You read that right, I started reading books again in 2025. And since books are the lowest art form after music, TV and film I'm going to tackle them first.
5. The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir by Neko Case
Neko Case's memoir is really not interested in rock and roll stories. She mentions things like releasing her first album and being nominated for a Grammy far after the fact. It's more about how she was so poor growing up she ate potato flakes out of the box for dinner.
4. Say Everything : A Memoir by Ione Skye
I love a memoir. Sorry. I love: A Memoir. There's a point in this book where Ione Skye is dating Anthony Kiedis while making eyes at Ad-Rock, her brother Donovan Leitch is dating prettiest-celebrity-in-the-world Susanna Hoffs and her mom is seeing Warren Beatty. What is this family?
3. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
This book keeps mentioning how cold it is but it's also constantly raining. Talk to me about cold when it's under 32 Fahrenheit, Australian writer Charlotte McConaghy.
2. Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
The subtitle doesn't convey how this is about all the lead we poured into the atmosphere and how it causes aggression and may have led to an uptick in serial killers. How about Murderland: How Lead Led to Ted: The Bundy/Plumbum Conundrum. Why does nobody let me name books?
1. Heartwood by Amity Gaige
I read this because it involves the Appalachian Trail and I like hiking and woods. That strategy worked well so next I'm looking for a book about my second favorite thing: news bloopers.
Actually, stage productions are the lowest art form. I saw no stage productions this year.
