2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Head over to William's Café to get my thoughts on the books that I'm reading.

Latest Book(s) Read:

Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut [*****]

I fell in love with reading for the first time in 2022. After 27 years of being told to read in school, and reading for my doctoral degree, I finally gave leisure reading a shot. The books that I'll be reading are a mix of academic and fiction books. I try to keep my Goodreads to leisure reads only. But if I read an academic book all the way through, I'm for sure going to put it up here!

Favorite Books:

The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
The Stone Face, by William Gardner Smith
Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

Books Read in 2023 {in order of date read}

1. Barkskins, Annie Proulx
2. The Three Muskateers, Alexandre, Dumas
3. One Brilliant Flame, Joy Castro
4. Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
5. The Stranger, Albert Camus
6. A Lost Lady, Willa Cather
7. The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent, J.C.A. Stagg
8. The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832, Alan Taylor
9. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickents
10. The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
11. Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
12. Trilby, George du Maurier
13. The Road, Cormac McCarthy
14. The Stone Face, William Gardner Smith
15. The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich
16. The Man Who Laughs, Victor Hugo
17. Passing, Nella Larsen
18. No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
19. Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
20.Watership Down, Richard Adams
21. Cards on the Table , Agatha Christie
22. The Street, Ann Petry
23. Anna Karenin, Leo Tolstoy
24. The Black Tulip, Alexandre Dumas
25. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut

Books Currently Reading....

a. The Overstory, Richard Powers
b. My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle, Marcel Pagnol
c. The Man Who Walked Away, Maud Casey

So Many More That I Want to Read....

So happy to hear you've found a love for reading after years of being required to do so! It's so liberating to be able to read books solely for fun and not for an assignment, paper, or quiz.

As for your goal, feel free to change it as you see fit! We can always move this thread to the appropriate folder if it goes above 50 :)

Welcome to the group , William :)
You could lways adjust it as you need later in the year, either way 30 or 50 books, is still a great goal.

Hope you discover some new favorites this year aswell.

I'm so excited for you and your adventure ahead of you. Goodreads is an awesome place to discover the wide world of reading for pleasure.

Hey William,
Looks like you're having a fantastic reading year so far :)

Here's to 30 more amazing books to come!
Happy reading :)