books of 2025

1. Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki - a very short novella, a vignette about a mother and daughter. 

 

2. The Safekeep by Yael Van der Wouden - i kinda guessed the premise early on, an interesting and intriguing one at that. lot of sexually charged writing in the middle. 

 

3. The Burrow by Melanie Cheng - oh how i love a short novel! i thought i was taking a break from fiction reading, that my mind was too busy, that i should focus on reading baby-books. but i'd been a bit lost, my mind ill at ease, and reading just first few pages of this, or even first few sentences, got me feeling calm, at peace, like this was where i needed to be. a sigh exhaled. even though the subject matter is that of grief and unthinkable one at that, losing a bub, especially in my current state, somehow that made it even more a warm experience. the prose is approachable, i enjoyed and devoured it within a couple of days. 

 

4. Digging to America by Anne Tyler - interesting to go back to anne tyler, writing about iranian families, and korean adoptees. i read she was married to an iranian so this adds autheniticity to the story, and ofc the korean adoption story caught my eye. it was pleasant and lovely.