end-of-year book ask: 2, 9, 17!
Thanks Laya!
2. Did you reread anything? What?
A couple things–I reread the Murderbot novellas, which I enjoyed since it had been a while since I first read them. (And now I need to read the novels…) I also reread Normal People by Sally Rooney after coming back from a 2-week trip to Ireland because I wanted to see if I would recognize any of the places in Dublin the characters visited (like the bookstore Hoggis Figgis which I spent a dangerous amount of time in). I also reread some favorites like Howl's Moving Castle, The Black God's Drums, Sing For the Coming of the Longest Night, and The Empress of Salt and Fortune. I might have a designated list of some stuff to reread in 2025, we'll see.
9. Did you get into any new genres? What?
Hm…not really, I'd say. I've always read a fair amount across genres/forms/age ranges, though I did read more non-memoir nonfiction this year since I'm not doing academic reading for college, like Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff and The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi.
17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?
I was surprised how much I loved The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln, a very fun middle grade murder mystery that was also surprisingly queer! I also picked up Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly because I saw it on a list of 2024 queer books and absolutely loved it. Interestingly, I think the common denominator between those two books is how funny they were–humor is so subjective that I'm always pleasantly surprised when something makes me laugh!
