one thing about me is that I will pretty much always love a book about bonds between people and dragons
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one thing about me is that I will pretty much always love a book about bonds between people and dragons

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Books of the summer part 1: May - June 2025
Oh oops I haven't done one of these since April. I really thought I'd done May for some reason, but nope! To be honest I feel like I was really busy with both work and school - and then just work, but for 10-13hrs a day - from April through the beginning of August. I still read! I just didn't have time to post about it on tumblr. Here's some books that, looking back, were big hits for me in May and June:
Scientific Progress Goes Boink (Bill Watterson): Hard to go wrong with Calvin and Hobbes! This started off a big Calvin and Hobbes reread, working through my collections. Great comfort reads.
Partners in Crime (Agatha Christie): Another reread, this time going specifically to the Tommy and Tuppence short stories! Short stories are always good when I'm busy. Thinking back, I think this was inspired by @therefugeofbooks reading some Tommy and Tuppence and tagging me, so thank you! I enjoy the young duo who joke around with each other and seem like they might be in trouble...and then reveal that they knew what the villains were up to the whole time.
Dragonhaven (Robin McKinley): Yet another reread. I still think this book is really really good. McKinley is always good at first-person perspective - with this book in particular, it's very believable as being written by the narrator, looking back on the events of his (younger) youth, including how little dialogue there is, and all the little asides with the benefit of experience. I always like this book but don't always have the brain space to devote to it, but sometimes I am able to just immerse myself in the world of a grieving teenage kid who finds and raises an infant dragon when it imprints on him, in a world where dragons are sort of just another protected species in a giant national park (and sort of not "just" anything).
Cookin' the Books (Amy Patricia Meade): This is definitely not the only cozy mystery with this exact title, lol. This was a first-time read! I am always picking up (and often putting down) new cozy mystery series, but this one I read all six books of because I enjoyed the main character and the relationships and found the mysteries generally well done. I'm not saying these were earth-shattering, but there's lots of mystery series where I don't like the main character or the setting or how quickly I can guess who dunnit (although I don't mind guessing as long as it isn't too obvious), and this one didn't have those issues! Also interesting how the (eventual, final) love interest is the small town sheriff, but since these were all written after 2020, it's made clear that he took a knee during a BLM protest and, like, marched in a pride parade (iirc) so he's one of the good ones. Obviously there's deeper conversations to be had here, but I figured hey, it's something.
Thank you @the-forest-library for suggesting my first read of 2025. I just started it and the story is so cool and in-depth.
📕 Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley
Preliminary Round 25
Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley
Sammy Keyes by Wendelin Van Draanen
First Light by Rebecca Stead
The Mistmantle Chronicles by M. I. McAllister
Upside-Down Magic by Emily Jenkins, Sarah Miynowski, and Lauren Myracle
La Quete d'Ewilan by Pierre Bottero
Adventure by Enid Blyton
Storybound by Marissa Burt
The Cooper Kids Adventures by Frank E. Peretti
see results
Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley, my beloved ❤

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Currently reading the last book in The Rainwild Chronicles by Robin Hobb!
Books of 2025
2025 was a good reading year for me! I feel like I've hit my stride somewhat with reading while using tumblr - I'm less concerned than I was in past years about trying to read all the things that are going around on tumblr, while still getting some ideas when mutuals post about stuff that sounds relevant to my interests. I have always been reading what I want to read, but I got on an even better streak with that in 2025. And I think I've figured out a format for posting about my reads that works well for me and that I'll be sticking with for a while!
Related to my own posting habits, and as I mentioned in the post that is the counterpart to this one (Not Good Books of 2025), I don't actually have a rating system for my reads; even when my experience varies widely between two books, it doesn't necessarily mean I think one is better. (Although, sometimes...). So for 2025, I highlighted my #books of the month based mainly on what took up most of my thoughts and attention that month. These are often the books that I enjoyed and might recommend, but it could also be things that made me think a lot, or that I liked but wouldn't recommend without major caveats. In the same way: these might not be the best books of 2025, but to me, they are The Books of 2025:
(OK I ended up with 15 books and series here, so I cut for length.)
Preliminary Round 25
Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley
Sammy Keyes by Wendelin Van Draanen
First Light by Rebecca Stead
The Mistmantle Chronicles by M. I. McAllister
Upside-Down Magic by Emily Jenkins, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle
Gunnerkrigg Court by Thomas Siddell
La Quete d'Ewilan by Pierre Bottero
Adventure Series by Enid Blyton
Storybound by Marissa Burt
The Cooper Kids Adventures by Frank E. Peretti