandel

Ever read a book that made you think: “I’m not quite feeling it, but it’s so weird, I want to see where this goes.”? That’s how I feel about The One Hundred Nights of Hero, 10% of the way in.

I normally read 40-50 books per year, but in 2026 I hit a stretch that send me into overdrive. This spring I hit "Normal People," "The Road" and a few others that made me feel like I haven't about books since I was a kid reading Harry Potter at summer camp. I've been gobbling them up, chasing that sense of wonder and fascination and excitement. The reveal in "Eileen" gave me an intense spine tingle. From there, I stopped being intimidated by the "weirder" titles -- in fact I've been seeking them out -- and stopped procrastinating some of the beloved stuff I've always put off.

What am I missing? I’m really interested to learn about less-known authors and under-appreciated books. Please also let me know if I should check out any smaller publishing presses.

1. A Marriage at Sea - Sophie Elmhirst
2. The Witch Elm - Tana French
3. Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
4. My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante
5. Nothing to Envy - Barbra Demick
6. The Likeness - Tana French
7. The Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin
8. Blood Test - Charles Baxter
9. The Fort Bragg Cartel - Seth Harp
10. The Wager - David Grann
11. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
12. In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson
13. The Lost Tomb - Douglas Preston
14. River of the Gods - Candice Millard 
15. A Physical Education - Casey Johnston
16. Football - Chuck Klosterman 
17. The Wide Wide Sea - Hampton Sides 
18. My Darkest Prayer - SA Cosby
19. A Children’s Bible - Lydia Millet
20. Normal People - Sally Rooney
21. 1984 - George Orwell
22. Parable of the Talents - Octavia Butler
23. She Rides Shotgun - Jordan Harper
24. Margo’s Got Money Troubles - Rufi Thorpe
25. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
26. The Barn - Wright Thompson
27. Exhalation - Ted Chiang
28. The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner
29. London Falling - Patrick Radden Keefe 
30. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk
31. Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
32. Playworld - Adam Ross
33. Faithful Place - Tana French
34. The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro
35. Murder Bimbo - Rebcca Novack
36. Among Friends - Hal Ebbott
37. The Children Act - Ian McEwan
38. Harlem Shuffle - Colson Whitehead
39. Dinosaurs - Lydia Millet 
40. North Woods - Daniel Mason
41. Dept. of Speculation - Jenny Offill
42. Conversations With Friends - Sally Rooney
43. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke
44. Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
45. Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh
46. Clear - Carys Davies
47. How the Dead Dream - Lydia Millet
48. Stoner - John Williams
49. Disruptions - Steven Millhauser
50. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
51. James - Percival Everett
52. Pee Wees - Rich Cohen
53. The Shipping News - Annie Proulx
54. Ghost Town - Tom Perrotta
55. The Brothers K - David James Duncan
56. The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff
57. My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh
58. Unlikely Animals - Annie Hartnett
59. The Overstory - Richard Powers
60. Atavists - Lydia Millet
61. Without You, There is No Us - Suki Kim
62. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy
63. Martyr - Kaveh Akbar
64. Death in Her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh
65. Intermezzo - Sally Rooney
66. Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner
67. Homesick for Another World - Ottessa Moshfegh
68. Paradais - Fernanda Melchor
69. Defending Jacob - William Landay
70. White Noise - Don DeLillo
71. Before the Fall - Noah Hawley
72. The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
73. We Had to Remove This Post - Hanna Bervoets
74. Exit Party - Emily St. John Mandel
75. The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel
76. Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh
77. The Hitch - Sara Levine
78. East of Eden - John Steinbeck
79. Rejection - Tony Tulathimutte
80. Sweet Lamb of Heaven - Lydia Millet
81. Pan - Michael Clune
82. In the Days of My Youth I Was Told of What It Means to Be a Man - Tom Junod
83. Going Home - Tom Lamont
84. The Idiot - Elif Batuman
85. A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay

I'm a sucker of good prose. What book(s) would you suggest me based on my taste?

All my 2026 reads so far! I’ve never made a tier list like this before but it’s making me wonder if I’m too generous/random with my ratings. Currently reading Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark.

1. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 10/10
   
2. We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida 7/10
   
3. Luster by Raven Leilani 10/10
   
4. Speedboat by Renata Adler 8/10
   
5. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton 10/10
   
6. The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig 8/10
   
7. Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados 7/10
   
8. Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters 9/10
   
9. All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu 8/10
   
10. Butter by Asako Yuzuki 4/10
    
11. The Wall by Marlen Haushofer 10/10
    
12. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 10/10
    
13. Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou 7/10
    
14. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 8/10
    
15. How to Be Both by Ali Smith 7/10
    
16. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson 7/10
    
17. Passing by Nella Larsen 9/10
    
18. Loca by Alejandro Heredia 6/10
    
19. East of Eden by John Steinbeck 9/10
    
20. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 9/10
    
21. Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner 10/10
    
22. Sula by Toni Morrison 10/10
    
23. White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi 7/10
    
24. Big Swiss by Jen Beagin 8/10
    
25. The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim 7/10
    
26. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons 9/10
    
27. The Postmortal by Drew Magary 8/10
    
28. The Lamb by Lucy Rose 6/10
    
29. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 8/10
    
30. Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys 9/10
    
31. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 2/10
    
32. Discontent by Beatriz Serrano 8/10
    
33. Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado 8/10
    
34. Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor 10/10
    
35. The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares 10/10
    
36. On Beauty by Zadie Smith 6/10
    
37. A Double Life by Flynn Berry 5/10
    
38. The Reformatory by Tananarive Due 10/10
    
39. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 9/10
    
40. Carrie by Stephen King 9/10
    
41. Salem’s Lot by Stephen King 7/10
    
42. The Ruins by Scott Smith 6.5/10
    
43. Come Closer by Sara Gran 9/10

This is my second experience with James Baldwin, having previously read The Fire Next Time, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I have to say, I think Baldwin might be my favorite prose writer of any author I've encountered. His writing is simply beautiful, and Giovanni's Room only reinforced that opinion. He does not miss. 

That said, this is a very different work. It’s about a man in Paris who is in a serious relationship with a woman, begins an affair with a man. It’s a very short but heartbreaking  tragedy about love, shame, identity, and the destructive consequences of denying your true self. It’s about the confrontation between who we are and who we think we are, or who we think society wants us to be. 

There is a keen examination, in particular, of just how much people are willing to sacrifices for the promise of stability and respectability. That tension between the lives characters really want and the ones society expects of them, is this constant background against the whole work. Baldwin writes this beautifully, as only he could. There's a great deal of psychological depth packed into a relatively short work, and Baldwin manages to communicate it with extraordinary elegance. This is a classic for a reason. 

If I had to distill its central message into a single sentence, it would be this: You cannot run from yourself.

Started reading seriously in August, had a book I was reading prior over the last several months, so anyhow I started this in August. I don’t think I’ll get to 52 but we will see

My third Franklin and when I saw it on the discount shelf I had that instant feeling of ‘this book is mine now. I may be a different person after going through it. No one can take it away.’

Small town. Cop alone against everything that small town life can throw at you. Everyone knows everyone. One diner. Everyone has some long history with you and him and her. Hard to hide. Memories that bear down on you like a meteor with you just touching the wrong hand, hearing the wrong voice. The characterizations of Silas and Larry in this small landscape are supremely skilled. We all know that kind of friend, that kind of loss, the puzzlement of time gone so quickly by. Why did we miss that time with that person?

And in this book lies the most impressive drawing of an outsider, a misunderstood young man living his life like he deserved it all. Not racism, though we have racism here. Just the wrong moments just kept driving him into a further isolation and silence. And no one had the courage to reach out.

Not a book easily forgotten. 

i'm on my third time through a comfort read and i know i'm supposed to be working toward 52 but honestly it's hard to let go of something that just hits different. wondering if other people have this problem or if i'm just procrastinating on finishing my tbr pile.

Is the 2027 list out yet? I can’t find it. I’m done with the 2026 list. Wondering on any mini challenges for holidays?

How are ya'll creating your tier lists? I'm familiar with tiermaker, but is there a particular template that has a huge catalog of new and classical book covers already on it? Are are you manually adding the images yourselves?