I’m going to keep a running list of the books I’ve completed in 2025. I always aim for 50, but I lose count. I’m already behind because of travel, but I finished #1 last night. 1. A.A. Milne’s ‘The Red House Mystery,’ an amateur sleuth murder mystery from the creator of Winnie the Pooh.

2. Griffin Dunne’s memoir The Friday Afternoon Club. Funny, candid, and often incredibly moving. Come for the Carrie Fisher anecdotes, shed a couple tears when he describes the events leading up to and aftermath of his sister’s murder. #booksky #2024readingroster

3. A Gentle Murderer by Dorothy Salisbury Davis. A priest hears the confession of a man who’s just murdered a woman. He tries to uncover the man’s identity before he kills again — as a police detective engages in a parallel investigation, working at the case from the other end.

4. The History of Sketch Comedy by Keegan Michael Key & Elle Key “This my jam.” A good reminder that it’s okay to laugh — despite the all-consuming terror.

6. Doctor Sax by Jack Kerouac Divine, beguiling beauty hidden inside stream-of-conscience torrents about Kerouac’s working class New England roots mingles with macabre imagery to relate coming-of-age anxieties. Laborious and often seemingly aimless but hypnotic. #booksky #2025readingroster

7. Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagan The man has an easy way with formal criticism, but the road diaries rambled on, as expected, cranky and fist-shakingly toward the clouds, with diminishing returns. #booksky #2025ReadingRoster