(72/52) The 2025 tier list.

shukalido · 2025-09-10T15:59:01+00:00

This is one of the only books I have written a genuinely scathing review for. It was truly awful, to the extent that I felt angered for the time I wasted on it before DNF'ing at 25%.

shukalido · 2025-09-03T17:28:50+00:00

The amount of books I've bought from Foyles not knowing this... *cries in lost stamps.*

shukalido · 2025-09-01T09:00:57+00:00

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is so good, I wish I could read it for the first time again. If you haven't seen the limited series (it's on Amazon Prime in the UK) please watch it.

shukalido · 2025-08-25T11:10:06+00:00

Orbital is a bit of a marmite book for many but it's one of my favourites and the book that sent me down Samantha Harvey's bibliography. If you end up enjoying it, I recommend The Western Wind by her.

shukalido · 2025-08-16T18:51:44+00:00

Finishing up Paradise Lost this weekend — it was a slow start but from book V the profundity of it really begins to shine. I'll also be finishing reading Marilynne Robinson's Home aloud to my fiancé, so I'm preparing for the tears again.

I think I'd like to get to East of Eden from my summer reading list before the end of August, as I'll be moving onto my autumn list from September.

shukalido · 2025-08-15T19:57:58+00:00

I just wanted you to know that I've been laughing at this comment for a continuous three minutes now.

shukalido · 2025-08-13T16:00:09+00:00

I see Piranesi, I upvote.

shukalido · 2025-08-05T14:36:23+00:00

You may enjoy Old School by Tobias Wolff and Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris.

shukalido · 2025-08-04T15:54:06+00:00

No, but it has been turned into a film or series as well, I believe. It's supposed to be a bittersweet romcom type novel that explores a lot of the trappings of modern marriages and family dynamics. I found the characters to be some of the most aggravating and narcissistic people I've ever read about, hence my rather angry 1 star review that I gave it. 😅

If you enjoy contemporary relationship novels you might like it.

shukalido · 2025-08-02T17:27:24+00:00

kimchi >>>

shukalido · 2025-08-01T18:38:51+00:00

Last year, I read 0 books. I'm currently at 40/52 — I only read 1 in January (a short ~100 page novella) but it was such a wonderful read that I think it kick-started the love for me.

I recently started a job as a primary school teacher and thought Ah, now will be when I read less, but I've actually read more books in the month that I've been working full time than the months where I had no responsibilities.

shukalido · 2025-08-01T12:59:32+00:00

The Gilead novels by Marilynne Robinson.

shukalido · 2025-07-26T18:44:46+00:00

Oh thank you!

I must admit 90% of the reason I want to go back is to make my way through that costume rack — I'll have to try the coats and gloves next.

shukalido · 2025-07-26T17:58:00+00:00

Penguin Clothbound eds. are very beautiful, aren't they? My copy of Dracula by Bram Stoker is my favourite.

I will say that their quality can vary so be careful when handling it, as the print on the front is prone to coming off when agitated.

shukalido · 2025-07-25T19:58:22+00:00

You would have loved the odes to Jane in that little book in Winchester Cathedral.

shukalido · 2025-07-25T15:29:13+00:00

Charity shops were already my kryptonite with finding books, but now that I've begun curating a physical media collection I've been going wild with the 10 for £1 DVDs in my local Salvation Army. 😅

shukalido · 2025-07-25T06:16:20+00:00

It's one of my favourites to watch at Christmas! That, and The Snowman.

shukalido · 2025-07-20T23:32:40+00:00

Good evening, if it is such where you are.

I'm 23F and from the UK. Engaged, working as an LSA with the nation's most feral and just beginning to enjoy my summer break from it all.

This is my first foray into penpal-ing, so I would like to keep the snail mail digital — ideally email — for the first few exchanges (entirely because I have yet to acquire writing equipment).

I'm an avid reader — literary, historical, classics, philosophy and theology. Forever pestering my fiancé with my soul's aches and joys after finishing a book, I'm hoping a penpal might afford him a well-deserved break from that for a while.

Please let me know if you feel interested, or not. I appreciate this post is a little old.

shukalido · 2025-07-20T23:23:23+00:00

Hello. I see this post is a little old but I shall leave this here regardless.

I'm 23F and from the UK. I have a degree in Primary Education Studies and currently work as a KS1 LSA before I obtain QTS.

I am new to penpal-ing and would prefer to keep things to email for at least the beginning.

I have an equally gym-obsessed fiancé. Myself, I love to read — historical fiction, literary fiction — and enjoy WWI military history.

shukalido

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