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:

Loved It:

• Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
• The Push by Ashley Audrain
• The Book of Luke by Lovell Holder
• Adrift by Will Dean

Really Liked It:

• Itch! by Gemma Amor
• Detour by Jeff Rake & Rob Hart
• Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash
• Heart’s Gambit by J.D. Myall
• Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin
• A Murder Most Camp by Nicolas DiDomizio
• Crux by Gabriel Tallent
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise

Liked It:

• Begin Again by Helly Acton
• Her One Regret by Donna Freitas
• A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James
• The Irish Goodbye by Aimee Heather O’Neill
• My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
• Very Slowly All At Once by Lauren Schott
• Dandelion is Dead by Rosie Storey
• The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead

It Was OK:

• The Odds of You by Kate Dramis
• Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz
• The Bone Queen by Will Shindler

Not For Me:

• Someone Knows by Vi Keeland

I’m continuing on my mood reader journey rather than have a strict TBR each month, though I do intend to prioritize Black authors when possible since it’s Black history month. I’ll also be reading several ARCs/ALCs.

I’m planning to also read the following this month:

• Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
• The Girls Before by Kate Alice Marshall (ALC)
• Blob by Maggie Su