My biggest surprise was the Dungeon Crawler Carl series! It's an indie-published LitRPG that has some of the most engrossing writing I've ever read (well, listened to, cause the audiobook is out of this world excellent).
@@bmvanloo ugh, I’m so jealous. I didn’t think to order the indie-published book versions of 5 and 6, so now I have to wait until they come out in April and May. I just got my husband into the audiobooks, though.
@@Stargazerlost yeah, i looked today and am sad that I can't get the indie covers any more (i like them sooo much better than the new covers). Luckily, I (and my husband, since we share an Audible account) bought all the audiobooks earlier this year. But if they stop having Jeff Hayes narrate I may riot 😂
Teller of Small Fortunes shot WAY up my tbr when the author's father came into our bookstore with a stack of postcards to gush about his daughter's authorial debut!! So glad to hear you liked it ❤
My surprise this year was the memoir How to Say Babylon. Not my usual fare at all, but it's beautifully written and heart-scarring with its rawness and honesty.
My biggest surprise recently has been the His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman. I’ve been trying to read the series for 20+ years and always dnf’d, but I felt like this was the year to have it not hanging over my head anymore. I wasn’t expecting much considering I’d never enjoyed it enough to continue before, but this time around I binged the series. I think I cried the entire last hour of the final audiobook lol
my surprise this year was Ruth Reichl's The Paris Novel ... I have loved her NF and liked her fiction well enough but The Paris Novel was just such a delightful read and soooo much of what i needed at the time! Merry Christmas, Bethany -- and wishing you only great things in 2025 ❤🎄
For fiction most surprising read is a toss up between The Imaginary Corpse by Tyler Hayes and What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell as they both of have premises I was a bit iffy on, but executed them so amazingly well. Non-fiction most surprising read was one I picked up for Choose Your Story. Duped: Why Innocent People Confess and Why We Believe Their Confessions by Saul Kassin - I figured it would be interesting and a bit fury inducing, but it was so much more.
I recently read A Teller of Small Fortunes and really enjoyed it, too. Also just listened to Sandwich by Catherine Newman and it has really stuck with me. The main character/narrator is somewhat annoying at first, but then as the book goes on, you see the push and pull of her contrary feelings. Speaking about her husband: "I love that about him. (long pause) And I hate that about him." Ended up being way more real life than I expected. 4.5 - 5 stars for me,
My biggest surprise was the Dungeon Crawler Carl series! It's an indie-published LitRPG that has some of the most engrossing writing I've ever read (well, listened to, cause the audiobook is out of this world excellent).
Sounds interesting!
It’s such a great series! I just started book 4, and it’s just continued to be a fun read.
@@Stargazerlost I just finished book 4! My husband binged all of them and is now caught up through book 6 🤣
@@bmvanloo ugh, I’m so jealous. I didn’t think to order the indie-published book versions of 5 and 6, so now I have to wait until they come out in April and May. I just got my husband into the audiobooks, though.
@@Stargazerlost yeah, i looked today and am sad that I can't get the indie covers any more (i like them sooo much better than the new covers). Luckily, I (and my husband, since we share an Audible account) bought all the audiobooks earlier this year. But if they stop having Jeff Hayes narrate I may riot 😂
Teller of Small Fortunes shot WAY up my tbr when the author's father came into our bookstore with a stack of postcards to gush about his daughter's authorial debut!! So glad to hear you liked it ❤
My surprise this year was the memoir How to Say Babylon. Not my usual fare at all, but it's beautifully written and heart-scarring with its rawness and honesty.
My biggest surprise recently has been the His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman. I’ve been trying to read the series for 20+ years and always dnf’d, but I felt like this was the year to have it not hanging over my head anymore. I wasn’t expecting much considering I’d never enjoyed it enough to continue before, but this time around I binged the series. I think I cried the entire last hour of the final audiobook lol
my surprise this year was Ruth Reichl's The Paris Novel ... I have loved her NF and liked her fiction well enough but The Paris Novel was just such a delightful read and soooo much of what i needed at the time! Merry Christmas, Bethany -- and wishing you only great things in 2025 ❤🎄
I'm looking forward to book club with Divine Rivals - I finished it this week and I really loved it actually
I read one perfect couple this year also and I enjoyed it a lot. It was my second Ruth Ware. My first didnt realky work for me but this one was so fun
The Queen’s Thief series really is one of the best rereads.
It really is. I’m enjoying going back through the books!
For fiction most surprising read is a toss up between The Imaginary Corpse by Tyler Hayes and What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell as they both of have premises I was a bit iffy on, but executed them so amazingly well.
Non-fiction most surprising read was one I picked up for Choose Your Story. Duped: Why Innocent People Confess and Why We Believe Their Confessions by Saul Kassin - I figured it would be interesting and a bit fury inducing, but it was so much more.
Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova was my surprise. Debut author, barely heard anything about it, first chapter was meh. But i ended up loving the duology.
I recently read A Teller of Small Fortunes and really enjoyed it, too. Also just listened to Sandwich by Catherine Newman and it has really stuck with me. The main character/narrator is somewhat annoying at first, but then as the book goes on, you see the push and pull of her contrary feelings. Speaking about her husband: "I love that about him. (long pause) And I hate that about him." Ended up being way more real life than I expected. 4.5 - 5 stars for me,
I loved mistress of lies so much
It’s so good!! I haven’t seen a lot of people talk about it
Need to read The Thirteenth Child
I also dont understand why no one said Devine Rivals is WWI fiction.. took mw back a second
I'm continuing cause I need to know if they end up together & how they do if they do
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I dnfed horror movie early on. Could not stand the writing