Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Monthly Wrap-Up: December 2025


This year has been the slowest, fastest year ever. Does that make sense? Lol. Anyway, below you will see I listed 6 books I finished, but only stats for 5. That's because at the time of writing this post, I'm still reading Accomplice to the Villain, but I'll be damned if I don't finish that book before the year is over 😆 So, not including Accomplice to the Villain (which I WILL finish today lol), I read 5 books in December, and a total of 1822 pages. That's about 500 pages less than the previous month, BUT I still have another book I haven't counted yet. Lol.
  • All 5 were full-length novels
  • I started 1 series, caught up on 1, and finished 1
  • 4 were part of a series, and 1 was a standalone
  • 4 were finished copies, and 1 was an ARC
  • 3 were physical books, and 2 were ebooks
  • 3 were 5-star reads, 1 was 4 stars, and 1 was 3.5 stars
  • 3 were traditionally published, and 2 were indie published
  • 4 were by authors I've previously read, and 1 was new to me
  • 4 were adult books, and 1 was middle grade
  • 4 were fiction, and 1 was non-fiction
  • 1 was sci-fi, 1 high fantasy, 1 horror, 1 autobiography, and 1 fantasy romance

Books read this month:

  

Started the month off not so great. While I loved the first two books in the Lorestalker series, I didn't love the third book as much. There was a new character that was introduced that I didn't love, and I also didn't enjoy the shoehorned-in romance. But I liked everything else about it. And then I read an autobiography by R.L. Stine and I loved it SO much! It was so fun and I really enjoyed getting to see how one of my favorite authors became the writer he is now. And then, The Hero of Ages... I freaking LOVE this series so much! 😭 The end ruined me, but damn if it wasn't good.

  

Warp, Rinse, Repeat is the next book in the Space Janitor series, and it was SO fun! It had a time loop and it's one of my favorite series, so of course I enjoyed it. Lol. And then The Nightmare Before Kissmas is a fantasy romance between the prince of Christmas and the prince of Halloween, and I enjoyed it way more than I was expecting! It was SO freaking cute! And then right now, as I'm writing this, I'm about a third of the way into Accomplice to the Villain, and I don't have too many thoughts, actually. It's still funny, the sexual tension is still tension-ing. Idk. I don't read a lot of romance, but even I think that the slow burn in this series is TOO slow 😅 I mean, we're three books in and they're still not together! But aside from that, I'm intrigued by the plot of the prophecy and the magic and all that. I loved the first two books in the series, but we will see what happens with this one. I'll let you know on Monday 😆

Favorite book of the month:


Easily this one. It was SO good! 😭 I just love the characters, the magic system, and the worldbuilding... it's all just so good!

Least favorite book of the month:


I didn't hate this one. But I gave the other two books in the series 5 stars. This one got 3.5 from me. That's a pretty big difference 😅

Books reviewed this month:

  

Cells at Work! (Vol. 4) by Akane Shimizu | ★★★★★
Cells at Work! (Vol. 5) by Akane Shimizu | ★★★★☆
Cells at Work! (Vol. 6) by Akane Shimizu | ★★★★☆

  

A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation (Vol. 2) by Misaki, Momochi, & Sando | ★★★★☆
A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation (Vol. 3) by Misaki, Momochi, & Sando | ★★★★☆
A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation (Vol. 4) by Misaki, Momochi, & Sando | ★★★☆☆

Other posts:



3 Bookish Things I Learned About Myself in 2025
2025 Bookish Prediction Tag *Update*


2026 Reading Challenges
2025 End of the Year Book Tag

2025 End of the Year Freak Out Tag
2025 End of Year Survey





Let me know what your favorite read this month was and what you are looking forward to reading next month!

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