As for the Sorrows of young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, I can say it's a great tale. I read it in 2023. It has an interesting composition, as it is a compilation of letters. Therefore, it is possible to really get to understand the protagonist's emotions and how they develop over the course of the story, since the letters are dated. The received letters, one has to imagine.
I read 'And Quiet Flows the Don' in 2024. But what you may not know is that it's only half of the story! The second half is called 'The Don Flows Home to the Sea' and it's another 800+ pages. I didn't quite realize that when I started the first part. I enjoyed the whole epic by reading it over many months. There's also a good audiobook version of the first part. Cheers!
We’re TBR buddies several times/tomes over: The Brothers Karamazov (tied with Middlemarch, War and Peace, and The Tale of Genji for my favorite novel-buckle up), Q, The Eighth Life, and Fathers and Sons are all on my list too (and your 2024 buddy Oblomov). I’ve read some of your other books on your list: you’re going to have a great year. Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy is terrific. Jude the Obscure is buh-rutal! Vanity Fair is a long but great satire. Native Son made me cry. Invisible Man is a masterpiece too, but you will see how profound Wright’s influence is. And Don Quixote is indeed funny (and should also probably be tied for my favorite novel), but as an adult, I suspect you’ll find that the second half breaks your heart. I’m excited about a ton of books this year-also being ambitious/tragically hopeful, I suspect-but one I’m especially excited for is Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain. Another is Platonov’s Chevengur. A third is Vollmann’s The Dying Grass, which I spy on your shelf. And then there’s Dostoevsky: I’m actually reading and/or rereading all of him this year alongside Joseph Frank’s five-volume biography of him. A crazy project I decided was “a good idea.” We’ll see if I’m still saying that when I wind up in therapy. Sounds like we will be kept busy. And, I saw you were reading 4321! How do you like it? I remember writing to you that it had more heart and a lot less hipster to it than the NY Trilogy. Happy New Year! Your channel is so much fun and I really appreciate those reading sprint/productivity videos. Sometimes I read along with you for hours!
We are reading twins! I have or have read a lot of the books you mentioned. And my review on 4 3 2 1 is coming up. I decided to go for it based on your comment and loved it! I'm so glad you left that comment because the NY Trilogy really threw me off. Have a great New Year and I'm glad you enjoy the sprints too!
I too enjoy a big book, but I don't think I have quite as many as you that I hope to read this year. I only have ten or so over 700 pages, but you have inspired me to hunt up some more!
I read "March" and "Year of Wonders" by Geraldine Brooks in 2024. I was so impressed with both. I am going to read "People of the Book" by her this year because I liked these two so much. I hope you like them. You have a great list for 2025!
I am always ready for the classics, I already have the physical edition of And quiet flows the Don. So I might join you. I read wifes and daughters last year and I loved it, my favourite Gaskell so far.
I forgot, I might also join you in reading Clarissa, I started reading it in 2024, but dfn about half way through, or maybe less. I believe I went about it the wrong way. I think I read to much every day, and therefore got tired of it. I would really like to finish it, 🙂
Amazing list. Several of these are some of my all-time favorite books - Don Quixote, Brothers Karamazov, Invisible Man, Titus Groan. Plus, several more that were also great or had a lasting impact on me. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on all of these.
What a great list! Don Quixote and Titus Groan are tentatively on my list too. And I absolutely endorse the Room with a View recommendation - as you will see when I get around to making my 'best books of the year' video. Eek and I've literally just started reading Thomas Hardy this week. Far from the Madding Crowd. Looking forward to getting my heart broken, I guess. 😅
Oooo maybe the stars will align and we'll buddy read something. I recall you mentioning loving Room with A View and picked it up shortly after that. Enjoy Far From. Don't worry, it's less heart breaking and more shocking.
@@noteworthyfiction A buddy read sounds like great fun, I've not done one before. I hope the stars will indeed align - if not for those books, then for something or other! Ooh, shocking? I'm intrigued. I'm loving the book so far.
Yay The Eighth Life! I want to read that too one day. 😅 and yay for the Russian books! Oh March!!! It's a hard book to read content wise but so good!! Oh my... that Hardy. Ugh. I hate it. 😂 i got so angry at those characters. I'll be reading Vanity Fair this summer! Maybe Wives and Daughters.
Under the Greenwood Tree will be a good antidote for JtheO (it's quite cheerful for Hardy). I'm hoping to read XX in March and have The Assassin's Cloak as my year-long read (it's a diary anthology and I'm aiming to read the entries on the appropriate day). It sounds like you have some amazing reads lined up - tempting!
I’m reading XX right now, it’s taking a while as I can’t seem to read a lot before I stop and think about it. The more you read, the more it makes sense. I will say, I’m a bit jealous you found a paperback copy as it’s out of print and only the hard bound is available. As for buddy reading, I would love to buddy read Don Quixote, but it can’t be before June.
I didn't realize it went out of print, but I guess that happens after 4 years unless the books a smash hit. I'm surprised I didn't pick it back up as I wasn't minding it at the time. I think it just bumped up against my move and some buddy reads. I think after June for Don Quixote would work for me. I'll try to keep that in mind with my TBR games!
I just got Wives and Daughters too. I read North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell this past year. It took me a little while to get into it. I couldn't understand what the hype for it was until I got midway through the book and then I really enjoyed it. I won't be getting to Wives and Daughters for quite a while though.
I felt the same about North and South and am hoping that Wives and Daughters is better. At the end of the day I just thought N&S was ok, but I liked her writing enough to try other books. I know a lot of people who aren't huge fans of N&S like Mary Barton better (similar book but less politics).
Richardson' s writing is tough. Audiobooks help. I read Pamela at the end of 2023 (?) and alternated between physical and audio. I just wish Oxford editions didn't include the capitalization of nouns in the text. One exotic writing feature at a time, please!
I have that same edition of Lodore! I’m going to be reading Native Son this year as well for a reading challenge. I hope you love Wives and Daughters, it’s so good! It’s actually an unfinished work because Gaskell died before it was complete.
ooo. Maybe we can buddy read Native Son. I don't have any definite dates for it, so I'm flexible. I have high hopes for Wives and Daughters and just recently found out it's unfinished!
Absolutely love your list! I have a bucket list of must reads which everyone should read and I have both "Black Boy & Native Son" on it. I like the idea of 25 in 25 also. My books are not organized enough to find a book for each letter however getting more shelves will help!!
Oddly enough, I like reading about the Plague also. I would love some recs from you., Nicole🙏 Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders is really good. The audiobook is easy to listen to as well. I may join you in a reread of this book.📚 I am currently struggling through a 20 hour audiobook of Little Women.😟 I will likely look👀 for Brooks' March later this year I love your channel!❤
Thanks, Karen. Plague recommendations? Here's some: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (you'll cry), Hamnet, Forever Amber (has an extended scene during plague), Station Eleven (not plague, but pandemic), and Journal of the Plague Year (non-fiction and haven't read it but heard good things). Happy (?) reading!
I'm inspired to try to do an A-Z this year of books I already own. Need to check my shelves and Kindle to see if it's possible. Trying to limit my book buying this year.
I'm reading The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy right now and enjoying it quite a bit. I watched the PBS series years ago. I usually like to read a book before seeing the adaptation but this time I'm finding it very helpful to have seen the PBS version first. I'm also reading Learning from Leonardo by Fritjof Capra but that's more like a text book. I want to finish it and then watch the Ken Burns program I've taped about Leonardo. Happy reading to you this year!
I’m halfway through Vanity Fair right now and having a great time. I look forward to hearing your thoughts! What an ambitious list! I’m definitely going to check out that Rediscovered Classics, how cool!
I've heard such cool things about VF. Oddly, Rediscovered doesn't list all their titles, but they have a whole bunch by Edith Wharton too. The only downside is that their spines are easy to overlook.
Excellent list, I'm also going to read Don Quixote this year, I think I should like 'A room with a view' too so thanks for the reminding me. Happy New Year
'The Eighth Life' arrived in the post and I was shocked about how big it was, so it's still sitting on the shelf, I should really set myself a goal of reading it in sections!
It's huge! I've heard really good things about it and I think sections is a great idea. You could always divide it into 300 page chunks and just read one "book" of it a month until you're done. I'm sure you'll figure it out!
I just placed a thriftbooks order that has Black Empire and Invisible Man in it. I also have March, and I meant to get to Don Quixote for 2024 but never did.... I'm up for buddy reading lots this year!
yay! let's do it all! I'll probably start The Trees as soon as I finish Nicholas Nickleby. Should I just set up a buddy read on SG and just have it start whenever?
Invisible Man is my absolute favorite! I have been reading/listening to it every February for a few years now. Although, I think I took last year off and read Native Son instead. Speaking of Black books, did you ever get around to reading Black No More? That one was wild!
In college they were mean to me because I had to read it in a week. It was for an 18th century novel class. The semester started with 25 students in that class. After the teacher dropped the reading list and what she expected from us. We were only 10. 😂😅 Invisible Man is really good but extremely dense. Great to discuss with others. Girl hang on for the anger you're going to fell while reading Native Son. You have a great reading list. Happy reading Nicole!
Thanks! I'm assuming by "it" you mean Clarissa?!? I really hope not. Then again, every book on this list would be hard for 1 week. I'll be sure to be thoughtful about which month I choose for Native Son.
@browngirlreading that's crazy! In undergrad they only read an abridged version. Only the graduate students got assigned the full text. Either way I can't imagine a week, not even with an audiobook.
@@noteworthyfiction That's the way it was when I was at college. I read a lot during my college years. It seems like now I'm getting a chance to read everything I didn't get a chance to read in college. Were you a lit major too?
Wow, there are a lot of chunka munka books on the pile. So, I see, more of the same from last year? LOL I wasn't a big fan of North and South either, but have dnf'd Wives and Daughters twice! If you love it, I'll read it this year, (or next year, depending on when you read it). Keep me to it. Years of Wonder is an interesting read. Happy 2025 reading Nicole~
Happy New Year to you as well! I'm not sure how the pile got so chunky! Definitely some carryovers from last year. I'll definitely try and remember to hold you to Wives and Daughters if I love it. We'll see.
I also want to read two Hardy, Desperate Remedies and Far from the Madding Crowd. I also want to get to some I didn't get to last year, East Lynne and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Also, Mary Barton, The Secret Garden, The Dead Secret, Emma, and for sure some Steinbeck.( To a God Unknown, In Dubious Battle and The Grapes of Wrath ) Probably some Edith Wharton also.
i bought the karamazov brothers last year and didnt finish it, if you want to do a storygraph companion or smth like that, just tell me and im into it! im in the 1st chapters hehe
Of my tbr lists or books I own or of what I'm reading? I guess it doesn't matter! I do a combo for all of them. I track my reading, books, and tbr, on The Storygraph, but I also tend to write a lot down (usually all over the place). My hope in 2025 is to just have storygraph and 1 notebook with all my reading/channel stuff in it. Hope that answers your question!
A Room with a View is one of my favorite novel--it is delightful!
Can't wait to read it!
As for the Sorrows of young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, I can say it's a great tale. I read it in 2023. It has an interesting composition, as it is a compilation of letters. Therefore, it is possible to really get to understand the protagonist's emotions and how they develop over the course of the story, since the letters are dated. The received letters, one has to imagine.
Sounds great!
I read 'And Quiet Flows the Don' in 2024. But what you may not know is that it's only half of the story! The second half is called 'The Don Flows Home to the Sea' and it's another 800+ pages. I didn't quite realize that when I started the first part. I enjoyed the whole epic by reading it over many months. There's also a good audiobook version of the first part. Cheers!
Cool. I think I may have glimpsed the second book somewhere and wondered if it was a series. Thanks for the heads up.
Thank you for listing the books and authors
You're welcome!
I really enjoyed Wives and Daughters. I read it last year.
I've heard good things!
We’re TBR buddies several times/tomes over: The Brothers Karamazov (tied with Middlemarch, War and Peace, and The Tale of Genji for my favorite novel-buckle up), Q, The Eighth Life, and Fathers and Sons are all on my list too (and your 2024 buddy Oblomov).
I’ve read some of your other books on your list: you’re going to have a great year. Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy is terrific. Jude the Obscure is buh-rutal! Vanity Fair is a long but great satire. Native Son made me cry. Invisible Man is a masterpiece too, but you will see how profound Wright’s influence is. And Don Quixote is indeed funny (and should also probably be tied for my favorite novel), but as an adult, I suspect you’ll find that the second half breaks your heart.
I’m excited about a ton of books this year-also being ambitious/tragically hopeful, I suspect-but one I’m especially excited for is Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain. Another is Platonov’s Chevengur. A third is Vollmann’s The Dying Grass, which I spy on your shelf. And then there’s Dostoevsky: I’m actually reading and/or rereading all of him this year alongside Joseph Frank’s five-volume biography of him. A crazy project I decided was “a good idea.” We’ll see if I’m still saying that when I wind up in therapy.
Sounds like we will be kept busy.
And, I saw you were reading 4321! How do you like it? I remember writing to you that it had more heart and a lot less hipster to it than the NY Trilogy.
Happy New Year! Your channel is so much fun and I really appreciate those reading sprint/productivity videos. Sometimes I read along with you for hours!
We are reading twins! I have or have read a lot of the books you mentioned. And my review on 4 3 2 1 is coming up. I decided to go for it based on your comment and loved it! I'm so glad you left that comment because the NY Trilogy really threw me off. Have a great New Year and I'm glad you enjoy the sprints too!
I too enjoy a big book, but I don't think I have quite as many as you that I hope to read this year. I only have ten or so over 700 pages, but you have inspired me to hunt up some more!
Some are better than others, but that's true of shorter books too.
I loved Jude the Obscure. But it was frustrating! LOL.
oh boy! Then again, I find that to be true of most of Hardy's books.
Looking forward to finally reading Invisible Man. I also have Lodore, March, and Year of Wonder on my shelves to read. So many books, so little time!
So true!
I have several of these books on my list to read this year.
Great! Hopefully we both enjoy them all.
I read "March" and "Year of Wonders" by Geraldine Brooks in 2024. I was so impressed with both. I am going to read "People of the Book" by her this year because I liked these two so much. I hope you like them. You have a great list for 2025!
I also have People of the Book and Year of Wonder is on the TBR for this month, so we'll see if it turns into a year of Brooks!
I am always ready for the classics, I already have the physical edition of And quiet flows the Don. So I might join you. I read wifes and daughters last year and I loved it, my favourite Gaskell so far.
Excellent! When you see me put And Quiet on my tbr just let me know and we can buddy read it if you like!
@noteworthyfiction Yes I would love that 🙂
I forgot, I might also join you in reading Clarissa, I started reading it in 2024, but dfn about half way through, or maybe less. I believe I went about it the wrong way. I think I read to much every day, and therefore got tired of it. I would really like to finish it, 🙂
@Galdra it can get really repetitive in the middle, so I'm hoping the extended read will help.
Amazing list. Several of these are some of my all-time favorite books - Don Quixote, Brothers Karamazov, Invisible Man, Titus Groan. Plus, several more that were also great or had a lasting impact on me. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on all of these.
I'm super excited about this list and what you said is my hopes for all of them: excellent, impactful, great reads.
I will also be reading Don Quixote this year! Have fun with your books! There are lots of long ones!
Their are lots of long ones! Happy New Year and happy reading.
Titus Groan is amazing, I love the whole trilogy. People get intimidated by it but it’s great, once you get into it you will love it ❤📚
Agreed! ❤
Yes! I've heard nothing but great things about it. Can't wait!
What a great list! Don Quixote and Titus Groan are tentatively on my list too. And I absolutely endorse the Room with a View recommendation - as you will see when I get around to making my 'best books of the year' video.
Eek and I've literally just started reading Thomas Hardy this week. Far from the Madding Crowd. Looking forward to getting my heart broken, I guess. 😅
Oooo maybe the stars will align and we'll buddy read something. I recall you mentioning loving Room with A View and picked it up shortly after that. Enjoy Far From. Don't worry, it's less heart breaking and more shocking.
@@noteworthyfiction A buddy read sounds like great fun, I've not done one before. I hope the stars will indeed align - if not for those books, then for something or other!
Ooh, shocking? I'm intrigued. I'm loving the book so far.
Yay The Eighth Life! I want to read that too one day. 😅 and yay for the Russian books!
Oh March!!! It's a hard book to read content wise but so good!!
Oh my... that Hardy. Ugh. I hate it. 😂 i got so angry at those characters.
I'll be reading Vanity Fair this summer! Maybe Wives and Daughters.
Awesome! Good to know about the books you read and hopefully we enjoy the ones you haven't read!
Under the Greenwood Tree will be a good antidote for JtheO (it's quite cheerful for Hardy). I'm hoping to read XX in March and have The Assassin's Cloak as my year-long read (it's a diary anthology and I'm aiming to read the entries on the appropriate day). It sounds like you have some amazing reads lined up - tempting!
Sounds great! And yes, I've heard that Under the Greenwood is almost a happy Hardy.
I’m excited about this list, both for the books I have already read and those I haven’t.
Nice! Hope we both enjoy them all!
Yes to a pretty book! Hope you get to Lodore and review it this year!
Me too!
umm Sholokhov AND Dostoevsky!?! I love it! I read Sholokhov while working in Russia. So so so good. Hope you enjoy it!
Thanks! I've read nothing by either and have high hopes!
I’m reading XX right now, it’s taking a while as I can’t seem to read a lot before I stop and think about it. The more you read, the more it makes sense. I will say, I’m a bit jealous you found a paperback copy as it’s out of print and only the hard bound is available. As for buddy reading, I would love to buddy read Don Quixote, but it can’t be before June.
I didn't realize it went out of print, but I guess that happens after 4 years unless the books a smash hit. I'm surprised I didn't pick it back up as I wasn't minding it at the time. I think it just bumped up against my move and some buddy reads. I think after June for Don Quixote would work for me. I'll try to keep that in mind with my TBR games!
I just got Wives and Daughters too. I read North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell this past year. It took me a little while to get into it. I couldn't understand what the hype for it was until I got midway through the book and then I really enjoyed it. I won't be getting to Wives and Daughters for quite a while though.
I felt the same about North and South and am hoping that Wives and Daughters is better. At the end of the day I just thought N&S was ok, but I liked her writing enough to try other books. I know a lot of people who aren't huge fans of N&S like Mary Barton better (similar book but less politics).
Clarissa 😮 oh boy. I read Pamela and it was rough. Epistolary 😳 you have some big books on this list!
Richardson' s writing is tough. Audiobooks help. I read Pamela at the end of 2023 (?) and alternated between physical and audio. I just wish Oxford editions didn't include the capitalization of nouns in the text. One exotic writing feature at a time, please!
À beautiful and great list. I'd love to see more non-fiction books from you. 😊
I'm not a huge non-fiction reader, but I do slip them in throughout the year. They're just not priority enough to make this list.
@noteworthyfiction Well, OK. Happy reads anyway. 🙂
Wow those are chunkers in your list this year, hope you're having a successful reading year ahead, Nicole!
They sure are. Thanks!
I have that same edition of Lodore! I’m going to be reading Native Son this year as well for a reading challenge. I hope you love Wives and Daughters, it’s so good! It’s actually an unfinished work because Gaskell died before it was complete.
ooo. Maybe we can buddy read Native Son. I don't have any definite dates for it, so I'm flexible. I have high hopes for Wives and Daughters and just recently found out it's unfinished!
@ yassss, let’s do it! I’m reading it in March!
@@ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged sounds good. I've written it down (so hopefully I won't forget)
Excellent stack of books Nicole. Looking forward to your videos and sprints.
Thanks. I'm looking forward to all the things. 2025, here we go!!
Great list!! Always love your alphabet method!!!
Thanks!
Good list! I want to get to Vanity Fair
So many books, so little time!
Love your videos ❤❤❤
Thank you!
Absolutely love your list! I have a bucket list of must reads which everyone should read and I have both "Black Boy & Native Son" on it.
I like the idea of 25 in 25 also. My books are not organized enough to find a book for each letter however getting more shelves will help!!
Sounds good. Most people just do 25 books and pay no attention to titles, so you could always do that.
I read March years ago and enjoyed it quite a bit.
I'm looking forward to it.
Oddly enough, I like reading about the Plague also. I would love some recs from you., Nicole🙏
Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders is really good. The audiobook is easy to listen to as well. I may join you in a reread of this book.📚
I am currently struggling through a 20 hour audiobook of Little Women.😟 I will likely look👀 for Brooks' March later this year
I love your channel!❤
Thanks, Karen. Plague recommendations? Here's some: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (you'll cry), Hamnet, Forever Amber (has an extended scene during plague), Station Eleven (not plague, but pandemic), and Journal of the Plague Year (non-fiction and haven't read it but heard good things). Happy (?) reading!
@@noteworthyfiction Thanks Nicole!🥰
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Happy New Year!
I'm inspired to try to do an A-Z this year of books I already own. Need to check my shelves and Kindle to see if it's possible. Trying to limit my book buying this year.
Fun!
Lodore by Mary Shelley sounds very intriguing. I'll be picking that one up.
Fun! Hope you find this pretty copy.
@noteworthyfiction I did! Thanks for showing your copy.
Yeees to Dostoevsky!!! I plan to read Invisible Man too this year!
yay!
I'm reading The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy right now and enjoying it quite a bit. I watched the PBS series years ago. I usually like to read a book before seeing the adaptation but this time I'm finding it very helpful to have seen the PBS version first. I'm also reading Learning from Leonardo by Fritjof Capra but that's more like a text book. I want to finish it and then watch the Ken Burns program I've taped about Leonardo. Happy reading to you this year!
Happy reading to you too. I also own The Forsyte Saga and will now consider watching the PBS show first or at least come back to it.
I’m halfway through Vanity Fair right now and having a great time. I look forward to hearing your thoughts! What an ambitious list! I’m definitely going to check out that Rediscovered Classics, how cool!
I've heard such cool things about VF. Oddly, Rediscovered doesn't list all their titles, but they have a whole bunch by Edith Wharton too. The only downside is that their spines are easy to overlook.
Just found your channel. You are awesome.
Welcome to my channel! Thanks for the kind words.
Excellent list, I'm also going to read Don Quixote this year, I think I should like 'A room with a view' too so thanks for the reminding me. Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you as well. And YES to Don Quixote. I can't wait to reread it. It's been too long.
'The Eighth Life' arrived in the post and I was shocked about how big it was, so it's still sitting on the shelf, I should really set myself a goal of reading it in sections!
It's huge! I've heard really good things about it and I think sections is a great idea. You could always divide it into 300 page chunks and just read one "book" of it a month until you're done. I'm sure you'll figure it out!
I just placed a thriftbooks order that has Black Empire and Invisible Man in it. I also have March, and I meant to get to Don Quixote for 2024 but never did.... I'm up for buddy reading lots this year!
yay! let's do it all! I'll probably start The Trees as soon as I finish Nicholas Nickleby. Should I just set up a buddy read on SG and just have it start whenever?
@noteworthyfiction that works. I'm good to start it in a few days I think
Invisible Man is my absolute favorite! I have been reading/listening to it every February for a few years now. Although, I think I took last year off and read Native Son instead. Speaking of Black books, did you ever get around to reading Black No More? That one was wild!
Excellent! I don't own a copy of Black Nor More...yet.
@@noteworthyfiction You don't do Kindle, right? It's a dollar on the A. That's why I read it! It was a very good use of pocket change!
@@veerow6035 Good to know. I have an older kindle and barely use it, but may use it for that.
In college they were mean to me because I had to read it in a week. It was for an 18th century novel class. The semester started with 25 students in that class. After the teacher dropped the reading list and what she expected from us. We were only 10. 😂😅 Invisible Man is really good but extremely dense. Great to discuss with others. Girl hang on for the anger you're going to fell while reading Native Son. You have a great reading list. Happy reading Nicole!
Thanks! I'm assuming by "it" you mean Clarissa?!? I really hope not. Then again, every book on this list would be hard for 1 week. I'll be sure to be thoughtful about which month I choose for Native Son.
@@noteworthyfiction Yes I meant Clarissa.😅
@browngirlreading that's crazy! In undergrad they only read an abridged version. Only the graduate students got assigned the full text. Either way I can't imagine a week, not even with an audiobook.
@@noteworthyfiction That's the way it was when I was at college. I read a lot during my college years. It seems like now I'm getting a chance to read everything I didn't get a chance to read in college. Were you a lit major too?
@@browngirlreading I was! I read a lot too and was disappointed we didn't read the entire Clarissa.
Wow, there are a lot of chunka munka books on the pile. So, I see, more of the same from last year? LOL I wasn't a big fan of North and South either, but have dnf'd Wives and Daughters twice! If you love it, I'll read it this year, (or next year, depending on when you read it). Keep me to it. Years of Wonder is an interesting read.
Happy 2025 reading Nicole~
Happy New Year to you as well! I'm not sure how the pile got so chunky! Definitely some carryovers from last year. I'll definitely try and remember to hold you to Wives and Daughters if I love it. We'll see.
Hi Nicole, I love your list of books for 2025! I have many on my TBR list, and some that I have already read. I also enjoy the A-Z Challenge.
Thanks! I'm looking forward to them all!
Wow! Such an interesting TBR. I’ll look forward to following along.
Thanks! It should be a fun ride.
I also want to read two Hardy, Desperate Remedies and Far from the Madding Crowd. I also want to get to some I didn't get to last year, East Lynne and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Also, Mary Barton, The Secret Garden, The Dead Secret, Emma, and for sure some Steinbeck.( To a God Unknown, In Dubious Battle and The Grapes of Wrath ) Probably some Edith Wharton also.
Nice! I want to read most of those too. Far From the Madding Crowd was my first Hardy. It was a bit of a slog up front, but worth it.
@@noteworthyfiction Under the Greenwood Tree was my first. Unlike most people I really liked it.
I have Don Quixote! ❤️😉
oh! Maybe we should buddy read that one day when it comes up. That would be hilarious.
I’m slowly reading that Don Quixote edition now, but keep getting distracted by shorter reads.
@@noteworthyfiction 😍💕
ooooo I have The Eighth Life on my e-reader.
oooooo. Maybe I'll finally get to it this year and we could buddy read it!
@ I’m totally down for that! It would be fun 🤩
i bought the karamazov brothers last year and didnt finish it, if you want to do a storygraph companion or smth like that, just tell me and im into it! im in the 1st chapters hehe
Sounds good. Let's see if it comes up in February's game. If not we can schedule it for March (longer month).
@ yeees or we can read it for more months if you want 😭😭🤣
Nicole, do you keep written or digital lists? I vaguely seem to recall you mentioning digital spreadsheets???
Of my tbr lists or books I own or of what I'm reading? I guess it doesn't matter! I do a combo for all of them. I track my reading, books, and tbr, on The Storygraph, but I also tend to write a lot down (usually all over the place). My hope in 2025 is to just have storygraph and 1 notebook with all my reading/channel stuff in it. Hope that answers your question!
How many people in the world have read Clarissa in High School? What a feat!
lol. No idea. Even my English teacher was like "WHY??". (Then again he was biased toward Victorian Lit).
How on earth did you find a book bigger than the one we read!!🤪
Your a glutton for punishment lol. Have fun!
lol. I know, right! I thought of you when I chose it.