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Real Thoughts on "Must-Read" Books
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items My goal for 2025 was to read more books, ideally min. 1 book/month. The internet, friends, and family gave me lots of recommendations and these are my real-thoughts on them!
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HIGHLY RECOMMEND
A Little Overhyped
HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Books that totally lived up the hype!
It really challenges the notion of economic growth. It starts with the history of Capitalism to show how we got here (i.e., every player in the market is forced to go on the hamster wheel of chasing growth). It really opened my eyes to what alternati...
Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel, Paperback
A very refreshing take on the typical whodunnit storyline, given that our main protagonists are elderly folks living in retirement homes. It's funny, wholesome, heartfelt, and mysterious all at the same time! I love all the characters. I've heard tha...
Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman
Totally lived up to the hype! The characters are so well written (I love Evelyn especially), and it definitely made me cry a few times.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Paperback
My first introduction to thriller books and I loved it! You can feel that something is wrong, and you just keep wanting to know more, to know why, and to know how things got so messy. I couldn't think of a better ending, and I'm excited to read Book ...
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
Honestly, I can't recommend this book enough (I've already influenced three of my close friends to also read it). The setting is absolutely gut wrenching. As a reader from the future who knows the ugliness that's going to happen, it was especially ha...
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
A Little Overhyped
Maybe I just don't get it? These are books that didn't live to the hype. Please remember this is a very subjective list!
I was hyped to read it because it gained so many attention, especially after Kobe Bryant, Oprah Winfrey, and Bill Clinton were seen with the book/was praising it highly. However, to me, it just felt like an unnecessarily long story to say "focus on t...
The Alchemist
I wanted to like it so bad because I love the author!! Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy a majority portion of the book. The topics it's writing about are very important (colonialism, imperialism, racism), but sometimes it felt like the author pushed t...
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