It’s that time again Friends, where we look back on the year with The End of the Year Book Tag!
Are there any books you started this year that you need to finish?
Our Vicious Oaths by. N.E. Davenport – don’t know why I haven’t finished this one. I think because it was when I was reading too many romantasy and needed a switch up.
Neverthorn by. Shannon Mayer – a similar problem with the above title, but I was reading too many dark academia and needed a switch up! I think I was hoping to get an audiobook version of this so I could finish but never saw it on Libby.
Do you have an autumnal book to transition into the end of the year?
Good Spirits by. B.K. Borison was a cute book to transition into the holidays.
Is there a new release that you’re still waiting for?
Nope, I think all the new releases for 2025 I’ve read as an arc. There are some pre-orders of books that I will be waiting for though, like for We Who Will Die.
What are three books you want to read before the year ends?
I, Medusa by. Ayana Gray
A Winter of White Ash by. Lucia Damisa
A Language of Dragons by. S.F. Williamson
Is there a book that you think could still shock you and become your favourite of the year?
Fallen Stars by. Imani Erriu which is book two in the Heavenly Bodies series, I’m listening to the audiobook right now so maybe it will be a favorite? We’ll see!
Have you already started to make reading plans for 2025?
Here are some plans:
read more indie authors – I’ve been finding a few on tiktok that reach out to me so I’m excited to share their work.
request less on NetGalley (this is a plan for EVERY new year)
read less than 200….I went overboard this year and am at maybe 230 now? But I think 175 is a nice number.
And speaking of planning, here is the new Reading Planner I got from The Book Sisters! I loved the 2025 planner I used this year and wanted to get their newest planner. I love it!
I was on That Artsy Reader Girl’s blog to start doing my January 2026 Top Ten Tuesday posts when I saw this cute tag she posted and created! So I’m going to try it out!
1. “All I Want for Christmas Is You”: Favorite bookish couple. Oskar and Guinevere from Tusk Love by. Thea Guanzon .
2. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”: Name a book where a character is away from home (school, vacation, etc.). Your Knife, My Heart by. K.M. Moronova – everyone is in a military camp undergoing some deadly trials.
3. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”: Name your favorite “little” book (children’s book, short story, novella, etc.). I read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by. Eric Carle to my kids a million times, to the point I had it memorized. But I love it still.
5. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”: Which book turned your nose red (made you cry)? Atmosphere by. Taylor Jenkins Reid the audiobook was so good!
6. “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”: Your favorite book/kind of book to read during the holidays. I am such a mood reader that even during the holidays I get picky and don’t necessarily pick up holidays books. Anything with a cute romance, I’ll be happy with. I’m listening to the arc The Swan’s Daughter by. Roshni Choksi on audiobook which comes out on 1/6/26 but the fairytale writing and magical setting puts me in the mood for the holidays.
7. “We Three Kings”: Your favorite trilogy/book from a trilogy (or feel free to fudge it and pick a book from a series). Starchaser from R.M. Gray is the second book in the Nightweaver series. I’m sure this is a trilogy (I thought it would be a duology), but so far I’m really enjoying this series!
9. “Last Christmas”: A book that seriously let you down. I DNF’ed The Nightshade God by. Hannah Whitten. I just didn’t remember anything from book one and I was just lost and didn’t care about the story.
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