December '25 Books

 Eight books read this last month of 2025 for a total of 109 books read this year. 

What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon was sent to me by my friend Leslie. It alternates between present time and the teens and early twenties of 20th Century Ireland - the time of the 1916 Easter Rising and the Irish War of Independence. I had read so many books about Ireland's history when I was younger - this book brought back all the feelings I had from that time. 

Not A Happy Family is the second book I've read by Shari Lapena. She does write very good whodunnit books.

the Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai is probably the first book I've read about India, its people and culture.

Two Alone is another Sandra Brown book.  I think this is the last one I had available to read until she writes another new book.

Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein is a Reese's Book Club pick about two sisters and their life  goals.

Happy Wife by Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores is a 'Read With Jenna' selection. When a young wife's much older, rich, husband disappears and is then found murdered, it must be the wife, right? She proclaims her innocence, but how to prove it?

The Survivors Club by Lisa Gardner is one I somehow missed when I was reading my way through all her books. 

Flashlight by Susan Choi is a very different book than I usually read. I might not have finished reading it if I hadn't noticed it was #2 on Barack Obama's list of favorite books for 2025.

I've already been to the library and have seven books to start the new year off right.

Happy reading and Happy New Year! 😊🎉