2025 - TRACK THE BOOKS YOU READ! (Sticky, please)

[indianasmith]

In 2018 I read 60 books.
In 2019, I read 46 (in my defense, a couple of them were whoppers of over 600 pages!)
In 2020, I read 43, but there were NO cartoon anthologies on the list this time!
In 2021, I read a total of 46 books - some pretty massive biographies (600+ pages) included.
In 2022, I read 66 books - including reading the Sandman saga TWICE, at least.  Also re-read Colleen McCullough's MASTERS OF ROME series - thick, chunky books, but I love them! And the usual mix of history, biography, and fiction.
In 2023, I read 45 books - lots of chunky biographies in the mix.
In 2024, I read a total of 39 books (it was a busy year)

So here we go for 2025

January 2025

Jan. 9 - THE OCTOBER HORSE by Colleen McCullough (started in Dec.)
Jan. 9 - ANGEL OF VENGEANCE by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Jan. 12 - YOU LIKE IT DARKER by Stephen King
Jan. 15 - FULL DARK, NO STARS by Stephen King
Jan. 20 - BILLY SUMMERS by Stephen King
Jan. 24 - NICODEMUS' QUEST by Bill Kincaid
Jan. 31 - FAIRY TALE by Stephen King

February 2025

Feb. 13 - DUMA KEY by Stephen King
Feb. 19 - BEYOND THE ICE LIMIT by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Feb. 28 - MR. MERCEDES by Stephen King

March 2025
Mar. 6 -   FINDERS KEEPERS by Stephen King
Mar. 8 -   END OF WATCH by Stephen King
Mar. 14 - THE OUTSIDER by Stephen KIng
Mar. 26 - IF IT BLEEDS by Stephen King

April 2025

April 5 - A GAME OF THRONES by George RR Martin
April 12 - SUNRISE ON THE REAPING by Suzanne Collins
April 19 - A CLASH OF KINGS by George R.R. Martin

May 2025

May 17 - A STORM OF SWORDS by George R.R. Martin
May 27 - A FEAST FOR CROWS by George R.R. Martin
May 28 - ELEVATION by Stephen King
May 29 - THE MIDDLE GENERATION by M.B. Zucker
May 31 - A KIM JONG IL PRODUCTION by Paul Fischer

June 2025

June 5 - NEVER FLINCH by Stephen King
June 7 - BADLANDS by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

[FatFreddysCat]

I Want You Around: The Ramones and the Making of 'Rock N Roll High School', by Stephen B. Armstrong
KISS and Sell: The Making of a Supergroup by C.K. Lendt
Brothers by Alex Van Halen
KISS and Sell by C.K. Lendt
The Blues Brothers by Daniel De Vise
Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison

[indianasmith]

Hey, Rev, would you mind pinning this and unpinning last year's thread?  (please)

[Rev. Powell]

(I must have forgotten some)

February

"Amusing Ourselves to Death"

May

"Essays" by George Orwell

[pacman000]

Rin Tin Tim's Rinty

Cheap kiddie novel published by Whitman in the 1950's. In an unusual twist, it seems to be an original story, not based on a preexisting film or TV show.

Two kids are given a puppy, whose lineage can be traced back to the original Rin Tin Tin. (The puppy is a runt, so the breeder didn't want him.)

They can't keep him from chasing cars, so, when they go off to school, he chases the school bus, gets dognapped, & is sold to another kennel with some stolen, fraudulent paperwork. (Dognapping sounds corny, but it was apparently a big problem in U.S. in the 1950's & '60's; in the 1970's, the USDA began to regulate kennels & rescue groups to help cut it down.)

The pup is sold to a mink ranch, &, by the time the kids find out where he is, he's grown up enough to escape! He then tries to make his way across the continental U.S. to find them.

Better than the few other Whitman books I've read. May have been written by Rin Tin Tim's owner; his name as the copyright holder, & the listed author said she didn't write it.

[WingedSerpent]

The Creative Act by Rick Rubin