Series: Sandover Island #1
Author: Emma St. Clair
Narrator: Hannah Vandeven
Source: Kindle own/Hoopla
My Review:
I love Emma St. Clair's books, but it was very obvious that this was an earlier work, as Emma's writing has matured. I also wasn't wild about the narrator.
Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: My Favorite Books I Read in 2025. I added 66 books to my favorites shelf on Goodreads, so this is going to be kind of hard to narrow down. I am not going to count the books that were rereads, which makes the number a little lower. Also, a huge thanks to Erin at Cracker Crumb Life for sending me Strawberry Fields for Never by Kate Watson. I can't wait to read it!! Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today.
Top Ten Tuesday-My top favorite books from 2025
Nonfiction:
Author: Kasey Stockton
Source: Kindle Unlimited
My Review:
Cotswolds Holiday is a fun, cozy romance.
Series: Abieville Love Stories #4
Author: Julie Christianson
Narrators: Amanda Friday and Andy Harrington
Publisher: Independently Published
Genre: Christmas, Contemporary Romance,
Source: Hoopla
My Review:
That Time We Kissed Under the Mistletoe is the fourth in the series, but can easily stand alone. I have read the first two books, but not the third.
Series: Falling Into Happily Ever After
Author: Ellie Hall
Publisher: Independently Published
Genre: Christmas, RomCom, Contemporary Romance,
Source: Kindle Unlimited
My Review:
While An Unconventional Christmas Love Story is part of a series, it easily reads as a standalone novel (I have not read any of the others in the series).
At the beginning of the year I listed my 2025 Bookish goals. I am very much a type A personality. When I set a goal I have every intention of getting it, and I feel this internal pressure to finish what I started. This year I started having to let things go, which isn't easy for me, but there was already so much stress, I didn't need it from my fun hobby.
November and December had me moving (literally), so I did not do a November reading wrap up. However, I did read 25 books (didn't know it was that many until just now, (4 were children's books) DNF'd 2. It looks like I had a record number of 5 star reads as well: 11!! For December I read 18 books. One was a 2-star read. Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in reading my review.
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