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I am once again completing my Year in Books meme! I had so much fun with this meme last year and I really enjoyed going back and reviewing my answers again as I prepared for this year's reflection. So without further ado...

In 2025 I made a New Year's Resolution to commit to rereading favorite books, which you'll see that I was very successful with! Rereads will be marked with a *.

2025 Book List:
1. The Rifter Book One: The Shattered Gates by Ginn Hale *
2. Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland
3. The More You Do The Better You Feel: How to Overcome Procrastination and Live a Happier Life by David Parker
4. The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves by J.B. MacKinnon
5. The Rifter Book Two: The Holy Road by Ginn Hale *
6. The Uses of Illicit Art by Wendy Palmer
7. Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat *
8. The Rifter Book Three: His Sacred Bones by Ginn Hale *
9. Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat *
10. Halfway Human by Carolyn Ives Gilman *
11. Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat *
12. Westmark by Lloyd Alexander *
13. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien *
14. The Kestrel by Lloyd Alexander *
15. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Beggar Queen by Lloyd Alexander *
17. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy *
18. The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop
19. Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (And Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
20. How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by KC Davis
21. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner *
22. The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner *
23. The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner *
24. The Fire's Stone by Tanya Huff
25. A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner *
26. Holes by Louis Sacher *
27. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card *
28. Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins
29. Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman
30. Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare

The first book you read in 2025:
Although I started it in December of 2024, the first book I finished was book 1 of the Rifter trilogy by Ginn Hale.

The last book you finished in 2025:
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare

The first book you will finish (or did finish!) in 2026:
Probably The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. I read like 90% of it over the summer but got distracted and just need to go back and finish it up.

How many books read in 2025
30!

( Lots more (including some hot takes) under the cut! )

I got this amazing year in books prompt from hamsterwoman. Thanks for letting me snag it!

2024 Book List:
1. Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat
2. How Not to Age by Michael Greger
3. A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
4. The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
5. Witch King by Martha Wells
6. Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
7. The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman
8. Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie
9. The Wager by David Grann
10. The Organized Mind by Daniel Levitin
11. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
12. Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
13. The Enneagram Made Easy by Renee Baron and Elizabeth Wagele
14. The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland
15. Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin
16. The Enneagram by Helen Palmer
17. Meet the Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Willard Thames
18. Quit Like a Millionaire by Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung
19. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
20. Know My Name by Chanel Miller
21. Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb
22. Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
23. Golden Fool by Robin Hobb
24. Dragon Bones by Patricia Briggs
25. Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb
26. Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges



The first book you read in 2024:
Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat

The last book you finished in 2024:
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle by Chris Hedges

The first book you will finish (or did finish!) in 2025:
The Rifter Volume 1 by Ginn Hale

How many books read in 2024
26

( Much more under the cut )