Hi all. I hope everyone is well and that you received some books over the holiday. I was lucky to have a great haul of gifts that were books, yay. You might be surprised to know that all of these on the left are nonfiction. I’m mainly a fiction reader, but I sort of like to pick those out myself and I like getting nonfiction in hardcover print. Some of these are recent books and others came out years ago. What do you think — have you read any of these? I can’t wait to dig in. As you can see, I’m posting my monthly preview and First Book of the Year a bit early since I have a spare moment now rather than later. And as usual, there’s much to discuss in upcoming releases.
So here I am gearing up for my first book of 2025, lol. I don’t usually like putting odd pictures of myself on here but perhaps once in a blue moon is okay. The book is the nonfiction memoir by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin titled: An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s. I’ve heard many favorable things about this book, so I’m excited.
It delves into her marriage and political events of the day back in the 1960s — when she and her husband-to-be both worked for President Lyndon Johnson. Years ago, I liked Goodwin’s 1997 memoir Wait Till Next Year about her childhood in New York in the 1950s and her love of the Brooklyn Dodgers, so I’m keen for the new one. What’s your first book?
Now let’s talk about what’s coming out in January. One of my goals in 2025 is to read more translated lit, so that’s one reason I’m interested to read Korean author Han Kang’s new novel We Do Not Part (due out Jan. 21). Another reason is that the author recently won the Nobel Prize for Literature and I haven’t read her yet.
According to Publishers Weekly her new novel is the story of a writer who discovers how her friend’s family was impacted by the 1948–1949 Jeju Massacre. Kirkus calls it a “mysterious novel about history and friendship that offers no easy answers.” Hmm. I think the author’s known for a couple strange novels so I’ll be ready for anything.
Next up is the debut novel by Aria Aber titled Good Girl (due out Jan. 14) that Kirkus says follows an “aspiring photographer who’s bent on concealing her Afghan heritage and becomes embroiled in the Berlin techno scene and a fraught relationship with an older man.” PW calls it a “stunning coming-of-age story that’s set amid Berlin’s underground art and music scene.”
Apparently the theme of what it means to be a ‘good girl’ is explored along with themes about identity and desire. I’m not sure if it’ll be for me, but I generally enjoy good debuts and new voices so I hope to check it out.
Then there’s German author Bernhard Schlink’s translated novel The Granddaughter (due out Jan. 7) about the story of a German bookseller’s attempt to connect with his radicalized granddaughter and try to steer her away from such thinking. PW says “Schlink offers an unflinching look at the neo-Nazi movement and the compromises people make out of love,” and calls it a “powerful story of loss and the desire to move forward.”
I haven’t read Schlink since his 1995 novel The Reader, which was one of my very first reviews on the blog in 2009 and the book was made into a movie with Kate Winslet. That one I recall was a pretty unsettling story and I wonder if this one will have some of the same elements, hmm.
I’m also keeping in mind Adam Haslett’s novel Mothers and Sons (due out Jan. 7), which has received strong reviews and according to Kirkus is about an immigration lawyer and his estranged religious mother who work to finally face their pasts. It’s said to be a family-in crisis kind of story that involves a harrowing event that happened in their family long ago.
We’ll see if I can handle this one. I think I tried his 2016 novel Imagine Me Gone a couple years ago and didn’t finish it but perhaps I should give him a second chance. Ann Patchett among others have raved about his writing.
In screen releases in January, I mentioned many of the big movies last month so I won’t repeat those, but I inadvertently missed mentioning Nickel Boys (I didn’t even hear about the movie until recently) based on the novel by Colson Whitehead. I read the novel back in 2019 and found it a chilling and powerful tale, which follows the friendship between two young African-American men who navigate the trials of a harrowing reform school together in Florida. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2020 and was based on a real school for boys that operated in Florida from 1900 till 2011. The movie’s artistic rendering of the novel and visual style is said to be unique, so I hope to see it, though it could take some courage too.
Also the Brazilian film I’m Still Here (out Jan. 17) looks powerful about a mother and activist who’s coping with the forced disappearance of her husband, a dissident politician, during the military dictatorship in Brazil in 1971.
The screenplay is mostly in Portuguese with English subtitles, which I don’t do too well with, but the film seems like it will get a Best International Film Oscar nomination and has already made a big splash in Brazil, so I think it’ll be worth seeing. It’s based on the 2015 memoir by Marcelo Rubens Paiva about his experiences of losing his father to the Brazilian military and also becoming paralyzed at age 20 from a diving accident.
In TV shows, the British crime drama Vera — based on the books by Ann Cleeves featuring Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope — will start its fourteenth and final season on Jan. 2 on Britbox, though it’ll just be two last episodes.
I admit I haven’t seen the show after all these years and don’t get Britbox, but it looks entertaining with Brenda Blethyn in the title role. Apparently she’s been playing Vera from 2011 to 2025, wow. I think it’s also available on PBS. The series looks gorgeous with its cinematography and is filmed on location in North East England. I think you can stream all the seasons if you want.
And for fans of the sci-fi show Severance, Season 2 will begin Jan. 17 on AppleTV+. It’s been three years since the end of Season 1 so people have been waiting for a while. I haven’t seen the show but apparently it’s received much critical acclaim.
It seems hard to explain the premise but basically it’s about a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives … but then after a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, they begin a journey to discover the truth about their jobs. Has anyone watched this? Do I need to get an implanted chip? Lol.
Also Season 6 of the series C.B. Strike starts Jan. 23 on HBO Max. It’s the adaptation of JK Rowling’s sixth crime novel The Ink Black Heart and stars Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger as Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott.
Has anyone been following the series? I think I tried to watch an earlier season and might have fallen asleep more than once, so that doesn’t bode well. I have read one of the Rowling Galbraith books, so I know the characters. But let me know if I should try to pick up the show again. The actors seem to have a pretty good connection in the roles of Strike and Robin.
And lastly in music, there’s upcoming albums by Ringo Star, David Gray, the Weather Station, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and the duo Penny & Sparrow among others. I’ll pick British singer-songwriter David Gray’s new one Dear Life (due out Jan. 17) as my choice this month, and you can hear his song Plus & Minus off it here, which is a bit of a duet with a British singer named Talia Rae.
That’s all for now. What about you which releases are you looking forward to this month? Wishing everyone a very safe and Happy New Year.
Of the nonfiction ones I just picked up the Amy Tan book but am not familiar with the rest. Love your photo and the book for the new year. The description has me wanting to read it so I will add to my long Goodreads list. So glad you highlighted it.
My first book is Olive, Mabel and Me by Andrew Cotter for the memoir category but now I also have Ina Garten’s memoir so…probably both!
I’ve read all of the Vera Stanhope bokos and liked them. Well, I am actually waiting on the latest but then I am caught up. Couldn’t quite get into the tv show when I tried but maybe another chance. Also on the library list for Severance and don’t know what ot expect. Have only read the Cormoron Strike books.
Happy new year to you and your family!!
Thanks Tina, New Year’s eve is coming quickly. Not sure of our plans yet. The Amy Tan book is quite popular right now — I think it’ll be interesting since my husband & I have gotten into bird watching after we moved in 2023 and Tan’s drawings look great.
I’m not really a mystery reader, but I think I might check out the Ann Cleeves series for its setting, ambience, & characters. And I look forward to your reviews of both the memoirs you’ve chosen. Both look good.
Happy New Year’s to you as well.
I have An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 196’s in my books to listen to.
Hi Vicki, that’s excellent. We can compare notes once we finish Goodwin’s book, lol. I see that the author reads the audio of it — which is nice … with a bit of a New England accent. Enjoy. & Happy New Year’s.
I read Master Slave Husband Wife and thought it was really interesting! I haven’t read the other nonfiction pictured.
My First Book is going to Tommy Orange’s Wandering Stars since I have tickets to hear him speak at the end of January.
Nickel Boys was an excellent read, but I can imagine the film would be difficult to watch. I’ll have to think about if I can do it.
Hi Helen, I remember you liked the Master Slave book. It does sound like quite a true story, so I’m excited about it. And I look forward to your thoughts on the Tommy Orange book & talk. Should be great to hear what he has to say.
I agree about the Nickel Boys — sort of disturbing for a movie — but just hope the friendship portrayal is good. Happy New Year’s.
Adding The Unfinished Love Story to my TBR.// I read The Reader in the 1990s and desperately wanted to talk to someone about it but no one I knew had read it. I never saw the movie. // I’m reading The BackYard Chronicles for my 1st book of 2025. I love the illustrations.
Hi Anne, good to know. The Amy Tan book is quite popular and the drawings look excellent. I’m looking forward to it and will look for your thoughts on it. Good pick. And I remember The Reader was quite a rattling tale, shook me up, so not sure what the new one will be like. Wishing you a Happy New Year.
Making all those lists is impressive. I have no idea what I’m going to read this week, much less next year. I read some paper books instead of e-Books and that was rewarding. I might do it again.
Have a great year…mae at maefood.blogspot.comm
Thanks Mae, it’s good you like print books as well as e-books. I tend to like nonfiction in print so I can put post-it notes on parts and see photos etc. But I read some fiction in e-book – so I like both too. Happy New Year’s to you as well.
I bought The Backyard Bird Chronicles at the 50th Anniversary sale of our local book store at the end of October. I am very much looking forward to reading it. My husband wants to read The Bookshop by Evan Friss, but I guess he is waiting to get it when it goes down in price a bit.
Your first book of the year, An Unfinished Love Story, seems very interesting. Other than experiencing his presidency during my high school and college years, I don’t know much about Lyndon Johnson. At that time in my life, I was not that interested in politics.
We watched a couple of the early Vera episodes, but my husband did not care for them and I don’t want to watch them alone. I would rather read the books anyway and there are seven more for me to read. This month I finally read the first book in Ann Cleeves first series, which is about a birdwatcher and his wife, who are both retired. I liked it a lot, and will be reading more of those.
We are interested in Severance so maybe someday we will try it.
Hi Tracy, good to hear. Everyone seems to be getting the Amy Tan bird book. I hope it will be good … also Goodwin’s book. I will see what she says about LBJ. Usually nonfiction takes me a bit longer to read than fiction. We’ll see about these. And I’m glad for your review of the Cleeves book. I’m not really a mystery reader but I’m thinking of reading the series since the setting & characters seem appealing. I hope you enjoy the rest of the books. We might try the TV show Severance too since it’s received much acclaim … though it looks a bit weird.
Happy New Year’s!
I will be eagerly awaiting your reviews for these non-fiction books. Your reading year is going to be off to a great start.
Thanks Olivia. I hope I can plunge into these — it’s a bit weird for me to start with nonfiction but these should be good. And perhaps I can read fiction on the side, lol. Happy New Year’s!
What a great haul of books to receive at Christmas! The Warmth of Other Suns is one of my all-time favorite books. My book club is reading Master Slave Husband Wife in 2025.
Hi Joy, thanks. Yeah it’s a lot of books for Christmas — it should send me down a rabbit hole, lol. I’m so glad to hear how much you liked the Wilkerson book, yay. That bodes well for me — and the Master Slave book looks like a compelling true story. I had not heard of that married couple before. I look forward to your thoughts on it. Wishing you a Happy New Year’s!
You are definitely well prepared for the 2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge, several of the books will crop up in my inspiration lists I’ll be posting this month.
I recommend watching Vera, it’s very good.
Have a good week of reading, and a happy new year !
Hi Shelleyrae, thanks. Yeah I need to sign up for your 2025 Nonfiction challenge. I will do so soon. I’m well stocked now, lol. And good to hear about the Vera TV show. It does look appealing. I’d like to watch it — and maybe I’ll try the Cleeves series too. Happy New Year’s to you too.
It’s always fun to see what books people got for Christmas, and what ones they’re hoping to read in the new year. Sounds like you have a lot of good ones to choose from…and look forward to. I’d like to read one of Han Kang’s books in 2025, though I haven’t decided which one yet. And I’m very much looking forward to reading Amy Tan’s Backyard Bird Chronicles next year, too. Happy reading. 😀 And Happy New Year!
Hi Lark, thanks. The New Year is fast approaching. It’ll sneak up on us. 🙂
I’m curious too of the Han Kang books — The Vegetarian definitely looks unsettling – but I’m hoping the new book will be a good intro. And the Amy Tan book is everywhere lately. It looks pretty good. Happy reading & New Year’s to you as well.
I received a copy of Amy Tan’s book for Christmas, too. I plan to read it over the course of the year. Rod got a copy of the new Doris Kearns Goodwin book (from me) and I plan to read it for Nonfiction November. (Nice photo of you, btw!) He also got two copies of Hampton Sides’ The Wide, Wide Sea. Not sure if I’ll read that one.
I listened to The Warmth of Other Suns a few years ago and wish I had read the print edition instead of listening. I had a hard time keeping track of who’s who. I’ve started a big book, which will carry over into January, so I guess it’s my “First Book” of 2025. It’s Sarah Blake’s novel The Guest Book. It came out in 2019 and has been on my shelf for almost that long.
We’re looking forward to watching the final season of Vera. We’ve watched all seasons and have enjoyed them, although it took a few episodes to get used to Vera’s personality. Thanks for the heads up about the new C.B. Strike series. We’ve watched all of them (I think!) and enjoy them quite well. We’re also looking forward to the third season of Reacher, but that doesn’t start until February.
Happy reading/viewing/listening!
Thanks Lesley, it’s a lot of books from Christmas. Interesting that you gave Rod the DKG book. Good pick. And the Tan book I hope will be interesting since Robert & I’ve gotten into birds a bit in the past year. I think Rod will like the Wide Wide Sea with the long voyage – but perhaps you might find parts dull or long, just a guess.
I look forward to your thoughts on The Guest Book. I haven’t read that. And I’m glad I got the print of the Wilkerson book — I know I’d be lost with the audio. I will probably read it slowly over weeks or months.
Glad you liked the Vera show — good to know. I’d like to watch it but not sure about Robert. Perhaps I will try a Cleeves book this year.
Happy New Year’s to you both. We’ve been socked in with fog for a while here, Lol.
Excellent book haul! So glad you’ve selected An Unfinished Love Story to start 2025. It’s on my list for the year and I can’t wait to hear what you think of it. DKG is such a good writer and storyteller. I’ve been dipping in and out of Amy Tan’s book for a while now. Had no idea she was such a talented artist, too. The Warmth of Other Suns was a favorite a few years ago. It was a read/listen combo and that approach worked well for me. Master, Slave, Husband, Wife and The Bookshop are both on my tbr list.
I haven’t read Bernhard Schlink since The Reader either, and this is the first I’ve heard about The Granddaughter. Just added it to my list!
Hope we get a chance to see Nickel Boys. I really loved that book. Happy New Year!
Thanks JoAnn. It was a good Christmas in the book dept., lol. I’m glad for your thoughts about many of these. I loved DKG’s previous memoir so I’m excited about this one and the Wilkerson & Tan books too. Much to ponder here.
Nickel Boys should be a strong cup of coffee subject-wise but I liked the novel too and think it’ll be well done. And I’m hoping the Schlink novel will be thought-provoking — a bit like The Reader; I’m looking to read more translated lit in 2025. I hope you received a good Christmas gift haul. Happy New Year’s!
You got some great books! I really enjoyed Amy Tan’s Backyard Bird Chronicles, and The Warmth of Other Suns is incredibly good–I learned so much just from reading that book. I also want to read Master, Slave, Husband, Wife.
I started listening to Doris read her memoir, but then got distracted–it’s interesting. I need to get back to it.
The Granddaughter sounds really good. I never did read The Reader…
Happy New Year, and thanks for the January preview.
Thanks Jane. Good to know about these titles you’ve already read. Excellent that you enjoyed the Amy Tan book & the Wilkerson book. Bodes well for me too.
I haven’t started the Doris book yet but I hope it’s a winner. The Schlink novel has gotten some good feedback so we’ll see. The Reader was a doozy.
Wishing you a Happy New Year as well!
I’m happy to see your First Book of the Year photo. I am almost finished with Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals—so glad I read this one. It is perfect for the mood I was in after the election.
I greatly enjoyed Warmth of Other Suns. And I look forward to reading Master, Slave, Husband, Wife and The Bookshop.
Hi Deb, DKG is an enjoyable writer. Glad you’re liking Team of Rivals. You might like her memoir Wait Till Next Year too. And this new one looks like another winner. Glad you liked the Wilkerson book — bodes well for me. I think I’ll read it slowly little by little over a month or two. Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Nice to see what you got for Christmas and what you’ll be reading soon, Susan. I’ve watched all the Vera seasons and also read all the books in that series. I like both and couldn’t imagine anyone besides Brenda being Vera. I have also read all the Strike books and also watched all the TV adaptations. For me, the actors are good matches to the book characters. That doesn’t always happen, but they suit me. We don’t get HBO/Max anymore so I’ll have to see how I might watch the new season. Enjoy your New Year week and look forward to book ‘chatting’ with you in 2025!
Hi thanks Kay. I should have known you’ve already read all these Rowling/ Galbraith & Cleeves books. You are a mystery expert. Good to know you liked the TV adaptations of these books as well. I think I might try my first Cleeves book this winter, yay. Wishing you a great New Year! I like that you’re posting again.
What a fantastic book haul! Nonfiction can be such a refreshing change of pace. I’ve already downloaded two for my 2025 reads. Time to expand from my romance list. Lol! I haven’t read Doris Kearns Goodwin’s memoir yet, but it sounds intriguing.
Hi Lux, thanks. Yeah nonfiction is definitely a change for me. I will try to squeeze my fiction in on the side too. 🙂 Santa was kind to me this year, lol. I hope you received some books you wanted. Happy New Year!
I haven’t read any of the nonfiction books you got, but I look forward to hear what you make of them. Generally, I like nonfiction. The best nonfiction books are better than fiction, because they are true stories. Quite often, real life can be more strange or more amazing than anything a fiction author can think of.
Not sure about the Vera show, but I can recommend the Vera books, which may be one of my favourite crime series.
Hope all is well with you and I wish you a happy new year!
Hey Stargazer, where have you been? I haven’t seen you posting lately. I hope you return to your blog & that things are good there.
I’m a fiction reader but I’m trying to expand more into nonfiction, lol. And I’m glad you let me know about the Vera books … I’m not a big mystery reader but I plan to try Ann Cleeves’ Vera series in the new year. Thx for the tip.
Hope you are well too. Happy New Year.
Yeah, I took an unintentional break from blogging. Let’s see how it goes in 2025. I love blogging, but it is still a hobby, which tends to suffer, when life is busy. Good luck with your nonfiction reading. I find that memoirs or topics you are really interested in have the highest chances of success, when you tend to read fiction. The new Women’s Prize for nonfiction also had some good suggestions.
I can understand what you’re saying – especially with all your work & life in London. Things must be busy. It is a hobby for me as well but I’m more retired. I’m always glad to see your posts whenever they come. And thanks for the tips on nonfiction. Memoirs are a bit easier to read than histories. I will look to see what’s on the Women’s Prize list.
Hi Susan, You have a nice list of books for January and the 1960’s have always fascinated me so I will be putting Doris Kearns Goodwin’s memoir on my list.
The Grandaughter is also book I want to read. Never read the author before but this book is so timely. Extremism, conspiracy theories are everywhere these days and it doesn’t lead to anything good.
Have a Happy New Year and I look forward to what you will be reading in 2025. I get so many ideas!
Thanks Kathy, I’m glad some of these seem appealing to you. I can’t believe tomorrow is New Year’s Day (came here quickly) … I hope to get off to a good reading start in 2025 though nonfiction always takes me longer. I hope you enjoy your first reads of the year!
I don’t like posting photos of myself on the blog either and so I only have a few with me from the back or side. Nice photo! I started Lies On the Serpent’s Tongue by Kate Pearsall, but I may be finishing it after the new year. We’ll see if I can get some reading time today! I barely had enough time to put up a blog post late last night! Very busy out here in Montana. Are you still in Southern California?
It’s funny, we just had a friend over last night for dinner and he was raving about Severance. We’re going to try and watch it. I’ve seen a few episodes of Vera, but never continued since we don’t have Britbox anymore. I would like to get it again. Have a happy new year, Susan!
Hi Rachel, you must be very busy in Montana. Yes we are still here in SoCal and probably will leave sometime in a week or so to drive back. It’s been very foggy at the beach … but we should see the sun tomorrow! I definitely don’t like putting my photo on here (argh!) – glad you can relate. And interesting to hear that you’ve heard good things about Severance. We will have to check it out too. I hope you have a great start to the new year! I look forward to your posts. Happy reading.
Your January reading looks very rewarding. I loved The Warmth of Other Suns: she structures it so skilfully, blending together multiple people’s stories as time passes, that it almost feels novelistic. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. The Amy Tan I definitely would like to read: her book on writing (partly memoir) is very good too. I’d like to see Nickel Boys and I’m Still Here. Anyone in Canada who can access hoopla through the public library can try the early seasons of Vera (to save the cost of a Britbox sub, if that was the only draw). They are character-driven (a little slow, I’d say, in the broader scheme of things) and very good when you’re in that mood. I hope your January gets off to a grand start and that the next year holds many good things for you!
Thanks Marcy / BIP, I hope you have a great 2025 too. Glad to hear you were a big fan of the Wilkerson book. I’ve wanted to read it for years. I probably won’t fit all these books into January but I hope to make a start. And thanks for the tip about Vera being on Hoopla … I used to have Hoopla unfortunately the library in my area discontinued Hoopla which is really too bad; I liked it for audios. I think I might try the Vera books first. I’m not a big mystery reader but I think I should give Cleeves a go. I hope you received some books over the holidays. I’ll stop by your site soon. Happy reading.
Hi Susan,
You got a big book haul for Christmas. Glad you’re trying more nonfiction; these titles should do the trick. Among my Christmas presents was a generous Apple gift card that I used to rent and buy movies and a TV series set. I don’t know what I’ll choose as my first book of the year; I was planning either Martyr! or My Friends but I’m not in the mood for anything too demanding. It’s been almost two months that I don’t read so I need to start easy. I’ve been following the C.B. Strike series on HBO/Max since the beginning. I like it quite a bit. It’s very character-driven and the protagonists have great chemistry together. I recommend it.
Hi Carmen, thanks. It sounds like Christmas was good to the both of us. I’ll be keen to hear what movies/TV you see (and books of course too). Thx for the tip on CB Strike. I think I should watch it. We have seen a few movies lately: Juror#2 (okay), A Different Man (a bit odd, but okay), and A Complete Unknown (the Bob Dylan movie is fantastic!). We might watch The Return soon.
These nonfiction books are a bit slower for me — but I will likely have fiction going on the side. I hope you enjoy your first read of the year — take it light to start. Happy 2025.
I’ve made a note of many of these books and movies, to make sure I catch them when they come out—thanks, as always. Re CB Strike—try again! We’ve loved it, so I’m excited a new season is coming
Hi Molly, thanks for the tip on CB Strike. We will give it another go. Have you ever tried Severance? I just wonder if it’s too weird or worth a go. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas & Happy 2025. Keep me posted on good shows & books you read. I think we’ve overdosed on football watching … and can move on to something else. 🙂
You have some good reading ahead of you! I have a copy of The Warmth of Other Suns on my e-reader somewhere. It’s one I have been wanting to read too. My mom mentioned having an extra copy of Amy Tan’s books, which I may end up with.
What a great pick for your first read! I hope you are enjoying An Unfinished Love Story. I am not familiar with it and look forward to your thoughts when you finish it.
I am looking forward to seeing the Nickel Boys movie. My husband and I enjoyed the first season of Severance. We’ll probably wait to see the second season after it’s out in its entirety since we don’t subscribe to Apple TV+ except for a month or two out of the year. There are a couple other shows I want to catch up on that channel as well when we do.
I hope you have a Happy New Year, Susan!
Hi Wendy, hope everything is well. Thx for the tip on Severance. We might try Season 1 sometime soon. The Warmth of Other Suns is a book I’ve meant to read for quite a few years. I might read it slowly over time this year since it’s long. The Amy Tan bird book seems really popular right now. She’s having a new career as an artist, lol. I hope you enjoy your first reads of the year. Happy 2025!
You have obviously had a very productive year of reading. Bravo to all people who love books. I don’t read a lot of fiction and my reviews for Princeton University Press keep me busy. I am very much a lover of an old fashioned book and I have never succumbed to the temptation of reading on line, or listening to audio books. Thanks for stopping by blog.
Hi David, thanks too for stopping by here. Do you work for Princeton U press? Just wondering how you are linked to them. I enjoy print books, ebooks, and audios, so it’s a triple scoop. But I still get a ton of print books. I like reading natural history too which it seems you read a lot of. Wishing you a great 2025 of reading.