Sergei’s Reading Log 2025 📕

“Once more into the fray…”

No. of books read per month:

January - 12
February - 7
March - 6
April - 12
May - 13
June - 11
July - 12
August - 11
September - 9
October - 13
November - 9
December - 15

Grand total - 130

1) 2 January 2025 - One Last Dram Before Midnight - Denzil Meyrick 5★s

2) 4 January 2025 - Tomorrow’s Path - Anna Jacobs 4★s

Hi, Sergei. Happy New Year to you!

Good luck with your reading goals in 2025!

Happy Reading, Sergei!!

Thanks Cindy, threadnsong and genesisdiem, Happy New Year to you all… ☺️.

3) 6 January 2025 - Mistress of Greyladies - Anna Jacobs 4★s

4) 8 January 2025 - Casey Ryan - B. M. Bower 4★s

5) 11 January 2025 - Grief Encounters - Stuart Pawson 5★s

An excellent start to the year! Happy Reading.

>11 Andrew-theQM: Thanks, Andrew; all 4★s and above too, ☺️.

6) 12 January 2025 - A Battle of Nerves (aka A Man's Head) - Georges Simenon 5★s

>12 Sergeirocks: Even better, I can’t say the same!

7) 16 January 2025 - The Lost Army of Cambyses - Paul Sussman 4★s

8) 18 January 2025 - The Warsaw Protocol - Steve Berry 4★s (group read)

9) 24 January 2025 - The Last Secret of the Temple - Paul Sussman 4.5★s

10) 27 January 2025 - The Coming of Cassidy - Clarence E. Mulford 4★s

11) 29 January 2025 - An Unholy Shame - Joyce Cato 4★s

12) 31 January 2025 - An Unholy Whiff of Death - Joyce Cato 4★s

JANUARY TOTAL - 12 BOOKS

13) 3 February 2025 - A Face for a Clue (aka The Yellow Dog) - Georges Simenon 4★s

14) 7 February 2025 - The Labyrinth of Osiris - Paul Sussman 5★s

15) 8 February 2025 - Dead Romantic - Simon Brett 4★s

16) 10 February 2025 - Hellgate - William Colt MacDonald 4.5★s

17) 16 February 2025 - The Murder Game - Tom Hindle 3.75★s

18) 17 February 2025 - Varg in Love - Alexander McCall Smith 4.5★s (Short story)

19) 25 February 2025 - A Very Private Murder - Stuart Pawson 5★s (Reread)

FEBRUARY TOTAL - 7 BOOKS

20) 2 March 2025 - Clive Cussler’s Fire Storm - Mike Maden 4.25★s (group read)

21) 6 March 2025 - The Bethlehem Murders - Matt Rees 3.75★s

22) 15 March 2025 - Gunsight Trail - Alan Le May 4.5★s

23) 22 March 2025 - One Minute to Midnight - Amy Silver 3★s

24) 28 March 2025 - The Trust - M. H. Eccleston 4.5★s

25) 31 March 2025 - Bury Them Deep - James Oswald 4.5★s (group read)

MARCH TOTAL - 6 BOOKS

26) 9 April 2025 - Death on the Isle - M. H. Eccleston 4.5★s

27) 9 April 2025 - The English Wife - Lauren Willig 4.5★s

28) 14 April 2025 - Death Comes to the Costa del Sol - M. H. Eccleston 4.5★s

29) 15 April 2025 - Genesis - Chris Carter 4.5★s (group read)

30) 18 April 2025 - The Saladin Murders - Matt Rees 4★s

31) 19 April 2025 - Chip, of the Flying U - B. M. Bower 4.5★s

32) 21 April 2025 - The Happy Family - B. M. Bower 4.5★s

33) 22 April 2025 - Flying U Ranch - B. M. Bower 4.5★s

34) 25 April 2025 - Village Gossip - Rebecca Shaw 3.5★s

35) 26 April 2025 - The Flying U’s Last Stand - B. M. Bower 4.5★s

>47 Sergeirocks: I removed this because it was a duplicate post of #46

>48 Carol420: Thanks, Carol.
LT seems to be playing up a lot recently.

36) 29 April 2025 - Killer Smile - Lisa Scottoline 4.5★s

37) 30 April 2025 - The Cotton Lass and Other Stories - Anna Jacobs 3.5★s

APRIL TOTAL - 12 BOOKS

38) 3 May 2025 - Saving Faith - David Baldacci 5★s

39) 4 May 2025 - Good Indian - B. M. Bower 4★s

40) 5 May 2025 - Positively Yours - Amanda Hearty 3★s

41) 10 May 2025 - The Boss of Taroomba - E W Hornung 4★s

42) 10 May 2025 - The Library Paradox - Catherine Shaw 4★s

43) 11 May 2025 - The Pilot’s Wife - Anita Shreve 4★s

44) 14 May 2025 - Fear the Worst - Linwood Barclay 4★s

45) 14 May 2025 - Gideon’s Day - J. J. Marric 4★s

46) 18 May 2025 - Murder at Holly House - Denzil Meyrick 4.5★s

47) 21 May 2025 - The Bone Labyrinth - James Rollins 4.5★s (group read)

48) 25 May 2025 - The Three-body Problem - Catherine Shaw 3.5★s

49) 25 May 2025 - Promises, Promises - Erica James 4★s

50) 31 May 2025 - The Gringos - B. M. Bower 4.5★s

MAY TOTAL - 13 BOOKS

51) 1 June 2025 - The Mask of Troy - David Gibbins 4★s

52) 7 June 2025 - Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties - Dav Pilkey 4★s

53) 8 June 2025 - Dog Man and Cat Kid - Dav Pilkey 4★s

54) 11 June 2025 - Trophy Hunt - C. J. Box 4.5★s

55) 8 June 2025 - Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas - Dav Pilkey 4★s

56) 22 June 2025 - Who Buries the Dead - C. S. Harris 4.5★s (group read)

57) 24 June 2025 - Wedding Season - Katie Fforde 3★s

58) 28 June 2025 - Save Me - Lisa Scottoline 4★s

59) 29 June 2025 - Die Twice - Andrew Grant 3.5★s

60) 29 June 2025 - Aesop’s Fables - Aesop 4★s

61) 30 June 2025 - Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild - Dav Pilkey 4.5★s

JUNE TOTAL : 11 BOOKS

62) 1 July 2025 - Cat Kid Comic Club - Dav Pilkey 3.5★s

63) 3 July 2025 - Memories of the Storm - Marcia Willett 4★s

64) 3 July 2025 - Yorkshire Humour - Ian McMillan 3.5★s

65) 10 July 2025 - The Unseen - Katherine Webb 4.5★s

66) 14 July 2025 - Flowers Stained with Moonlight - Catherine Shaw 3.5★s

67) 14 July 2025 - Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls - Dav Pilkey 4★s

68) 16 July 2025 - The Last Remains - Elly Griffiths 5★s (group read)

69) 22 July 2025 - The Scold’s Bridle - Minette Walters 5★s

70) 24 July 2025 - The Life Impossible - Matt Haig 4.5★s

71) 24 July 2025 - Dog Man: Fetch 22 - Dav Pilkey 4.5★s

72) 29 July 2025 - The Sanctuary - Raymond Khoury 4.5★s

73) 30 July 2025 - Troy - Stephen Fry 4★s

JULY TOTAL: 12 BOOKS

74) 1 August 2025 - Dog Man: Grime and Punishment - Dav Pilkey 4.5★s

75) 5 August 2025 - Avril Apricot and Simon Swede - Jayne Fisher 3.5★s

76) 5 August 2025 - Wee Willie Water Melon and Betty Beetroot - Jayne Fisher 3.5★s

77) 6 August 2025 - The Traveller - John Twelve Hawks 5★s

78) 13 August 2025 - My Darkest Prayer - S. A. Cosby 3.5★s

79) 18 August 2025 - The Samaritan’s Secret - Matt Rees 4★s

80) 18 August 2025 - The Shining Skull - Kate Ellis 4.5★s (group read)

81) 21 August 2025 - Goodbye Sweetheart - Lilian Harris 3.25★s

82) 24 August 2025 - The Question - Jane Asher 3★s

83) 26 August 2025 - Mythos - Stephen Fry 4★s

84) 31 August 2025 - Princess Elizabeth’s Spy - Susan Elia MacNeal 4.5★s

AUGUST TOTAL : 11 BOOKS

85) 2 September 2025 - The Fifth Gospel - Ian Caldwell 4.5★s

86) 6 September 2025 - Treacle Walker - Alan Walker 5★s

(Audio)

87) 6 September 2025 - Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen 3.5★s

88) 10 September 2025 - The Summer Guest - Emma Hannigan 3.25★s

89) 14 September 2025 - Middle England - Jonathan Coe 4★s

90) 17 September 2025 - Blood Work - Michael Connelly 4.75★s (group read)

91) 21 September 2025 - The Devil’s Feather - Minette Walters 5★s

92) 21 September 2025 - Mr Churchill’s Secretary - Susan Elia MacNeal 4★s

93) 23 September 2025 - Powsels and Thrums - Alan Garner 4★s

SEPTEMBER TOTAL - 9 BOOKS

94) 1 October 2025 - A Villa of Mysteries - David Hewson 4★s

95) 3 October 2025 - Gertrude Gooseberry and Belinda Blackcurrant - Jayne Fisher 3.5★s

96) 4 October 2025 - In This Grave Hour - Jacqueline Winspear 5★s

97) 8 October 2025 - Flowers for Miss Pengelly - Rosemary Aitken 4.5★s

98) 11 October 2025 - Gideon’s Week - J. J. Marric 4.25★s

99) 12 October 2025 - Gideon’s Night - J. J. Marric 4.5★s

100) 16 October 2025 - Gideon’s Month - J. J. Marric 4.5★s

101) 17 October 2025 - The Girl Under the Olive Tree - Leah Fleming 5★s

102) 18 October 2025 - Grace Grape and Robert Raspberry - Jayne Fisher 3.5★s

103) 20 October 2025 - Broken Bones - Angela Marsons 4.5★s (group read)

104) 21 October 2025 - Gideon’s Staff - J. J. Marric 4.5★s

105) 25 October 2025 - We Solve Murders - Richard Osman 4.5★s

106) 29 October 2025 - In Search of Murder - Roderic Jeffries 3.5★s

OCTOBER TOTAL - 13 BOOKS

107) 2 November 2025 - Passion, Murder and Mystery - Bruce Graeme 3.75★s

108) 6 November 2025 - Elm Tree Road - Anna Jacobs 4★s

109) 13 November 2025 - Painting the Darkness - Robert Goddard 4.5★s

110) 18 November 2025 - The Story of Buckingham Palace - Bruce Graeme 3.5★s

111) 21 November 2025 - The Kaiser’s Web - Steve Berry 4★s (group read)

112) 25 November 2025 - Distant Music - Charlotte Bingham 4.25★s

113) 25 November 2025 - Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing - Bob Mortimer & Paul Whitehouse 4★s

114) 28 November 2025 - One Springy Day - Nick Butterworth 5★s

115) 30 November 2025 - The Last Man - Vince Flynn 4.5★s

NOVEMBER TOTAL - 9 BOOKS

116) 2 December 2025 - We Met in December - Rosie Curtis 3★s

117) 5 December 2025 - She’s Not There - Joy Fielding 4★s

118) 6 December 2025 - Treacle Walker - Alan Walker 5★s + ❤️

(Physical copy)

119) 6 December 2025 - The Man Who Was Thursday - G. K. Chesterton 4★s

120) 12 December 2025 - An Honourable Thief - Douglas Skelton 5★s + ❤️

121) 13 December 2025 - The Excalibur Codex - James Douglas 4★s

122) 18 December 2025 - A Christmas to Remember - Katie Flynn 3.5★s

123) 22 December 2025 - The Hotel Avocado - Bob Mortimer 4.5★s

124) 23 December 2025 - Clive Cussler’s Ghost Soldier - Mike Maden 4★s (group read)

125) 25 December 2025 - The Country Village Christmas Show - Cathy Lake 3.25★s

126) 26 December 2025 - The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder - Fiona Leitch 4.5★s

127) 28 December 2025 - Back of Beyond - C. J. Box 4.5★s

128) 29 December 2025 - The Jungle Fugitives - Edward S. Ellis 3.75★s

129) 31 December 2025 - The Great Cattle Trail - Edward S. Ellis 3.5★s

Happy New Year and Happy Birthday Sergei 🎉🥳🎊🎁🎂🎈🎇

Well done on an excellent reading year! 👏👏👏

>152 Andrew-theQM: Thanks, Andrew. Happy New Year!

130) 31 December 2025 - Peter Potato and Alice Apple - Jayne Fisher 3.5★s

DECEMBER TOTAL - 15 BOOKS

GRAND TOTAL OF BOOKS READ IN 2025: 130

>156 Sergeirocks: Congratulations!

>157 LibraryCin: Thanks, Cindy, ☺️.

>156 Sergeirocks: Wow, that's a lot. Great work and look forward to your 2026 reading year!

>156 Sergeirocks:


Well done little meerkat!!!

>159 threadnsong: Thanks, threadnsong, ☺️.

>160 Carol420: Thanks, Carol, ☺️.