5. Real Americans by Rachel Kong Excellent novel about three generations of the Chinese American experience and the misunderstandings and half truths between parents and children. #booksky #2025readingroster

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