Happy New Year! Good riddance to 2025.
December goal:
I’ll commit to 3 books for December, though I have a feeling I’ll easily beat that.
Result:
I did not beat that, but I met it.
What I read:
- The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)—Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Kindle / 369p
- Nov 27–Dec 8
- 4⭐
- Review
- We Fell Apart (We Were Liars #3)—E. Lockhart
- Kindle / 320p
- Dec 9–14
- 3.5⭐
- Review
- The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)—Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Kindle / 386p
- Dec 15–20
- 3.5⭐
- Review
A couple of additions:
- The Inn Between—Wendra Colleen
- Kindle / 301p
- Mar 1–May 15 (approx)
- n/a⭐
- Review n/a
- I edited this book and read it several times over a few months. In these cases, I recuse myself from reviews and ratings.
- Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)—Abby Jimenez
- Kindle / 402p
- Jun 30–Jul 5
- 4.25⭐
- Review
In-progress:
- The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4)—Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Kindle
- 30%
- Separation of Church and Hate—John Fugelsang
- Physical
- p84 of 283
- It’s very interesting but quite heavy, so I don’t read more than a chapter at a time.
- In My Remaining Years—Jean Grae
- Audiobook
- 64%
- I think I only listened to it one day. I should’ve DNFed this book months ago.
Abandoned:
- none
2025 Note: I quit linking titles to that big site that funds the rich dude and fascism a while ago—and the same guy owns Goodreads, so now I link to Storygraph. Regardless, I recommend supporting independent bookstores. My favorite is Old Town Books (they ship!). You can also support my favorite podcast through their Bookshop.org link at KickBezosInTheBalls.org (or pick a local shop of your choosing). And you can never go wrong with your local library!
2025 Progress
Star Ratings:
Based on the flat stars, not the quarter stars I assign in my reviews.
- 5 stars: 2 books
- 4 stars: 19 books
- 3 stars: 21 books
- 2 stars: 3 books
- 1 star: 0 books
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 3 books
- Not rated: 1 book
Pages Read/Hours Listened:
(Does not include partial books, abandoned books, or edited manuscripts)
- January – 1359p, 4h 13m
- February – 766p, 8h 0m
- March – 1475p*, 15h 49m
- April – 0p, 4h 22m
- May – 1840p, 8h 57m
- June – 1861p, 5h 57m
- July – 1425p, 0h 0m
- August – 1326p, 0h 0m
- September – 1165p, 6h 27m
- October – 937p, 7h 48m
- November – 1528p, 5h 58m
- December – 1075p, 0h 0m
- Additions – 703p
*Note: Storygraph has a slightly different number because they count what they think I actually read each day based on when I update my progress. I always count the entire book in the month it was completed, even if I read everything but the last page (or listen to everything but the last minute) in the previous month.
Reading Goals:
Read 36 books
I finished 3 books toward my Goodreads Challenge and found 2 books I missed counting. I reached my goal in October.
- Audiobooks: 11
- Kindle: 33
- Physical books: 2
*Note: I edited a book in April/May and read the 301 pages 3 times in the process, so I feel like I could count another 3 books and 903 pages toward my total. I added it once at the end of the year.
Decrease my TBR
- Jan 1: 59 physical / 20 digital
- Feb 2: 59/20
- Mar 2: 59/20
- Apr 6: 59/20
- May 2: 59/20
- Jun 4: 59/21
- Jul 5: 59/21
- Aug 3: 58*/20
- Sept 1: 58/20
- Oct 5: 57/20
- Nov 1: 57/20
- Dec 1: 57/20
- Dec 31: 57/20
*I finally switched these stats over to Storygraph and realized I have discrepancies between my physical TBRs on Goodreads and Storygraph. A problem for another day.
Read 25 minutes per day
December 31 was Day 1568 of my reading streak.
December was a month for the easy reading of YA series. I also started a heavy physical book that’s taking a while to get through.
I don’t know yet about January. Let’s say 4 books, since I’ll start with my annual reread and I don’t expect it will take much longer to get through my current YA read. I’ll have my usual 2025 wrap-up/2026 reading goals post up soon.
As always, you can find me other places to see what I’m reading:
