Books
I Read a Book a Week. These 3 Are My Favorites of 2025 (So Far)
Which one will you read?

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Confession: I’m not much of a film and television person. While I do make occasional exceptions, I’m more likely to go on a book binge instead. If I didn’t work full-time, I could read a book a day. Alas, my pace is more like a book a week, bringing this year’s total to 32. Of these just-under-three-dozen tomes, three have been living in my mind rent-free since I turned the last page. In no particular order, here they are.

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