January 13, 2025

My Top 10

 Seeing everyone's Top Reads in 2024 has got me thinking. I've been tracking what I've read on this blog since 2009 but only doing my Top 5 each year since 2014. On this list I'm going to give my Top 10 books of all time. I'm sure many I'm going to miss so many I read before this blog but I'll do my best. 

  1. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 
  2. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  4. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
  5. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
  6. The Martian by Andy Weir
  7. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
  8. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
  9. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
  10. Watchers by Dean Koontz

January 2, 2025

Books I've Read in 2025

Books
January
  1. Empty Graves by Jonathan Maberry
  2. Hellhound on My Trail by D.J. Butler
Audiobooks
January
  1. All Fours by Miranda July
  2. Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli
  3. When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
  4. The Last Party by A.R. Torre
  5. Scythe by Neal Shusterman
  6. The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek
  7. Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli
  8. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
  9. Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Total: 11

Here's what I've read in previous years:

Top 5 Books I've Read in 2025


  1. Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli
  2. When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill






Books I Didn't Finish in 2025


Below will be any books I started and didn't finish and the reason why. 

  1. Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
    • To be fair I was only a couple of chapters in before I gave up on this one but I just couldn't keep my attention on the audiobook version so I'm passing on this one.
  1. The Fragile Threads of Power Victoria E. Schwab
    • I tried getting into this one twice but the pace of the story was too slow and I kept losing my focus. 


December 4, 2024

Review: The Forgotten Son by BJ Sloan

Product Description:
The kind-hearted delivery nurse had no way of knowing that her well-intentioned words would doom Bunny Boy Potts to a lifetime of ridicule. Well, that and the unfortunate way his ears stuck out like two ping-pong paddles.

Living with his unhinged single mother, his entire life is spent apologizing for existing while scraping by for enough to survive. Food and love—neither is freely available in the Potts’ home, but the sharp sting of the strap is always on standby.

When Bunny meets Raquel, he thinks she could take him from scarecrow misfit to normal teen. Growing in the sunshine of her approval, Bunny even gets a job from his rancher neighbor, TC. For the first time in his life, Bunny can buy clothes that fit. He can eat enough to stave off the hunger that used to sing him to sleep every night. Along with a paycheck, he earns a nickname and the grudging respect of those around him as he begins to rise above the hand he’s been dealt.

But Bunny Boy Potts wasn’t meant to have a life like everyone else.

My Thoughts:
The Forgotten Son was really a heartbreaking story. Bunny was raised by his mom, who seemingly blamed him for his very existence, in a household with no love and when he finally meets Raquel who is willing to be his friend, he doesn't fully know how to process it and pushes too far.

I really wanted to love Bunny and I started too but then when his relationship with Raquel doesn't go his way his character becomes less likeable. Either way I was fully engrossed in the story and was rooting for him all the way.

My Recommendation:
I recommend this for anyone who loves an engrossing fiction story.