I’m really happy with my reading last year. I crushed my goals and I read more in 2025 than I’ve ever read in a year before. I’d love to try to surpass that goal this year.
My goals for 2026 are to:
I’ll keep track of my progress on my 2026 Goals & Tracking page.
Can you believe 2025 is over? I feel like this year flew by once we got through January. I thought I’d evaluate my 2025 reading goals. My reading goals were:
I’ve kept track of my reading on my 2025 Goals & Tracking page.
My goal for the year was to read at least 48 books. I ended up reading 57 books, which is the most I’ve ever read in one year. Woot woot!
I also DNFd 6 books due to boredom, not being able to get into the story, or losing interest part way through. The only books I’ll trying to read again when I’m in the mood are BLACK WOODS, BLUE SKY and THE STRANGER UPSTAIRS.
Books Read: 57
Rereads: 2
Pages Read: 20,976
Hours Listened: 640h 20m
Average Rating: 4.1
Average Pages Read Per Day: 57
New Authors: 32
Repeat Authors: 25
Own: 38
Library: 19
Borrowed: 0
Hard Cover: 1
Paperback: 0
Kindle: 0
Audio: 54
Mixture: 2
General Audience: 2
Adult: 50
Young Adult: 5
Middle Grade: 0
0 – 99: 0
100 – 249: 5
250 – 499: 49
500 – 999: 3
1000+: 0
Book Club: 9
Book of the Month: 24
Personal Interest: 22
Recommended: 2
Classic: 1
Contemporary: 5
Dystopian: 2
Fantasy: 3
Historical Fiction: 4
Holiday Romance: 1
Horror: 3
Non-Fiction: 1
Retelling: 1
Romance: 20
Romantasy: 7
Science Fiction: 3
Thriller: 6
My top ten favorite books (in order of how much I loved them):
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order by author’s last name):
P.S. My least favorite book was THE SIRENS OF TITAN by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
My favorite audiobook narrators I listened to this year (in alphabetical order by first name):
My least favorite audiobook narrators (in alphabetical order):
I made a goal to read 9 of my book club books and I did. Woot woot! Here are the books I read:
I made a goal to read at least 12 of my 2025 BotM picks. I read 13 books. Woo hoo! I’m really excited as I’ll only be adding 7 books to my BotM TBR. Here are the books I read:
I made a goal to read at least 12 books on my BotM backlist. I read 13. Woo hoo! Another goal met and exceeded! Here are the books I read:
I had a damn good reading year! In fact, it’s my best yet! I met all of my goals and, more importantly, I enjoyed most of the books I read. Only a few were duds. Let’s hope 2026 is just as awesome!
Now that the year is halfway over, I thought I’d check-in on my progress with my 2025 reading goals. My goals for 2025 are to:
I’ve been keeping track of my progress on my 2025 Goals & Tracking page.
My goal for the year is to read 60 books and I’ve only read 16. Not reading anything in March and April really killed my progress.
So far, my favorite books are:
I made a goal to read all of my book club books this year. I’ve only read two out of six. I tried to read March’s and May’s books but ended up DNFing them.
I made a goal to read all of my 2025 Book of the Month picks. I’ve only read three out of ten.
I made a goal to read 12 of the books on my Book of the Month backlist. I’ve only read two so far.
I haven’t had quite an abysmal reading year as 16 books isn’t anything to laugh at. It does feel a little disappointing since I know I can read a lot more. Because there’s no way I’m going to accomplish any of my goals, I’ve decided to modify them a bit. I want to enjoy what I read instead of stressing about not reading enough. The changes to my goals for 2025 are:
I’m really happy with my reading last year. I read more in 2024 than I have ever read in a year before. I’d love to try to surpass that goal this year.
My goals for 2025 are to:
I’ll keep track of my progress on my 2025 Goals & Tracking page.
Can you believe 2024 is over? I feel like this year flew by. I thought I’d evaluate my 2024 reading goals. My reading goals were:
I’ve kept track of my reading on my 2024 Goals & Tracking page.
My goal for the year was to read at least 30 books and I read 53. 53 is the most I’ve ever read in one year!
I also DNFd 5 books due to boredom, not being able to get into the story, or losing interest part way through. The only book I think I’d consider trying to read again when I’m in the mood is A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY.
Books Read: 53
New Reads: 38
Rereads: 15
Pages Read: 21,609
Hours Listened: 490h 3m
Average Rating: 4.3
Average Pages Read Per Day: 59
New Authors: 17
Repeat Authors: 36
Own: 34
Library: 17
Borrowed: 2
Hard Cover: 10
Paperback: 0
Kindle: 4
Audio: 39
Mixture: 0
General Audience: 1
Adult: 38
Young Adult: 11
Middle Grade: 3
0 – 99: 0
100 – 249: 3
250 – 499: 40
500 – 999: 10
1000+: 0
Book Club: 7
Book of the Month: 11
Personal Interest: 34
Recommended: 1
Contemporary: 2
Dystopian: 4
Fantasy: 9
Historical Fiction: 2
Horror: 4
Mystery/Thriller: 8
Mythology: 1
Non-Fiction: 1
Romance: 12
Romantasy: 6
Science Fiction: 4
My top ten favorite books (in order of how much I loved them):
P.S. My least favorite book was ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell.
My favorite audiobook narrators (in alphabetical order):
Fortunately, I didn’t hate any of the narrators I listened to this year.
I made a goal to read 50% of my book club books. I read 7 out of 12. Woot woot! Here are the books I read:
I made a goal to read at least 15 of my Book of the Month books. I read 11 out of 15 so I didn’t quite meet that goal, but I’m really pleased with how many I was able to read. Here are the books I read:
