And just like that, 2025 is over. Where did this year go? Maybe it flew by so fast because I read a butt-ton of books. In December alone I read 22 books. Ten of the books were audiobooks, and one of the ten was an ALC. Only two of the books I read were from subscription boxes and as of now, I have successfully completed my 2025 reading prompt challenge as well as my 25 in 2025 TBR backlist challenge. I also crushed my Goodreads goal. Go me!

Here’s how everything stacked up this month:

5-star reads:

• Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman
• Heart the Lover by Lily King
• King Sorrow by Joe Hill
• It Had to Be Him by Adib Khorram
• The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

4 – 4.75 star reads:

• You Better Watch Out by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth
• The Mark Falling by Samantha Shannon
• I, Medusa by Ayana Gray
• The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
• Yours for the Season by Emily Stone
• The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah by Jean Meltzer
• Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
• Good Spirits by B.K. Borrison
• Red City by Marie Lu
• Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven
• I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

3 – 3.75 star reads:

• Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
• All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu
• Alchemised by SenLinYu
• Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (No review)
• Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

2 – 2.75 star reads:

• The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch

1 – 1.75 star reads:

• 25 Days by Per Jacobson (No review)

This year I’m going to attempt to give into my mood reader tendencies than have a strict TBR each month. I have reading prompts I’ll try to satisfy and ARCs to read, but aside from that I’m going to do my best to fly by the seat of my pants.

The only books I definitely intend to read this month are ARCs or ALCs. There are a few new releases that I am looking forward to this month and I’ve highlighted those below.

I’m planning to get through the following ARCs/ALCs this month:

• A Box of Darkness by Simone St. James (ARC)
• Heart’s Gambit by J.D. Myall (ALC)
• The Bone Queen by Will Shindler (ALC)
• Adrift by Will Dean (ARC)