What are you reading in 2025?

[Old Fezziwig]

Read Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch (the fifth book in the Rivers of London series) while on a quick trip back east. I thought it was a huge improvement over Broken Homes and appreciated the Herefordshire setting, though the climax was once again wrapped up somewhat abruptly: Peter's bargain with the Queen of the Fae is undone hastily and somewhat unsatisfyingly in mad rush to the end of the book. As far as plotting goes, I didn't think it was grossly unfair, just done entirely too quickly. A nice, light read for travel, and I'm looking forward to The Hanging Tree, but for now I'm off to finish a few unfinished books, starting with Iain Banks's The Player of Games.

 

[Richards]

I'm now reading the 10th in Jonathan Maberry's "Joe Ledger" series, Deep Silence. This one deals with he and his team stopping terrorists that can trigger earthquakes and volcanoes. It's also apparently the last of the series, although Joe Ledger appears in a sequel series in which his Delta Force-type special ops force goes international. I may have to pick those up eventually, but I think I'm going to move on to something different for a bit first.

Johnathan