Half and Half Year of Reading

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2 participants (20 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

To ease back into reading after having a baby and living with said baby and a toddler, I’m going to mix up how many books I want to read/listen to over the year so not to put too much pressure on getting back into my favourite hobby! 

12 books in total - half books and half audio!

6 books - be it physical or digital
6 audiobooks- from any preferred platform 

Challenge Books

All books added
Failure Is an Option: An Attempted Memoir by H. Jon Benjamin

Failure Is an Option: An Attempted Memoir

H. Jon Benjamin

4 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
The Criminal Mind by Duncan Harding

The Criminal Mind

Duncan Harding

400 pages • paperback

nonfiction crime memoir science true crime dark informative slow-paced
Thou Savage Woman: A History of Female Killers in Early Modern Britain by Blessin Adams

Thou Savage Woman: A History of Female Killers in Early Modern Britain

Blessin Adams

304 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction history dark informative medium-paced
The Mysterious Mrs Hood by Kim Donovan

The Mysterious Mrs Hood

Kim Donovan

288 pages • digital • 2024 user-added

nonfiction history true crime
The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne by Kate Winkler Dawson

The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne

Kate Winkler Dawson

9 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
Ed Kemper by Al Cimino

Ed Kemper

Al Cimino

256 pages • digital • 2024 user-added

nonfiction true crime
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries by Greg Melville

Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries

Greg Melville

8 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction history sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

Beautiful Ugly

Alice Feeney

9 hours, 23 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by Matt Eversmann, James Patterson

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians

Matt Eversmann, James Patterson

7 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction biography lighthearted fast-paced
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown

403 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced