Sunday Summary mainly functions as my personal record of book-related topics that have captured my interest over the past week. It also acts as a public memory prompt and bookmarking system.
Books Read & Reading This Week.
Finished:
- The Incandescent by Emily Tesh [2025]
If you’ve read Authority by Jeff VanderMeer, you’ll know that the mundane isn’t quite as mundane as the story portrays. I’m not sure where my thoughts and feelings sit after finishing it. At the moment, it feels like an experiment that didn’t quite have the results I expected. But I don’t know what I expected – so is it me or the work?
Currently Reading:
- ???
As of this post, I’m still deciding. Do I call it quits on my 2025 reading and start afresh in 2026? I have a reading streak on The StoryGraph to keep up, so I will be reading something.
DNF’d:
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir [2021] (in Audiobook format)
I went in with an open mind. I knew I might not like it after trying The Martian, but so many people love the audiobook that I thought we might have got on. We don’t. Partly, it’s a humour mismatch. I don’t find it funny (that’s on me). But also, I couldn’t suspend my disbelief enough.
Book-ish Thoughts
The only thing that springs to mind right now is that there are still 10 days left, and making a best of the year book lists feels disrespectful to what you might pick up before midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Books That Others Have Tempted Me With:
- The Death of Mountains by Jordan Kurella via Runalong The Shelves
- DuMort by Michelle Tang via Runalong The Shelves
- That Broke into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott via the guardian
- The Book of Jonah by Luke Kennard via the guardian
And a special shout-out to Womble for their Santa Womble series, highlighting gifts that someone could get you, you could get someone else, or for yourself across the genres.
Cover(s) of the Week
Outro
I hope Santa brings you gift vouchers or books from your wish list, and more importantly, time to read your backlogs.
Gav Reads 