Evaluating My 2025 Goals

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:

1. Read 48 books.
2. Read 9 of my book club books.
3. Read 12 of my 2025 Book of the Month (BotM) picks.
4. Read 12 books on my BotM backlist.

I’ve kept track of my reading on my 2025 Goals & Tracking page.

Yearly Goal

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.

Reading Stats

Daily Reading Tracker

Yearly Favorites

Books

My top ten favorite books (in order of how much I loved them):

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order by author’s last name):

• The Haunting of Paynes Hollow by Kelley Armstrong
• P.S. I Hate You by Lauren Connolly
• As You Wish by Cary Elwes
• Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
• Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
• The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O’Clover
• The Circus Train by Amita Parikh
• Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
• Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams

P.S. My least favorite book was THE SIRENS OF TITAN by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Narrators

My favorite audiobook narrators I listened to this year (in alphabetical order by first name):

• A.J. Bridel
• Andrew Eiden (Teddy Hamilton)
• Brittany Pressley
• Cary Elwes
• Christine Lakin
• Daisy Edgar-Jones
• Daisy Ridley
• Dakota Fanning
• E.J. Bingham
• E.J. Lavery
• Grace Gray
• Hathaway Lee
• Imogen Church
• Jason Clarke
• Jefferson White
• Julia Whelan
• Karissa Vacker
• Lucy Boynton
• Michael Gallagher
• Moira Quirk
• Ray Porter
• Zachary Webber

My least favorite audiobook narrators (in alphabetical order):

• Deacon Lee
• Jim Meskimen
• Nadia May

Book Club

I made a goal to read 9 of my book club books and I did. Woot woot! Here are the books I read:

Book of the Month

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:

BotM Backlist

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:

Conclusion

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!