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This past week was a mixture of happiness and disappointment. Happiness, because I finished a new book from Jussi Adler Olsen and two co-writers that was excellent and disappointment because I decided to give no stars nor write a review for two other books. Sometimes the blurb of a book can set you on the wrong foot, unfortunately.

With 12 books on my TBR list for Netgalley, 12 more on my TBR list for Edelweiss and another handful of books on my Kindle that want to be read by me, not to mention the handful of hefty SF tomes in print that are begging for attention... it is hard to decide which title to pick up first.

I needed something light to read to alternate with The Helium Sea.

I'm re-reading this because The Helium Sea just arrived in my Kindle app. Some reviewers mentioned that it would be a good idea to re-read this first.

This book was recommended to me because my husband passed away recently.
I've just read the first chapter and I already love it. I'm going to read a chapter every day because I hope it will help me with the terrible grief.

A really great bok, but not one you can read continuously. So I'm adding a second book to my 'currently reading' list.

I love it!

I'm already bored...

I read The Hail Mary Project two times and it is one of my favorites 'of all times' (and I've been reading SF for 55 years now). I'm going to see the movie next Tuesday on an Imax screen and I'm so much looking forward to it!

Last Friday my husband passed away after a long illness. I'm hopelessly behind with reading and reviewing but I will try to work on it.

What a surprise! According to the email I received with my Year in Books 2025 I'm a top 5% reader 😊. I would never have guessed.

I've just published my final review for 2025. In December, I will only read books that I've recently bought that do not need a review here from me. I'll be back in January with the first review of the 23 books I have on my list 😊.
Wishing all of you a wonderful festive month and many good wishes for 2026!

I finished my 101st book this year and I'm somehow still way behind. It's not that I request too many books, let alone get approved for, but somehow I haven't had enough time to read these past months.

Since the past week I don't receive any notifications anymore - so I'm sorry if you commented on one of my reviews, or started to follow me, and I haven't replied.
It's a well-know GR problem and until now I was happy it didn't affect me but sadly...

Having recently finished Forget me not and The boy with the jade, and starting with Wolf hour soon, Dead bad is something like a spoom, something to clean the palate before writing my reviews of the first two books ;-).