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:

1. Read at least 60 books.
2. Read all of my book club books.
3. Read all of my 2025 Book of the Month picks.
4. Read 12 of the books on my Book of the Month backlist.

I’ve been keeping track of my progress on my 2025 Goals & Tracking page.

Yearly Goal

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:

• Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
• Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
• First-Time Caller by BK Borison

Book Club

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.

Book of the Month

I made a goal to read all of my 2025 Book of the Month picks. I’ve only read three out of ten.

Book of the Month Backlist

I made a goal to read 12 of the books on my Book of the Month backlist. I’ve only read two so far.

Conclusion

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:

• Read 48 books.
• Read 9 of my book club books.
• Read 75% of my 2025 Book of the Month books.
• Read 9 of the books on my Book of the Month backlist.

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:

1. Read at least 30 books.
2. Read 50% of my book club books.
3. Read at least 15 of my Book of the Month books.

I’ve kept track of my reading on my 2024 Goals & Tracking page.

Yearly Goal

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.

Reading Stats

Daily Reading Tracker

Yearly Favorites

Books

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.

Narrators

My favorite audiobook narrators (in alphabetical order):

• A.J. Bridel
• Alex Wingfield
• Evanna Lynch
• Heather Long
• Julia Whelan
• Kathryn Drysdale
• Luke Thompson
• Michael David Axtell
• Neil Patrick Harris
• Rebecca Norfolk
• Ruth Urquhart
• Santino Fontana
• Tatiana Maslany

Fortunately, I didn’t hate any of the narrators I listened to this year.

Book Club

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:

Book of the Month

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: