Books read and reviewed in 2025
January
1. A Queen's Game. Katharine McGee. 2024 [November]. 368 pages. [Source:
Library] [YA Historical, YA Romance, YA Fiction] [3 stars]
2. We Are Wolves. Katrina Nannestad. 2020. 320 pages. [Source:
Library] [historical fiction, mg historical fiction, world at war, 4
stars]
3. The Oarsmen: Chasing Embers. Glenn Beck with Mikayla G. Hedrick. 2024. 288 pages. [Source: Library] [3 stars, mg speculative fiction, mg dystopia, mg fiction]
4. Wolves at the Door. Steve Watkins. 2024. [December] 288 pages.
[Source: Library] [MG historical, MG fiction, world war II, 5 stars]
5. Kidnapped From Ukraine Under Attack. Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch.
2025. 320 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, mg realistic fiction, mg
fiction, survival, war stories]
6. Chicago. Maurine Dallas Watkins. 1926 (December). 111 pages. [Source: Online] [play, classic] [3 stars]
7. All the Light We Cannot see. Anthony Doerr. 2014. 544 pages.
[Source: Library] [4 stars, historical fiction, magic realism??? world
war II]
8. Bluffton: My Summer with Buster Keaton. 2013. Candlewick Press.
240 pages. [Source: Library, 5 stars, graphic novel, historical fiction]
9. Lost in the Empire City. Avi. 2024. [October 29] 304 pages.
[Source: Library] [5 stars, j fiction, mg fiction, j historical, mg
historical, immigration/emigration]
10. Three Men in a Boat. Jerome K. Jerome. 1889. 174 pages. [Source: Bought] [4 stars, adult classic, travel, humor]
February
11. Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All. Chanel Miller. 2024. 160 pages. [Source: Library] [4 stars, Newbery Honor, mg realistic, family, friendship, light mystery]
12. Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains. Anita
Yasuda. Illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. 2024. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
[nonfiction picture book, 3 stars]13. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance. Jennifer Armstrong. 1998. Random House.
144 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, nonfiction, history, biography, adventure, South Pole, survival]
14. First State of Being. Erin Entrada Kelly. 2024. 272 pages.
[Source: Library] [4 stars, Newbery Medal, MG Speculative Fiction, MG
Fiction, Time Travel]
15. Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life. James Curtis. 2022. 810 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, adult nonfiction, biography]
16. The Great Good Thing (Sylvie Cycle #1) Roderick Townley. 2001?
reprinted 2025. 224 pages. [Source: Library] [3 stars, mg fiction, books
about books]17. Becoming Real: The True Story of the Velveteen Rabbit. Molly Golden.
Illustrated by Paola Escobar. 2025. 48 pages. [Source: Library] [5
stars, nonfiction picture book, book about books, author biographies]
18. Scattergood. H.M. Bouwman. 2025. 320 pages. [Source: Library] [mg fiction, mg historical, 3 stars]
19. My Wonderful World of Slapstick. Buster Keaton with Charles
Samuels. 1960. 340 pages. [Source: Library] [adult biography, adult
autobiography; film-making, show business, comedy]
20. The House on the Canal. Thomas Harding. Illustrated by Britta
Teckentrup. 2025. 56 pages. [Source: Library] [picture book, picture
book for older readers, 4 stars, nonfiction]
March
21. Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century. Dana Stevens. 2022. 447 pages. [Source: Library]
[nonfiction, biography, history, culture] [3 stars]
22. The Secret of Honeycake. Kimberly Newton Fusco. 2025. 368 pages.
[Source: Library] [j historical fiction, j fiction] [5 stars]
23. Happy Town. Greg Van Eekhout. 2024. [October 22] 208 pages. [Source:
Library] [j fiction, mg fiction, j dystopia; mg dystopia, speculative
fiction; 4 stars]
24. The Rose Bargain. Sasha Peyton Smith. 2025. 400 pages. [Source:
Library] [YA Fiction, YA Fantasy, YA Horror, YA Romance] [3 stars]
25. Daughters of Shandong. Eve J. Chung. 2024. 400 pages. [Source:
Library] [adult historical fiction, coming of age, refugees, adult
fiction] [4 stars]
26. To Say Nothing of the Dog. (Oxford Time Travel #2) Connie Willis. 1998. 512 pages. [Source: Bought]
27. One Wrong Step. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2025. 336 pages. [Source:
Library] [5 stars, mg historical, mg action, mg survival, mg fiction]
28. Famous Last Words. Gillian McAllister. 2025. 336 pages. [Source: Library] [3 stars]
29. Martian Chronicles. Ray Bradbury. HarperCollins. 1997 edition. 288
pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, science fiction, speculative fiction,
classic, short stories]
30. All Better Now. Neal Shusterman. 2025. 528 pages. [Source: Library] [1 star, YA fiction]
31. How Sweet the Sound: A Soundtrack for America. Kwame Alexander. Illustrated by Charly Palmer. 2025. 48 pages. [Source: Library] [4 stars, nonfiction, picture book for older readers, poetry, history]
32. HappyHead. Josh Silver. 2023. 383 pages. [Source: Library] [4 stars, YA dystopia, YA fiction]
33. Sunrise on the Reaping. Suzanne Collins. 2025. 382 pages. [Source: Library] [audio book!] [4 stars, YA dystopia, YA thriller, YA fiction, series book]
April
34. Dead Happy (HappyHead #2) Josh Silver. 2024. [May] 416 pages. [Source: Library] [YA fiction, YA dystopia, 3 stars]
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