It is 2025! Which means it's time to see how I did on my goals at the end of the year. I can tell you right now, I did not even come close to accomplishing my goal of getting my outstanding reviews under 100. In fact, I wrote fewer reviews in December than I read books, so my number is worse rather than better. And while it's not really surprising, it is sad, because I am on my last day of an almost two week vacation on which I feel like I got literally nothing done. And getting rest is absolutely important too, but I really was hoping to use that time to make some real dents in my blogging problems. But I only have myself to blame for this. In the meantime, let's see how I did last month on my goals.
Reviewed
Read
Currently Reading
To Be Read
Reviewed
Birtle and the Purple Turtles by Tara J. Hannon
Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros
Bold and Brave by K.A. Cummins
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
The Small and Tall Ball by Frank J. Sileo
The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Your Joy Is Beautiful by Zahabiyah Yamasaki
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Audacious Ignatius by Paul Mitchell
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
My Favorite Animal by Andreu Llinas
Read
The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan (November '24)
How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn (November '24)
The Story of the Forest by Linda Grant (November '24)
Twisted by Emily McIntire (November '24)
The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer (December '24)
A Court of Sugar and Spice by Rebecca F. Kenney (December '24)
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (December '24)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (December '24)
The Wrong Daughter by Dandy Smith (December '24)
I'll be Home for Mischief by Jacqueline Frost (December '24)
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth (August '24)
Santa Overboard by Carolyn McBride
Hexed by Emily McIntire
Crossed by Emily McIntire
Flood and Fury by Matthew J. Lynch
25 Days by Per Jacobsen
A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young
Currently Reading
Russia's War on Everybody: And What It Means for You by Keir Giles (August '24) 35%
The Big Sugar by Mary Logue (August '24) 1%
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (August '24) pg 7
Lizzie by Edward Rand (August '24) 18%
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (August '24) pg 208
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (August '24) 22%
Hitler's Aristocrats by Susan Ronald (August '24) 37%
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (August '24) pg 66
Scarlet City by Rebekah Haas (August '24) pg 21
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (August '24) 17%
Credence by Penelope Douglas (August '24) 1%
You Like it Darker by Stephen King (August '24) 5%
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (August '24) pg 171
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult (August '24) 6%
Dune by Frank Herbert (September '24) pg 15
When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman (September '24) 9%
The Magus by John Fowles (October '24) Pg. 162
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson (October '24) 9%
Five Brothers by Penelope Douglas (October '24) Pg. 12
Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain by Richard Roberts (November '24) 53%
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune (November '24) 23%
The Party by Natasha Preston (December '24) 20%
'Tis the Damn Season by Fiona Gibson (December '24) 41%
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire (December '24) 6%
Wicked by Gregory McGuire (December '24) pg 66
To Be Read
Songlight by Moira Buffini (September '24)
The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche (September '24)
Crow Moon by Suzy Aspley (September '24)
The False Pawn by A.E. Asavi (September '24)
Camp Lanier by Sylvester Barzey (September '24)
Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong (September '24)
The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig (September '24)
Sunderworld, Vol. 1 by Ranson Riggs (September '24)
Lonely Places by Kate Anderson (October '24)
The Kiss of the Nightingale by Adi Denner (October '24)
Potions and Proposals by Kate Callaghan (October '24)
Legend of the White Snake by Sher Lee (October '24)
Gentlest of Wild Things by Sarah Underwood (October '24)
This Girl's a Killer by Emma C. Wells (October '24)
My Husband the Murderer by Charlotte Barnes (November '24)
Killing Me Soufflé by Ellie Alexander (November '24)
A Tale Told by Traitors by Renee Dugan (November' 24)
A Story Spun in Scarlet by Renee Dugan (November '24)
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami (November '24)
Whirly World by Brandon Jones (November '24)
Try Not to Die in a Dark Fairytale by Mark Tullius and Evan Baughfman (November '24)
House of Marionne by J. Elle (November '24)
The Mirror by Nora Roberts (November '24)
This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher (November '24)
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan (December '24)
Xmas Break by J.E. Rowney (December '24)
Tis' the Season for Secrets by Kate Callaghan (December '24)
A Christmas Wish on Arran by Ellie Henderson (December '24)
Madrigals and Mayhem by Elizabeth Penney (December '24)
Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge by Kjersti Herland Johnsen (December '24)
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson (December '24)
Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June (December '24)
Christmas is All Around by Martha Waters (December '24)
This is Not a Holiday Romance by Camilla Isley (December '24)
The Tanglewood Bookshop by Lilac Mills (December '24)
Snow is Falling by Sarah Bennett (December '24)
I did not do as well sticking to my TBR list this past month as I had been doing, but 3 of the 7 books I read that weren't initially on the list were audiobooks borrowed through the library, so they had a time limit and needed to be read. And two of the others were audiobooks through Netgalley, which made them easier to squeeze into the schedule. And I didn't start reading any other books that weren't already on the list beyond those 7 that I also finished. That's probably progress. Now we're on to a new year and an ever growing list. And yet, I'm excited to see how I do in the new year. - Katie
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