Welcome to 2025! I have read the first few of my books for this new year. Trying out some new authors, not sure if I like them or not just yet.
Final count of books read during 2024 was 142 with a value of $4,477.61 of library materials checked out. Less than other years, but then I have been busy doing other things. My peak reading years coincided with the pandemic.
Christmas stuff has been stored away for another year. Thinking about getting some different lights for outside, newer, brighter. Will have to see what I can find. I want brighter blue which I don't have now.
Cold outside but no snow, sort of nice not having to clear snow. Can stay inside, work on my books or crochet. Do have to venture out to keep the bird feeders full. Poor things need food too.
Library started up a trivia night again but it wasn't as fun as the previous version. Different librarian putting it together and it seemed more like a test. Match book to author, match book to which award. Our best topic group was sports! Will see if they have another, otherwise we will head to a local establishment for our trivia fix.
Becoming Madame Mao is written in a stream of consciousness manner which to me made it hard to read. The story centers on Jiang Ching who marries Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong) who becomes the communist chairman of China for many years. Jiang was an actress and continued to act even while married and serving as "first lady of China". Since I don't have a good grasp of Chinese history this story didn't always make sense.
Unscripted is the accounting of Sumner Redstone who was the head of CBS, Viacom, Paramount and who was going to control this media giant. His daughter or someone else? It includes sleazy stores of women and men who used power, sex, money to get what they wanted. Part of this story includes the downfall of CBS head Les Moonves.
If you don't have a TBR (To Be Read) list, this is a way to suggest books to be read. Sometimes it is hard to pick a topic or book so this gives you some suggestions. Not that I need this, my TBR is over 100 books. While I read some, I'm always adding more.
Happy Reading.
An excellent # of read books for 2024, and the library angle is even better.
ReplyDeleteSome of my favorite authors have new books coming out this year, and if I haven't read the series that they belong to in awhile (years), then I'm determined to reread the series before the new book drops into my library queue.
The most difficult part is when a UK author releases a book, but it's not avail in US for a few months. GRRRRR!!!!
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