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Planned books for the 2025 MR TBR Reduction Challenge under the spoiler [here] and [here]:

Spoiler:

January: "Leftovers / New Beginnings":
PTBR - X-Men Omnibus Vol 1 (Claremont Run)*
ETBR - Orbital by Samantha Harvey*

February: "St.Valentines /Shortest TBR":
PTBR - Batwoman Elegy by Greg Rucka*
ETBR - The Headswoman by Kenneth Grahame

March: "Women's Day / St. Patricks":
PTBR - The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the the X-Men by Andrew Deman*
ETBR - The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden*

April: "April Showers / April Fools":
PTBR - Metal From Heaven by August Clark*
ETBR - The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett

May: "Elder and Old / Mayday!":
PTBR - The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitesei*
ETBR - The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton

June: "Beached / Broken":
PTBR - Salt Slow by Julia Armfield*
ETBR - Private Rights by Julia Armfield"

July: "Independents / Free Space":
PTBR - The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera*
ETBR - The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

August: "Grow Up / Education":
PTBR - Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond: The Life of Astronomer Vera Rubin by Ashley Jean Yeager
ETBR - Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh*

September: "Brevity / Seasonal":
PTBR - Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki*
ETBR - Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

October: "Masks / Mysteries":
PTBR - The City in Glass by Nghi Vo*
ETBR - Laura by Vera Caspary

November: "Indigenous / Families":
PTBR - Selected Letters by Virginia Woolf
ETBR - Human Comedy: Selected Stories by Honoré de Balzac

December: "Endings / Gifted":
PTBR - Berlin City Trilogy by Jason Lutes*
ETBR - The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler

*Indicates book chosen by or one I am reading with my wife. I always try to read at least 10 or so books that she selects or that come from her TBR. This year, I gave her my categories list and told her to pick things. Life is more fun when you're discussing what you read with your spouse, I've found.

I will also be participating in the year-long read of Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time cycle hosted by Neglected Books [here]

Read List:

*Indicates challenge book

1. The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King
2. Orbital by Samantha Harvey*
3. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
4. King's Speech, The: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
5. Laura by Vera Caspary*
6. The Headswoman by Kenneth Grahame*
7. Beekeeping for Beginners by Laurie R. King
8. Pirate King by Laurie R. King
9. The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf*
10. Private Rites by Julia Armfield*
11. Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King
12. Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh*