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#booksky currently reading: The Bible Says So, Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki’s Conjecture 4 19/100 books read in 2025

Blue anthropomorphic book with arms outstretched. Text reads: “Book Joy”
Screenshot of the audiobook The Mimicking of Known Successes on hoopla.
A summary of my reading in February, courtesy of the StoryGraph: 2 books (Murder on the Links and After the Funeral by Agatha Christie), 868 pages read, average rating 3.75, and I listened to both of them on audio.
The cover of The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket. Inside a decorative frame, a hook handed man, a young boy in glasses, and a man with white hair prepare to perform surgery.
A blue anthropomorphic book stands with eyes closed, hands on chest, smiling. Behind it is a mini rainbow of red, orange, and yellow. To either side are yellow stars and red hearts. Text reads, “Books make us better.”
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers sits on a wooden surface. Leaves stretch over it. There are crystals near the top left and candles near the top right.
An anthropomorphic red book smiling, surrounded by hearts on a pink background. Text reads, “My books love me too”.
A green anthropomorphic book holds a steaming blue mug against a yellow background. Text reads, “Don’t talk to me until I’ve had my books.”
An e-reader displaying a page from No Name in the Street by James Baldwin. The highlighted quote reads “I thought of German Jews sitting around debating whether or not Hitler was a threat to their lives until the debate was summarily resolved for them by a knocking at the door.”
Illustration of a table with a telephone, a mug, cards, mahjong tiles, and all the books mentioned in the post.
I read 7 books, 1968 pages, and my average rating was 4.33. Top rated books were The Hollow, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and Cards on the Table. Average book length was 279 pages. Average time to finish was 6 days. The graph at the bottom is pages read by day, but honestly I haven’t even looked at it.
Photo of the cover of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie with the quote, “The truth, however ugly in itself, is always… beautiful to the seeker after it.”
A collage based on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, including: -the cover of the audiobook -vegetable marrows -a sketch of a blue envelope -a feather quill -a stethoscope -kraft paper with a sketch of an anthropomorphic book gasping -a photo of a page of the book with the quote “The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to the seller after it.” -five stars
A smiling anthropomorphic red book on a blue background. Text reads, “My books think about me too.”
A photo of a page from Cards on the Table that reads, “He played the part of the devil to successfully. But he was not the devil. Au fond, he was a stupid man. And so — he died.” “Because he was stupid?” “It is the sin that is never forgiven and always punished, madame.” Playing cards and a rainbow background.
3 anthropomorphic characters smiling: a book, a circle with headphones, an e-reader. Text reads, “Reading is reading - physical, audio, ebook.”
A collage featuring the cover of Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig, 4 stars, a drawing of a book, the disability symbol, a hand drawn rainbow, Quote: “Maybe some shit just happens and it’s not for a greater good, but maybe you’ll find a way to be okay anyway,” Quote: “You have what we want! What barriers can we remove so we can have you around? What do you need? How can we make that happen?”, Quote, “Access is a way of life.”
An orange anthropomorphic book with the text, “Always yapping about books.”
Cover of Agatha Christie’s “Murder in Mesopotamia” with a rainbow background and handwritten text that reads, “I’m not often bored. Life’s not long enough for that.”
Anthropomorphic book waving with text that reads “Books you should read in 2025”
Two anthropomorphic books walking side by side. Text reads, “Let’s go read.”
My Dear Detective volume 1 cover with the quote “Someone you love to tears is calling out. All you have to do is listen.”
The cover of Peril at End House by Agatha Christie with the quote: “To all of us, Mademoiselle, there comes a time when death is preferable to life. But it passes - sorrow passes and grief.”