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You mentioned Lonesome Dove. If you like audio books the Audible version is outstanding - one of my favourite audio books ever.

I was happy to see Tom Lake in the list! 😍 It was also one of my favorites last year!

How can you not read 1 book over 500 pages?😮

Excellent reviews! Love the stats! Need to pick up a few!

Great list! You’ve really inspired me to pick up a few on your list. New to book reviews on RUclips and your reviews and delivery are the best I’ve seen yet.

I really love BIG books as you spend more time with the characters and you really get to know them. My longest book in 2024 was Anna Karenina which has just been an amazing journey. Such a reward! Although it takes a long time and perseverance to get through those tomes, as I’m a fairly slow reader, it’s more about the journey than the destination, right? I’m really looking forward to your reviews of these longer rides…

Wait...WHAT?! LGBTQIA+ is its own category?? If a book is literary short stories written by a member of the LGBTQIA+ community...it goes...where?! (P.S. loved this wrap up so very much)

Excellent goals 🎉

Love love this video’s swag & hype someone else liked Of Cattle And Men bc one of my other favorite booktubers kinda ripped it apart . Really wanna read Glorious Exploits bc of your feedback this video & another 📖 🪱 💚

This was fun!

Yes to Karen Russell! I just can’t wait, I loved her quirky stories. As for translations, I’d recommend two to check out. The first is Irene Sola’s newest novel, I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness: she’s a fantastic young Catalonian author who creates an immense, magical universe in every novel, imbued with magic and a play on narratives and memories of centuries. The second is by contemporary Hungarian author Rita Halasz titled Deep Breath, it was very successful both critically and sales wise after its release. It’s about a young woman facing her abusive marriage and her life that falls apart.

My favorite review: "Beyond me".

Just finished glorious exploits and the secret life. Thank you so much for these excellent recommendations. Spot on!!!

Is there a list written somewhere? thanks

I love this challenge because I can read it entirely from books already on my shelf that need to be ready! This is going to prompt me to read what I already have. I signed up for Story Graph just to participate. I hope you love The Poisonwood Bible. It's amazing!

Love your content, catching up on all your past vids! Can you do a video on how you read so much and how you read in a week? 🎉

Loved this, eloquent concise reviews = 5 stars. 😊 PS. Half stars could be a creative facial expression and/or hand gesture. 🤪🤨👍👎🤙🖖🤟🖕🤌🤔🤗

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I read Milkman for this year anna-uary. It has a potential to be the very best of the year. It's kind of serious and kind of mad and dark funny. It was the first book I read this year, and following reads just can't compete with it.

I can’t believe this is the third video of these I get to see! Love it, as always, and here’s to a year of great reading in 2025

Such a fun concept! Sounds like you read some bangers, will need to rewatch to note names. Somewhat silly suggestion but maybe the .5 stars you make a noise so it doesn't mess with the words? Hope this reading year is even better for you than last :)

A number of books you've read I've enjoyed. Always grateful for you recommendations. Still need to get to Severance, Headshot and Creation Lake.

loved this review style!

Well done, great fun twist (five stars)

'drink the milk' 😂😱 Jungle House has been on my library tbr for ages, hope to get to it soon.

Bravo!

THATwas an interesting way to summarise your very solid reading year 😊 I use star ratings but when it’s a 3 I often use the .5 . Not quite a four but more than the average 3. It’s all a wonderful game🤭 I could not enjoy Glorious Exploits. Very very disappointed because when in London in July it was the only book I bought and its a signed copy (luggage space). I thought the humour cruel and DNFed. Maybe I should try again…..

I’ve read 27 of those books. A coupled DNFd. Might have different star ratings. There are 14 on my TBR I read 112 last year but that included lots of short books. When I’m ill or feeling down I tend to read romances with happy endings to cheer myself up. In November I read 20 because I had a nasty chest infection.

What a great way of summarizing your yearly reading!

The most sincere praise I can offer is that I watched your review with my library app opened so I could add books to my list as you went along. 🙂 Thank you for the excellent synopsis your favorites.

18:21 ok wait those edges literally made me gasp, kind of love it!!

The speed of that gave me an anxiety spike Ben, lol. A couple I liked a lot more than you did, like 'And Then She Fell' (Alicia Elliot). Added a couple of titles to my tbr, thanks. Looking forward to a new year of your videos ❤

Wow I really enjoyed this video. Even though I’m watching it on 1/25/25. Great suggestions and love the ambience. 📚📚

I love your book review ideas! You always come with something new that no one has done it before 😊👍

I enjoyed this so much and your reviews have encouraged me to add so many books to my tbr, so much so that I forgive you for hating two of my favourites 😂

I liked this video a lot 👍🏻 thank you

Thank you Ben! Such a great way to approach a wrap up

Another brilliant yearly wrap-up Ben! that's 5 stars

I give you five stars for use of the word ‘fewer’ and being so bloody clever with these flash reviews! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️