Terry’s 2025 Tasting Menu at the Buffet

[Terris]

Teri-K wrote: "Terry wrote: "Teri-K, thanks for your comments. I have had some really great reads this year and you are right that many of them have been buddy reads, which I’m sure added to my enjoyment of them...."

T, you definitely need to add that one to your "list"!

[Teri-K]

Terris wrote: "Teri-K wrote: "Terry wrote: "Teri-K, thanks for your comments. I have had some really great reads this year and you are right that many of them have been buddy reads, which I’m sure added to my enj..."

I'll bump it up!

[Terry]

I am close to completing 4 more buffet categories! The lagging ones are challenge 4 (short stories) and 12 (fiction/nonfiction).

[Wobbley]

Great! It sounds like your challenge reading is going really well. :)

[Terry]

Thanks, Wobbley. I am accomplishing a lot for the Buffet but I would say that it has been a mixed year in terms of my reading. I rarely DNF a book, but I did that with Humboldt’s Gift. There have been a lot of 3 - 4 stars books, but also some 5s. I’m almost finished with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, meta fiction with too many seemingly unrelated characters and plot lines, which has been a stinker to read.

[Wobbley]

I know what you mean about Cloud Atlas, Terry. I found a couple of the stories compelling, but I didn't enjoy the rest of it. It's a very uneven book, and I feel like its fame is mainly due to its unusual structure.

[Terry]

For the last book for Challenge 11, Future Classics, I chose to read Cloud Atlas. I chose it because I thought maybe it was controversial in its structure. It was. But It was not a book for me, unfortunately. I gave it 2 stars. The good news is that it completed Challenge 11!

[Sara, New School Classics]

I barely dipped my toe in before I knew it would not be a book for me, Terry. I took it off the TBR. Glad it served a purpose and got the challenge completed!

[Terry]

Sara, that was smart toe-dipping!

[Wobbley]

Well done finishing off that challenge though, even if the book wasn't a winner!