Chelsey's May 2025 Reading Recap

Can someone (other than Tolkien) please write some good fiction?

This is my fifth month of sharing what I’m reading, and something happened this month that will probably be reflected in my reading recaps going forward.

I struggled with audiobooks as the month came to a close. Part of it was the craziness of the end of the school year. I struggled to focus. I started probably five or six different fiction books this month on audio and didn’t make it very far into any of them. In most of them, the characters were just terribly annoying. There were others that I knew I would like, in a different season. (I tagged these on Libby so I can try them again another time.)

I also began reading How to Read a Book, which I have owned for at least 10 years and, ironically, have never read. I’m reading it as part of the Summer Learning Plan I created for myself.¹ I’m only a few chapters in, but it has encouraged me to slow down. It has also led to me reading more print books, and I have loved it. I suspect my reading pace may slow down over the next seven months.

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