Crushing November
I read 13 books this month.
The total stats for November:
-3 nonfiction print books, including SAINTS AND STRANGERS, by Willison, THANKSGIVING: BIOGRAPHY OF A HOLIDAY by Baker, and THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND SECESSIONIST AND SLAVEHOLDER by Abel.
-1 comic book compendium, THE WINTER SOLDIER, by Ed Brubaker
-9 audiobooks, including 5 listened to on Speechify (which can be an exhausting process—AI voices just don’t deliver anything with soul.)
The best book of the month? Probably SAINTS AND STRANGERS.
Most satisfying? THE WINTER SOLDIER. What a great read.
Most surprising? RISING SUN (by Crichton.) I did the audiobook. As is usually the case with his thrillers, I learned a lot, and he always nails the blending part of his stories. There’s a ton going on, and it all works.
Most shocking? A tie between THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS by Raspail, and UNMASKED by Ngo. The first is a novelized political treatise about conquest-by-immigration, and the second is a nonfiction journalism piece about how Antifa operates in strongholds like Portland, Oregon.
December starts tomorrow, and I don’t have a huge list of things to read. I’m looking forward to closing out 2025 with a couple of chill books, including some thrillers, a Warhammer 40k novel, and some audiobooks I’ve been putting off. I probably will only read 6 or 7 books total.
I’m getting really excited for 2026. I have more print reading scheduled, all of it will be for here and for YouTube (which is where I’ll spend most of my time on the Internet from now on.)
Thanks for following. Go buy FOSSIL FORCE for the young (likely male) reader on your Christmas list!