Well, it’s been another year.<\/p>\n
It’s the first year that neither of us have worked, and that’s improved the quality of our lives.<\/p>\n
In 2025, I read 83 books, an all-time high since I’ve been keeping track. Brad read 51. See the lists below.<\/p>\n
Brad walked an amazing 1046 miles, more actually since he didn’t track every walk. I don’t keep track of my miles.<\/p>\n
Weatherwise, we had 12.6 inches of rain. This is still a little below average, but better than the previous couple years. Our land has changed a lot because of the prolonged drought. The high temperature for the year was 105; the low 14.<\/p>\n
Karen’s Reading List for 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n (favorite books marked with ***; for the first time this year, I abandoned several books midstream that I didn’t find to my liking and also got through a couple audiobooks)<\/p>\n 1. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko<\/p>\n 2. The Way of the Hermit by Ken Smith <\/p>\n 3. Destination Wellness by Annie Daly<\/p>\n 4. Orfeo by Richard Powers<\/p>\n 5. The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai<\/p>\n 6. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E Taylor<\/p>\n 7. The Man Who Walked Through Time by Colin Fletcher<\/p>\n 8. Remote: Finding Home in the Bitterroots by DJ Lee<\/p>\n 9. Zen Mind, Beginner Mind by Shunryu Suzuki<\/p>\n 10. One Man’s Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith<\/p>\n 11. The Color of Everything by Cory Richards<\/p>\n 12. The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont<\/p>\n 13. The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai<\/p>\n 14. A Race to the Bottom of Crazy by Richard Grant<\/p>\n 15. Laughing Without an Accent by Firoozeh Dumas<\/p>\n 16. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine<\/p>\n 17. The Gifted Gabald\u00f3n Sisters by Lorraine L\u00f3pez<\/p>\n 18. The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng<\/p>\n 19. The Journey Home by Edward Abbey<\/p>\n 20. The Electricity of Every Living Thing by Katherine May<\/p>\n 21. The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl<\/p>\n 22. Still Life by Sarah Winman<\/p>\n 23. Gathering Blossoms under Fire by Alice Walker<\/p>\n 24. ** Home Made by Liz Hauck<\/p>\n 25. The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard<\/p>\n 26. The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis<\/p>\n 27. Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu<\/p>\n 28. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell<\/p>\n 29. ** The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing<\/p>\n 30. ** New Moon (Luna #1) by Ian McDonald<\/p>\n 31. Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch<\/p>\n 32. ** On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle<\/p>\n 33. Wolf Moon (Luna #2) by Ian McDonald<\/p>\n 34. My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir<\/p>\n 35. The Antidote by Karen Russell<\/p>\n 36. The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce<\/p>\n 37. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff <\/p>\n 38. ** Landlines by Raynor Winn<\/p>\n 39. ** On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle<\/p>\n 40. Orbital by Samantha Harvey<\/p>\n 41. The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu<\/p>\n 42. The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton<\/p>\n 43. American Rust by Philipp Meyer<\/p>\n 44. A Gardener at the End of the World by Margot Anne Kelley<\/p>\n 45. Dispatches from Pluto by Richard Grant<\/p>\n 46. ** Seed to Dust by Marc Hamer<\/p>\n 47. A Sliver of Light by Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sarah Shourd<\/p>\n 48. Off the Books by Soma Mei Sheng Frazier<\/p>\n 49. Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively<\/p>\n 50. The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins<\/p>\n 51. ** West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge<\/p>\n 52. The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce<\/p>\n 53. The Life Impossible by Matt Haig<\/p>\n 54. Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit<\/p>\n 55. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett<\/p>\n 56. *** The Correspondent by Virginia Evans<\/p>\n 57. Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson<\/p>\n 58. Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner<\/p>\n 59. A Field guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit <\/p>\n 60. Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale by Lynda Rutledge <\/p>\n 61. The Round House by Louise Erdrich<\/p>\n 62. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus<\/p>\n 63. The Measure by Nikki Erlick<\/p>\n 64. The Exchange by John Grisham<\/p>\n 65. Picks and Shovels by Cory Doctorow<\/p>\n 66. The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich<\/p>\n 67. The Kinfolk Garden by John Burns<\/p>\n 68. The Mercy of Gods by James SA Corey<\/p>\n 69. Saving the World by Julia Alvarez<\/p>\n 70. The Children of Men by PD James<\/p>\n 71. All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker<\/p>\n 72. The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane<\/p>\n 73. M Train by Patti Smith<\/p>\n 74. The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri<\/p>\n 75. Crazy River by Richard Grant<\/p>\n 76. Recursion by Blake Crouch<\/p>\n 77. The Outsider by Stephen King<\/p>\n 78. I Have Some Questions by Rebecca Makkai <\/p>\n 79. If It Bleeds by Stephen King <\/p>\n 80. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King <\/p>\n 81. Finders Keepers by Stephen King <\/p>\n 82. End of Watch by Stephen King <\/p>\n 83. Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben<\/p>\n Brad’s Reading List for 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet<\/p>\n 2 We are Legion Bob<\/p>\n 3 The Last Apothecary<\/p>\n 4 We are many Bob<\/p>\n 5 How the Penguins Saved Veronica<\/p>\n 6 A Memory called Empire<\/p>\n 7 Solo Leveling vol 1<\/p>\n 8 Solo Leveling vol 2<\/p>\n 9 Solo Leveling vol 3<\/p>\n 10 Solo Leveling vol 4<\/p>\n 11 Solo Leveling vol 5<\/p>\n 12 Solo Leveling vol 6<\/p>\n 13 Solo Leveling vol 7<\/p>\n 14 Solo Leveling vol 8<\/p>\n 15 The Book of Elsewhere<\/p>\n 16 Everyone in My family has killed someone<\/p>\n 17 The Ministry of Time <\/p>\n 18 Children of Time<\/p>\n 19 A Desolation Called Peace<\/p>\n 20 On the Calculation of Volume I<\/p>\n 21 On the Calculation of Volume II<\/p>\n 22 The Keeper of Lost Causes<\/p>\n 23 The Absent One<\/p>\n 24 Finders Keepers<\/p>\n 25 A Conspiracy of Faith<\/p>\n 26 The Blessing Way<\/p>\n 27 Dancehall of the Dead<\/p>\n 28 Rogue Male<\/p>\n 29 Down Cemetery Road<\/p>\n 30 Purity of Vengeance<\/p>\n 31 The Spear Cuts Through Water<\/p>\n 32 The Last Voice You Hear<\/p>\n 33 A Pale Light in the Black<\/p>\n 34 A Brightness Long Ago<\/p>\n 35 Listening Woman<\/p>\n 36 The Fellowship of the Ring<\/p>\n 37 The Two Towers<\/p>\n 38 The Return of the King<\/p>\n 39 End of Watch<\/p>\n 40 The Witchstone<\/p>\n 41 Hold Fast Through the Fire <\/p>\n 42 Recursion<\/p>\n 43 The Ghosts of Trappists<\/p>\n 44 Why We Die?<\/p>\n 45 Empire of the Damned<\/p>\n 46 The Outsider<\/p>\n 47 Stone and Sky<\/p>\n 48 The Ghostway<\/p>\n 49 Skinwalkers<\/p>\n 50 American Psycho<\/p>\n 51 Hidden Depths<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, it’s been another year. 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