my top 5 books of the year
The time has come, for the third year in a row, for me to recap my favorite books. Numerically speaking, it was a shameful year of reading. I only read 8 books, and 5 of them were over the summer. I could leave this little fact out and make it seem like I read 15 — and that these were the cream of the crop — but I shall preserve my integrity. Truthfully, the other three I read were nothing special, I had to go back to my Goodreads just to remember what they were, and I don't feel like writing about them. 5) White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky ★★★★☆ This year has been so long, I thought for certain that I read this in 2024, but apparently it was this year, so I can include it here. Like many others, I fell for the Jack Edwards propaganda, which I'll gladly do again. I really liked this story, and per my extremely eloquent Goodreads review, "man gets friendzoned and its awesome." It was quite simple yet very beautiful, my favorite genre. 4) Black Butterflies by Prisc...