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2025 in Review: The ClayReads Book Awards

Clay | January 9

2025 in Review: The ClayReads Book Awards I read 72 books in 2025. That is 3 books short of my 2024 total, but[…]

Armored SecUnit “Murderbot” with a glowing red visor stands guard on a rugged alien world during a dangerous planetary survey.

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells

Clay | January 2

All Systems Red Review: I Finally Caved and Read Murderbot My mother has been begging me to read The Murderbot Diaries for years.[…]

Golden light spirals up from an open book in an old-fashioned study, transforming into a cluster of gold coins against a hazy Gilded Age city skyline.

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles

Clay | December 26

The Science of Getting Rich Book Review: Does It Stand the Test of Time? I have seen The Science of Getting Rich on[…]

A lone figure stands on the jagged lava fields of Criccieth’s Hell, staring up at a blazing eclipse-like Eye burning in the smoke-filled sky.

Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Clay | December 19

Eyes of the Void Review: The Stakes Get Higher in Tchaikovsky’s Sequel Shards of Earth left me wanting more of Idris Telemmier, Solace,[…]

Digital illustration of a small suburban house with a green backyard, backed by a distant city skyline, with a glowing blue grid and outlines of banks and skyscrapers revealed beneath the lawn to show how ordinary land underpins the global financial system.

The Land Trap: A New History of the World’s Oldest Asset by Mike Bird

Clay | December 12

The Land Trap Book Review: Why Your Backyard Runs the Global Economy I discovered Mike Bird and his book The Land Trap on[…]

Astronaut in a bulky spacesuit stands in a blizzard on a dark alien ice planet, facing a glowing domed research habitat as jagged knife-like towers tilt from the snow.

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

Clay | December 5

Ghost Station Book Review: The Perfect Sci-Fi Horror for Fall Ghost Station by S. A. Barnes was exactly the book I was looking[…]

Illustration of a software engineer standing at the base of a glowing, circuit-like path that rises through a modern tech city, showing stages of mentoring, collaboration, and executive leadership along the way.

The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier

Clay | November 28

The Manager’s Path Book Review: A Must-Read for Aspiring Tech Leaders I mentioned in my October Reads Wrap Up that I recently got[…]

A woman stands alone in a dim, teal-lit control room on a decaying space barge, watching flickering monitors that show a crawling human figure, a ghostly boy’s hologram, and a corridor lined with shadowy cryo pods, inspired by the space-horror novel Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes.

Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes

Clay | November 21

A Claustrophobic Space Thriller As I stated in my Dead Silence review, I wanted to read a glut of thrillers that verge on[…]

Metal tub of bobbing apples on a lantern-lit garden path; a jack-o’-lantern glows as masked children approach a stone house at night.

Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie

Clay | November 14

Hallowe’en Party Review: A Poirot Mystery with “WHOAH” Moments It was October and I wanted to find a spooky Halloween mystery read to[…]

Foggy forest trail at dusk with footprints to a lit cabin; an abandoned minivan, compass, crumpled map, and nightshade berries evoke Freida McFadden’s One by One.

One by One by Freida McFadden

Clay | November 7

A Never-Ending Hike: A Disappointing One by One Review This is my third Freida McFadden book review, and I am left feeling disappointed.[…]

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