Andrea in 2025

[~Andrea~]

Welcome to my reading log. Feel free to comment. Happy reading  

 

2024 (6)

2023 (14)

2022 (10)

2021 (9)

2020 (7) 

2019 (18)

2018  (14)

2017  (10)

2016  (9)

2015  (10)
2014  (19)
2013  (21)
2012  (19)
2011  (17)
2010  (19)
2009  (23)
2008  (26)
2007  (21)

 

Completed:

English

• Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak
• Fool's Assassin - Robin Hobb
• Three Wishes - Lianne Moriarty
• Fool's Quest - Robin Hobb

 

Welsh short stories and novellas:

• Yr Empanada Wallgo (The crazy Empanada) - Olly Richards
• Antur in Eryri (An adventure in Snowdonia) - Olly Richards

 

Currently reading:

Assassin's Fate - Robin Hobb

Babylon - Paul Kriwaczek

 

Abandoned:

Saturday - Ian McKewan

 

Edited August 30 by ~Andrea~

[~Andrea~]

Last year was a bit disappointing reading wise, but I have a few good reads lined up for 2025.

 

Santa brought me The Fitz and the Fool trilogy by Robin Hobb, and Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak. I've also bought myself Credo by Melvin Bragg which I started reading and loved as a youngster but failed to finish before the library wanted it back. It's been on my wish list for years!

 

 

[~Andrea~]

I thoroughly enjoyed Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak. It started out so creepy I had to read it downstairs (either earlier in the evening or in the daytime but definitely not straight before bed!) I have now started Fools Assassin by Robin Hobb, which is a welcome return to the world of the Farseer trilogy. I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far. These are probably some of my favourite books in the world, and starting a brand new trilogy with old familiar characters is like being wrapped up in a warm blanket.

[~Andrea~]

I've decided to give up on Saturday by Ian McKewan; I just wasn't enjoying it so it began to feel like a bit laborious. Fool's Assassin by contrast is something I feel unable to put down and find myself reading and reading even when my eyelids are drooping! And I look forward to going to bed early so I have plenty of reading time. Life is just too short to read as a chore rather than a pleasure.

 

I have also started reading in Welsh again, only at the learner level, but I'm going to track that here too. It will only be short stories and short novellas - but they take longer to read so I feel it's a unit comparable with a novel in English. I'm starting with Short Stories in Welsh by Olly Richards. I've read the first one, Yr Empanada Wallgo, an adventure in a Welsh speaking area of Argentina (yes believe it or not there is one) involving an Empanada restaurant! I'm looking forward to getting stuck in to a Welsh language reading challenge this year.

 

Edited February 8 by ~Andrea~

[lunababymoonchild]

I’m with you, life is too short, and there are far too many books, to waste time reading something (anything) that you are not enjoying. I only did that once and will never do it again.

[~Andrea~]

Fool's Assassin was, as expected, a thoroughly enjoyable page turner that I couldn't put down. It didn't take me long to read. It's amazing how I can plough through a 600 page Robin Hobb in next to no time whereas I plod along with most other authors at a much more leisurely pace!

 

I am now reading Babylon by Paul Kriwaczek which is a non fiction book, a history of ancient mesopotamia and the birth of civilization. So far very interesting. We're currently in Uruk, the earliest known city (in modern day Iraq note - the very similar name) where lots of modern ideas were born, such as working for wages, mass production and record keeping (to name but a few). I am enjoying it so far although it took me a while to warm up to the writing. More on that when I've finished it.

 

Edited April 11 by ~Andrea~

[~Andrea~]

I stalled a bit with Babylon. I'm a third way through and I've parked it for now.

 

I've since read Three Wishes by Lianne Moriarty which was her debut. It's not as good as her others but still good - which I suppose is fair enough for a debut. Her others have a bit more of a mystery element to them whereas this was just a straightforward domestic comedy drama. I initially found the characters a bit annoying as their lives seemed too easy and happy - it picked up a lot more when everything started going wrong for them 😆

 

Now I've started the next in the Fitz and the Fool trilogy which I know I'll enjoy. I wanted to savour the series a bit more and spread them out, but as I'm struggling with my mojo lately I've decided to play it safe.

Edited July 28 by ~Andrea~