Booklist 2025
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beelikejThis was my sort of comment-to-be-added-sticky-post for 2025.
Now it's just a list of the books I read this year.
You can find my current reading-list on top of my LJ and DW:)
What I read in 2025
How this list works: Book(s) I am in the middle of |Books I have read + date | link to review (or credit;) | DNF = Did not finish (gave up)
MY 2025 BOOKLIST
Left over books from 2024 (and before)
The History of Men's Adventure Magazines in Postwar America - Max Allan Collins, etc (on my bookpile for YEARS) 8 SEP.Spotlight [op] Aimee de Jongh - Jan-Willem de Vries 14 JAN.Zwerfgoed - Katinka Polderman & Sophie Reinders (October 2021) 16 FEB.Skulls, Portraits of the Dead - Paul Gambino (2021 Birthdaygift from Mom) 14 AUG.Terra Ultima - Raoul Deleo (December 2022) Christmas Books - Charles Dickens (2022 Birthdaygift from T.) Jheronimus Bosch, Visioenen van een Genie - Matthijs Ilsink & Jos Koldeweij (February 2023) 1 AUG.The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (Kickstarter Black edition, February 2023) De Schone Slaper e.a. verhalen - Jan Vander Laenen (June 2023) DNF* 2 JAN.
*too vulgair and misogynistic; only had 2 stories left to go, but I had reached my limit.Het Onofficiële Kookboek voor Harry Potter Fans - Tom Grimm (2023 Birthdaygift from Mom) Powers of Darkness (The Lost Version of Dracula) - Valdimar Ásmundsson (May 2024) De Opoponax - Monique Wittig (FR) (June 2024) 31 JAN.On The Line - The Story of Greenwich (August 2024) 13 FEB.De Grote Van Gogh Atlas - Nienke Denekamp & René van Blerk (August 2024) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (November 2024) 23 OCT.Ongemakkelijke Mensen - Elly Biesters (Sinterklaas 2024) 2 APR. Buried Deep - Naomi Novik (Sinterklaas 2024) 28 FEB. Such awesome stories; highly recommended!Moresnet - Philip Dröge (Sinterklaas 2024) 17 MAR.In Memoriam - Alice Winne (2024 Bdaygift from T.) 11 JAN.The Greatest Nobodies of History - Adrian Bliss (2024 Bdaygift from T.) 20 JULY Enjoyable and educational, stories from made up points of view followed by historical facts section. Favorite: The Last Dodo - it made me hold my breath.Herinneringen - Aletta Jacobs (2024 Bdaygift from Mom) 3 MAY
Added in January:
The Reading List - Sara Nisha Adams (2024 Bdaygift from M.) 6 JULYMannen en Andere Tegenvallers [SWE: Norrtullsligan] - Elin Wägner 21 MAYDe Trein Waarin Het Regent - Wianda Rozendaal 7 JUNE (2024 Bdaygift from J.)The DNA of Orphan Black - Abbie Bernstein 2 OCT.
Added in February:
Mort - Terry Pratchett 28 JUL.Abu Dhabi - Lonely Planet Pocket 14 APR.A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik 3 MAY
Added in March:
De Schoft - Marente de Moor (Bought for Bookweek 2025) 25 NOV.Hèhè - Paulien Cornelisse (Essay Bookweek 2025) 8 APR.De Krater - Gerwin van der Werff (Freebie for Bookweek 2025) 7 MAY
Added in April:
Feminists in progress - Lauraine Meyer (on loan from M.) 28 APR.
Added in May:
The Last Graduate - Naomi Novik 19 MAYThe Golden Enclaves - Naomi Novik 30 MAY
Added in June:
In Mijn Ogen Draag Ik Wolken - Forugh Karimi Bookshops & Bonedust - Travis Baldree De Stilte - Anya Niewierra (Freebee for Zomerlezen (Summerreading) 2025) 10 DEC.Biesboschpad, Voetafdruk van de Elisabethsvloed (walkingguide) 30 JUL.
Added in July:
Temeraire [UK-title of His Majesty's Dragon, 1st book of Temeraire series] - Naomi Novik 31 JUL.
Added in August:
Throne of Jade [Temeraire book 2] - Naomi Novik 4 AUG.Black Powder War [Temeraire book 3] - Naomi Novik 23 AUG.Empire of Ivory [Temeraire book 4] - Naomi Novik 31 AUG.Was Getekend - Anton Pieck 12 OCT.De Dertig Mooiste Sprookjes van de Sprookjesverteller - Thé Tjong-Khing 3 DEC.Victory of Eagles [Temeraire book 5] - Naomi Novik 2 SEP.Tongues of Serpents [Temeraire book 6] - Naomi Novik 18 NOV.Crucible of Gold [Temeraire book 7] - Naomi Novik 29 DEC.
Added in September:
Wings of Fire - Jonathan Strahan and Marianne S. Jablon Three Men in a Boat/Three Men on a Bummel - Jerome K. Jerome Blood of Tyrants [Temeraire book 8] - Naomi Novik League of Dragons [Temeraire book 9] - Naomi Novik
Added in October:
Kroatische kust Dalmatië - ANWB Extra reisgids 1 NOV.
Added in December:
This Way Up - Mark Cooper-Jones & Jay Foreman (Sinterklaas 2025) Hoe Vond Je Zelf Dat Het Ging? - Jip van den Toorn (Sinterklaas 2025) The End of Alice - A.M. Holmes (2025 Bdaygift from T.) You Are But Dust - Hannah Clayton (2025 Bdaygift from T.) At Swim, Two Boys - Jamie O'Neill (2025 Bdaygift from Mom) Narcis - Judith Fanto (2025 Bdaygift from Mom)
That's 40 BOOKS read this year!
Happy Reading! ~ J.
What I read in 2024 [DW] / 2023 [DW] / 2022 [DW] / 2021 [DW] / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
My old archive of alphabetized book reviews / Readingcommunity thej2bee LJ
Now it's just a list of the books I read this year.
You can find my current reading-list on top of my LJ and DW:)
What I read in 2025
How this list works: Book(s) I am in the middle of |
MY 2025 BOOKLIST
Left over books from 2024 (and before)
*too vulgair and misogynistic; only had 2 stories left to go, but I had reached my limit.
Added in January:
Added in February:
Added in March:
Added in April:
Added in May:
Added in June:
Added in July:
Added in August:
Added in September:
Added in October:
Added in December:
That's 40 BOOKS read this year!
Happy Reading! ~ J.
What I read in 2024 [DW] / 2023 [DW] / 2022 [DW] / 2021 [DW] / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
My old archive of alphabetized book reviews / Readingcommunity thej2bee LJ