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.

 

5. Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld - pride & prejudice but what if set in 2010s? she writes so entertainingly but can't help but notice she tends towards rather saccharine endings which ruins it a little.

 

6. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman - why do i keep reading his books and why are they so popular? i don't know! it's so terribly mid and mainstream! but here i go again?