It’s raining as I write this.
I will never not love the rain, I think. There’s something so calming and beautiful about it. I’d be happy if it rained every day.
This year has been… well. It’s certainly been. Joyous and sorrowful and full of laughter and tears and successes and disappointments. In other words, life. When I think about everything that’s happened, I see God in my life and I’m thankful. He’s good and everything will turn out right because of Him.
This season in my life is particularly difficult. I’m in the process of auditioning for major music schools across the country, and it takes a lot of dedication and no small amount of time. So if I disappear from the blogiverse for an extended period, it’s probably because I’m off somewhere practicing my tail off.
Yet despite the difficulty, it’s still good. I get the chance to pursue a career in the thing I love doing most in the world. Hard things are worth doing. Perseverance.
But somehow I’ve also managed to read a good deal this year (thank the LORD!) In no particular order, I’ve compounded a list of my most memorable books of 2025. Enjoy!
1. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
2. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott*
3. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery*
5. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen*
6. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
7. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
8. That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis*
9. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien*
10. Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
11. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett*
12. Echoes of a Silent Song by Amanda Wen
13. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis*
14. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis*
15. The Book Jumper by Metchthild Glaser
16. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë*
17. The Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
18. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
19. What Comes of Attending the Commoners’ Ball by Elisabeth Aimee Brown
20. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
* = re-reads
Happy New Year!
Hannah
Happy new year, Hannah!
ReplyDeleteI hope this period of uncertainty ends soon and you find the perfect school!
Thank you :) and happy belated new year!
DeleteYou read some awesome books! Good for you!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I tagged you with an Oddly Specific book tag :-) Play if you want to!
Thank you!
DeleteI’ve recently done that one, so I’ll revisit it later and see if I have any more ideas! Thanks :)
It's always the most awe-inspiring feeling to look back at all you've been through and see God working through your life. <3 Best of luck in this new year, and I hope that as the next year finishes you'll be attending the school of your dreams!
ReplyDeleteYes, it really is! Thank you, Lizzie <3 and happy new year!
DeleteOhhh, another delightful post...The very words of it are making me happy🤗 I think it's the rain that does it...
ReplyDeleteAlso The Book Jumper (an intriguing title with an even more intriguing author's name) and What Comes of Attending the Commoners’ Ball by Elisabeth Aimee Brown were automatically written down on my TBR on virtue of sounding Kindredish, and what do you know, I'm just now reading the Brick (aka Les Mis,) myself?! (And loving it. Seriously seriously loving it... To think I didn't think it was worth getting into because it was so sad... *Tsks disapprovingly at her own self*)