But first, my pretty/peaceful/positive posts to IG/FB from January 3 through today.
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| Remember that pile of pretty little skeins? They are linking up with some grey homegrown, homespun Shetland to become this! |
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| Haven't seen much color in the eastern sky in awhile! (two photos) |
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| A new Slow Fiber & Fashion project for 2025. |
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| After the grey, muddy weeks we've endured, this is a welcome sight! |
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| Good morning! |
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| The only kind of 'snow' we have, and that's just fine with me. |
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For the few who may be interested, here are the titles and authors of the audiobooks I listened to last year, according to Libby. (I decided that typing them out was preferable to sharing the 51 screenshots it took to capture them all!) Like Leigh, I have listed them with no reviews, no links, no pictures of book covers. You will see lots of authors* repeated; if I listened to one and found it intriguing or engaging, I looked for other books by the same author. (If not immediately available, I place them on hold – for which Libby has a limit of six – or tag them with "to listen" – I have over 100 titles so tagged). I love well-done histories, historical novels, and works by and about other cultures (BIPOC, if you will), as these genres have done the most to expand my world view.
*I have already exhausted all the available works by some of my favorite authors in previous years.
January
Bossypants, by Tina Fey
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, by David Sedaris
Maybe Someday, by Colleen Hoover
Ross Poldark, by Winston Graham
Bury the Lead, by David Rosenfelt
In a Dog's Heart, by Jennifer Arnold
Sudden Death, by David Rosenfelt
Top Dog, by Maria Goodavage
The World According to Bob, by James Bowen
Play Dead, by David Rosenfelt
Philomena, by Martin Sixsmith
People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks
Dead Center, by David Rosenfelt
Uncommon Type, by Tom Hanks
New Tricks, by David Rosenfelt
Dog Tags, by David Rosenfelt
Leader of the Pack, by David Rosenfelt
One Dog Night, by David Rosenfelt
February
Exile Music, by Jennifer Steil
Maybe Now, by Colleen Hoover
Purgatory Ridge, by William Kent Krueger
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows
A Long Petal of the Sea, by Isabel Allende
Unleashed, by David Rosenfelt
A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman
Who Let the Dog Out?, by David Rosenfelt
Lost and Found Cat, by Amy Clarice Shrodes and Doug Kuntz
This Side of Wild, by Gary Paulsen
Nubs, by Major Brian Dennis, Mary Nethery, and Kirby Larson
Balto and the Great Race, by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
A Baxter Family Christmas, by Karen Kingsbury
Refugee, by Alan Gratz
Washington Square, by Henry James
The Japanese Lover, by Isabel Allende
Hounded, by David Rosenfelt
Outfoxed, by David Rosenfelt
Dona Gracia Saved Worlds, Bonni Goldberg
Bronze Drum, by Phong Nguyen
Archer's Voice, by Mia Sheridan
One Summer in Savannah, by Terah Shelton Harris
The Keeper of Stories, by Sally Page
The Pecan Man, by Cassie Dandridge Selleck
The Lassie Files, by Nick Pirog
Fifty Famous Stories Retold, by James Baldwin
March
Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon, by Malcolm Gladwell & Bruce Headlam
David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder, by Rebecca Wells
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells
Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
The Twelve Dogs of Christmas, by David Rosenfelt
Collared, by David Rosenfelt
Rescued, by David Rosenfelt
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
Deck the Hounds, by David Rosenfelt
The Eyes and the Impossible, by Dave Eggers
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks, by Shauna Robinson
Bark of Night, by David Rosenfelt
Muzzled, by David Rosenfelt
Twelve Days of Christmas, by Debbie Macomber
Dachshund Through the Snow, by David Rosenfelt
Silent Bite, by David Rosenfelt
The K Team, by David Rosenfelt
Animal Instinct, by David Rosenfelt
Dog Eat Dog, by David Rosenfelt
Best in Snow, by David Rosenfelt
Citizen K-9, by David Rosenfelt
Good Dog, Bad Cop, by David Rosenfelt
Holy Chow, by David Rosenfelt
Santa's Little Yelpers, by David Rosenfelt
April
Lucky Jim, by Kingsley Amis
A Most Agreeable Murder, by Julia Seales
One Day in December, by Josie Silver
The Longest Ride, by Nicholas Sparks
The Best of Me, by Nicholas Sparks
A Walk to Remember, by Nicholas Sparks
Every Breath, by Nicholas Sparks
Three Weeks with My Brother, by Nicholas and Micah Sparks
The Rescue, by Nicholas Sparks
A Bend in the Road, by Nicholas Sparks
Nights in Rodanthe, by Nicholas Sparks
Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks
The Lucky One, by Nicholas Sparks
The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks
Dear John, by Nicholas Sparks
The Notebook / The Wedding, by Nicholas Sparks
See Me, by Nicholas Sparks
Flop Dead Gorgeous, David Rosenfelt
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy, by Jamie Ford
Two by Two, by Nicholas Sparks
True Believer / At First Sight, by Nicholas Sparks
May
Pure Joy, by Danielle Steel
Songs of Willow Frost, by Jamie Ford
Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand
Love and Other Consolation Prizes, by Jamie Ford
Honey ad Spice, by Bolu Babalola
The Choice, by Nicholas Sparks
The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters, by Julie Klam
The Levee, by William Kent Krueger
In the Midst of Winter, by Isabel Allende
The Guardian, by Nicholas Sparks
Island Beneath the Sea, by Isabel Allende
Ripper, by Isabel Allende
The Auburn Conference, by Tom Piazza
Marvelous, by Molly Greeley
The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Surgeon's Daughter, by Audrey Blake
This Tender Land, by William Kent Krueger
Three Sisters, Three Queens, by Philippa Gregory
Return to Valetto, by Dominic Smith
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, by Dominic Smith
June
Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman
Ordinary Grace, by William Kent Krueger
A Long Way from Home, by Peter Carey
Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey
His Illegal Self, by Peter Carey
Amnesia, by Peter Carey
The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen
The Discomfort Zone, by Jonathan Franzen
'Twas the Bite Before Christmas, by David Rosenfelt
Vincent and Theo, by Deborah Heiligman
Point of Retreat, by Colleen Hoover
Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier
A Single Thread, by Tracy Chevalier
At the Edge of the Orchard, by Tracy Chevalier
The Lost Girls of Paris, by Pam Jenoff
News of the World, by Paulette Jiles
Boys in the Trees, by Carly Simon
The Orphan's Tale, by Pam Jenoff
Falling Angels, by Tracy Chevalier
My Friend Anne Frank, by Hannah Pick-Goslar and Dina Kraft
City of Thieves, by David Benioff
July
GO AS a RIVER, by Shelley Read
My Dear Hamilton, by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
The Exiles, by Christina Baker Kline
The House Girl, by Tara Conklin
Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro
The Return, by Nicholas Sparks
A Piece of the World, by Christina Baker Kline
The Ninth Hour, by Alice McDermott
The Nineties, by Chuck Klosterman
Cilka's Journey, by Heather Morris
The Heiress, by Molly Greeley
Demelza, by Winston Graham
Clearing in the Wild, by Jane Kirkpatrick
The Daughter's Walk, by Jane Kirkpatrick
Three Sisters, by Heather Morris
The Light in Hidden Places, by Sharon Cameron
August
Simon the Fiddler, by Paulette Jiles
Under the Henfluence, by Tove Danovich
Merle's Door, by Ted Kerasote
Shotgun Lovesongs, by Nickolas Butler
The Captured, by Scott Zesch
Jeremy Poldark, by Winston Graham
The Speckled Beauty, by Rick Bragg
Where I Come From, by Rick Bragg
My Southern Journey, by Rick Bragg
The Most They Ever Had, by Rick Bragg
The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah
The Fraud, by Zadie Smith
Recitatif, by Toni Morrison
Warleggan, by Winston Graham
Dark Unwinding, by Sharon Cameron
A Spark Unseen, by Sharon Cameron
Hang the Moon, by Jeannette Walls
An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones
The Black Moon, by Winston Graham
The Untelling, by Tayari Jones
Whose Names Are Unknown, by Sanora Babb
Dear Henry, Love Edith, by Becca Kinzer
Pearl in the Sand, by Tessa Afshar
The River We Remember, by William Kent Krueger
September
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, by John Le Carre
Swing Time, by Zadie Smith
Firekeeper's Daughter, by Angeline Boulley
One Tuesday Morningm by Karen Kingsbury
Sisters Under the Rising Sun, by Heather Morris
The Four Swans, by Winston Graham
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
At the Water's Edge, by Sara Gruen
Ape House, by Sara Gruen
The Guest List, by Lucy Foley
Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
The Paris Apartment, by Lucy Foley
Warrior Girl Unearthed, Angeline Boulley
A Dangerous Business, by Jane Smiley
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
Perestroika in Paris, by Jane Smiley
The Hunting Party, by Lucy Foley
A Stranger's Game, by Colleen Coble
Monday Morning Faith, by Lori Copeland
The Christmas Lamp, by Lori Copeland
Strands of Truth, by Colleen Coble
A Study in Scarlet Women, by Sherry Thomas
October
Brown Dog, by Jim Harrison
Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett
The Stranger in the Lifeboat, by Mitch Albom
The Time Keeper, by Mitch Albom
The Chinese Siamese Cat, by Amy Tan
Go Tell It On the Mountain, by James Baldwin
The Lemon Tree, by Sandy Tolan
Aftermath, by Terri Blackstock
Emerald Windows, by Terri Blackstock
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
Dear Life, by Alice Munro
Lilac Girls, by Martha Hall Kelly
Sunset Park, by Paul Auster
How Much of These Hills Is Gold, by C Pam Zhang
Edge of Dusk, by Colleen Coble
The Big Tiny, by Dee Williams
November
The Violin Conspiracy, by Brendan Slocumb
The Women, by Kristin Hannah
The Mist, by Ragnar Jonasson
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, by Mitch Albom
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
Truman, by David McCullough
The Johnstown Flood, by David McCullough
The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough
The Great Alone, by Kristin Hannah
Land of Milk and Honey, by C Pam Zhang
Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
This Other Eden, by Paul Harding
December
The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
The Angry Tide, by Winston Graham
Playing the Game, by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Chenneville, by Paulette Jules
4 3 2 1, by Paul Auster
The Best of Franz Kafka's Short Stories, by Franz Kafka
The Midnight Feast, by Lucy Foley
Dog Day Afternoon, by David Rosefelt
Runaway, by Alice Munro
See, spending more of my time sitting in an office has its benefits. I had time to type out my reading list, and my Playful scarf has grown considerably:
2 comments:
Wow - Just WOW! You have a long list too. You and Leigh. I know my list isn’t that long for 2024 - I didn’t keep a list and I don’t use any website that would give me this info. But I have started my list for 2025 and will publish it at the end of the year. I really think keeping a list is a good idea. I often see a book and then wonder if I already read it. So I am happy to do this 2025. I did decide to do a number rating - like a 1 - 5 rating just for my own knowledge and as a reminder. No review or anything. But it would be helpful with some authors that I don’t wish to follow.
Very cool how the first photos of your scarf and the sunrise echo the same colors! Impressive list of books too - I see a lot of my favorite authors.
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