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Books read:
5th Jan 2025: Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales For Christmas Nights - 4 stars. A collection of ghost stores written between 1864 and 1974.
14th Jan 2025: The Tooth Fairy - 5 stars. A dark (ish) fantasy about a young boy who can see the tooth fairy, which is not as benign as you would expect. Sometimes described as horror, but I think that's overstating it.

Read one book since my last update (14th Jan) and bought one. So one step up and one step down.
Book read/given away:
Fear in the Cotswolds - I donated this to a charity bookshelf in a local shop. It was a duplicate copy, but it is no longer taking up space in my house, so I count as a step up my mountain.
Book acquired:
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

I got 2 books today:
NEW-UNDERSTANDING HOW WE LEARN : A VISUAL GUIDE, 1ST EDITION
The Towers of Trebizond
It's unfortunate that this has put me back at the bottom of the mountain, but I need the first book because I'm learning German and it's not going so well. I need to learn some more effective learning strategies. The second book has been on my TRB list for years, but I couldn't get my hands on a copy. When I saw this one, I decided to grab it while I could, even though it'd put me back at square one for my climb.

I finished a book last night:
Death and Croissants - 3 stars. A comedy cosy crime set in France.

I've finished A Party in San Niccolo - 4 stars. An unusual crime book. It's mostly about the effects of the crime and investigation on the people who knew the victim. The crime is solved by the end.

Finished Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories - 5 stars
Books I've read to date (steps up the mountain):
Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales For Christmas Nights
The Tooth Fairy
Fear in the Cotswolds (I gave this away, but as it's off my TBR, I'm counting it)
Death and Croissants
A Party in San Niccolo
Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories
Books acquired since 1st Jan 2025 (steps down the mountain):
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide
The Towers of Trebizond

Finished Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness - 4 stars
Books I've read to date (steps up the mountain):
Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales For Christmas Nights
The Tooth Fairy
Fear in the Cotswolds (I gave this away, but as it's off my TBR, I'm counting it)
Death and Croissants
A Party in San Niccolo
Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
Books acquired since 1st Jan 2025 (steps down the mountain):
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide
The Towers of Trebizond

Books I've read (steps up the mountain):
Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales For Christmas Nights
The Tooth Fairy
Fear in the Cotswolds (I gave this away, but as it's off my TBR, I'm counting it)
Death and Croissants
A Party in San Niccolo
Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
Journey by Moonlight
Feed
Books acquired since 1st Jan 2025 (steps down the mountain):
The Haunted Hotel
Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide
The Towers Of Trebizond
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19th Mar 2025
Steps up = 9 (books read and/or given away)
Steps down = 3 (books bought/acquired this year)
Current position: Planting my flag on the top!