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Great read! I couldn't put it down. Well written and a good mystery - and at the same time, very sinister to think about what might have been.

This was:
Creepy ✔️
Thought-provoking ✔️
Really good ✔️

A widow becomes a biographer, retracing her artist wife X‘s paths and describing the full life of someone who defied description. X had aliases, recreations, mysterious art, and deceptions that really only a lover (not really the reader) could find deeply moving. I found X annoying and undeserving of a book—but I suppose that‘s how her peers felt. Really we‘re reading about the frustrations of never knowing your partner: a biography of an Ex.

Next up - I've been waiting to get to this one for a while now, and excited to finally start it. I am a sucker for WW2 novels, so I imagine I will really enjoy this (imagining a world where the Nazis won WW2). #BookTwoOf2026

September was a tough month to choose. Two 5🌟 books from two of my favorite authors. I ended up picking The Eyre Affair over The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi. Both are great books, and I highly recommend both of them, I just enjoyed Fforde's book a little bit more.

#12Booksof2025 @TheEllieMo

A fantastic follow up to She Who Became the Sun!

August's selections was this very entertaining, supernatural take on Sherlock Holmes & Doctor Watson. I hope the author plans future adventures for the duo.

#12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo

June wasn't a great month for reading, only finished 7 books. Harry Turtledove's alternate history of the Korean War was my favorite of the month.

#12Booksof2025 @TheEllieMo

#12booksof2025 Didn‘t have any best of the year books in June. I started the Soulless series on audio & loved it. Just a fun story with adventure & romance. I‘ve listened to 3 of 5 in the series & will finish it next year. @TheEllieMo

Just started!!