The last time I kept a list here, I read 83 books.
2021: 83
2022: 42
2023: 31 *Matched!*
2024: 23 *Matched!*
Obviously, not keeping a tally here has hurt me.
2025 Reading Challenge List
January 2025
1. Hiss and Tell by Rita Mae Brown
2. An Affair at Stonecliffe by Candace Camp
3. P is for Peril by Sue Grafton
4. Claws for Alarm by Rita Mae Brown
February 2025
5. An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
March 2025
6. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (book club)
7. The Complete Peanuts Vol. 1: 1950-1952 by Charles Schultz
8. Fairy Tail Vol. 4 by Mashima Hiro
9. Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
April 2025
10. The Complete Peanuts Vol. 2: 1953–1954 by Charles Schultz
May 2025
11. The Complete Peanuts Vol. 3: 1955-1956 by Charles Schultz
12. Hiss and Tell by Rita Mae Brown
June 2025
13. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (book club)
14. R Is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
15. The Page Turner by Viola Shipman
16. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (book club)
July 2025
17. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin (paperback)
18. We All Live Here by JoJo Moyes (book club)
19. The Complete Peanuts Vol. 5: 1959-1960 by Charles Schultz
20. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer (book club)
21. Feline Fatale by Rita Mae Brown
22. The Storyteller’s Death by Ann Davila Cardinal
August 2025
23. Fire with Fire by Charles E. Gannon
24. S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
September 2025
25. The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate (book club)
26. Fairy Tail Vol. 5 by Mashima Hiro
27. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
28. The New Menopause by Mary Claire Haver, MD
29. Gods and Kings by Lynn Austin
30. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
31. Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin (paperback)
32. The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
October 2025
33. Chances by Jackie Collins
34. Sealed with a Hiss by Rita Mae Brown
35. Summer of Fire by Linda Jacobs
36. The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore (book club)
37. Rekindled by Tamara Alexander
38. Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish (audiobook)
39. Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
40. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Currently Reading
1. Fairy Tail Vol. 6 by Mashima Hiro
2. Leaning on Jesus by Deb Burma (paperback)
3. Written in My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon
4. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
5. T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
6. While We’re Far Apart by Lynn Austin
7. Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney
8. From a Distance by Tamera Alexander
9. Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox
10. Lucky by Jackie Collins
11. The Year the Stars Fell by Elizabeth Wehman (book club)
November 2025
December 2025