The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater – Francesca's Thoughts

21/12/2025

Best Books of 2025

Happy solstice! I am emerging from a deadline bubble and moving almost immediately into a hibernation bubble, but I’m not going to let the year pass without inflicting upon you a list of books I think you should read, whether you’d enjoy them or not. I set a reading goal on Goodreads to read 70… Continue reading

Books

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon, Letters from Father Christmas by JRR Tolkien, The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater, The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, The Lotus Empire by Tasha Suri, The Red Market by Scott Carney, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey, This Enchanted Life by Sharon Blackie

14/08/2025

Best Books of 2025 So Far

Long time no chitchat. It feels a long time, because I was working on the final module of the semester when I last wrote and now the film debuted two months ago. How’s your summer? Done anything fun? Raged against the machine? Me too, if you count working on mirrornovel as an alternative to reading… Continue reading

Books

book blog, book chatter, book recommendations 2025, book reviews, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab, Francesca's Thoughts, Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang, Roots of Chaos, Susanna Clarke, The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon, The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater

30/12/2024

My Favourite Books of 2024 and Books I’m Excited to Annoy You About in 2025

Lo, the time of year when GoodReads earns its keep. I hope everyone is having a peaceful end of year break! I wrote a best books of 2024 so far at the end of June, where I said I wanted to read Shuggie Bain before the end of the year. I have not yet. Sorry,… Continue reading