2025 Book List

It’s time to switch over and start a new yearly book list! As I finish each book, I share it and a mini review in real-time on my Instagram Stories and I also keep an updated list here.

If you’re interested in my previous lists, you can find them here: 2020 Book List, 2021 Book List, 2022 Book List, 2023 Book List and 2024 Book List. Feel free to bookmark this page, as I will keep it updated as I finish each book. I’ll also stick a link to this post over on the right sidebar for easy access.

Here are the books I’ve read so far in 2025:

Book #, Information & LinkMini Book Review
Book #1 of 2025:
Powerless by Elsie Silver
(Chestnut Springs 3)
Childhood friends who’ve been secretly in love with each other and a runaway bride situation meet our friends in Chestnut Springs. Still loving this series and I’ll be so sad when I run out of Elsie Silver books to read. If you enjoy a bit of an angsty romance with some extra spicy bits, you’ll love this series! 
Book #2 of 2025:
Reckless by Elsie Silver
(Chestnut Springs 4)
Book 4 in the Chestnut Springs series and this one had me in tears within the first 1/3 of the story. I absolutely loved Winter and Theo’s story. I can’t really my favorite parts without spoilers, so let’s just stick with it was absolutely swoony. 
Book #3 of 2025:
Hopeless by Elsie Silver
(Chestnut Springs 5)
Ahhh the end of the Chestnut Springs books and I’m not ready! I’m so happy we finally got to Beau’s story and that by the end of this books we not only got his Happily Ever After, but were able to enjoy the after of the Happily Ever Afters for the rest of the characters I’ve grown to love over the series. Wonderful series and it gave me all the warm fuzzies.
Book #4 of 2025:
Hate Hex by Gina LaManna
Trixie has spent a lifetime repressing her magic, until one night, she meets a grumpy, devilishly handsome vampire in a dark alley, and she accidentally activates her powers. After Trixie puts a teeny, tiny hex on her new nemesis, Dom retaliates in a big way. It’s all clever enchantments and witty curses, until Dominic’s brother suddenly returns, hellbent on revenge. A nice little paranormal romance to shake things up! I enjoy this author and other books in her connected series. This was a fun stand-alone book and is currently free on Kindle Unlimited. 
Book #5 of 2025:
Fourth Wing (The Emperean Book 1) by Rebecca Yarros
I hardly ever do it and definitely not this quickly, but with the 3rd book in the series coming out this month I decided to do a re-read of the first two. I actually enjoyed it more upon the second reading, knowing some of the twists and recognizing the breadcrumbs dropped along the way. It is a very satisfying book with interesting world building. Of course, I hate a cliffhanger ending (which is why I wanted to throw the second book at the wall when I realized I caught up to real time). With that being said, on to (or back to) book 2!
Book #6 of 2025:
Iron Flame (The Emperean Book 2) by Rebecca Yarros
The second book of my re-read to get ready for the newly released third book. Once again I enjoyed a second look and seeing all the clues scattered around that I overlooked the first time. With that being said, knowing about some of the difficult parts made me dread getting through them all over again. With the shocking cliffhanger, I’m so happy that I can start the next book now!
Book #7 of 2025: Onyx Storm (The Emperean Book 3) by Rebecca YarrosThe third book in the series and I’m so glad I re-read the first two before jumping into this one. This one was a book of growth, for all of the main characters we have grown to love over the series. There were some battles that left me hanging on the edge of my seat and some pretty hilarious moments that had me giggling. This was the best in the series so far, even though I hate yet another cliff hanger that makes me want to throw my book at the wall. This is also the first time in quite a while when I’ve read a popular book series as it has come out and I am loving all the social media reactions content surrounding this book!
Book #8 of 2025:
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it’s now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They’ll date each other and break up. This is not a sweet and sappy beach read. It was so freaking good and OHMYGOD the feelings. I was either in love with Justin or ready to sob my face off. Absolute perfection. Highly recommend and currently free on Kindle Unlimited!
Book #9 of 2025:
Part Of Your World
By Abby Jimenez
Once I finished Just for the Summer (and loved it), I realized it was actually the second book in the series. So, obviously I had to go and read this one, since it was book 1. Loved this opposites attract love story and the peeks of characters from the other book. In fact, I went back and re-read the end of the other book too so now I’m ALL caught up. A great little series and I highly recommend it. And apparently I read the third book in the series last year. 
Book #10 of 2025:…Coming soon…

Most of my books are borrowed using Kindle Unlimited (you can read my full review from 2015 here). If you don’t have Kindle Unlimited yet, it’s like an all-you-can-read for books and I’ve been using it for the last decade: Kindle Unlimited Membership Plans.

I also regularly use my local library for physical books and both Overdrive and Hoopla through my local library website for online books (you can download them straight to your Kindle or read them on your web browser). If you have a library card, be sure to check your library’s website to see if they work with an online partner. I mean, FREE BOOKS!

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2024 Books: Wrap Up

Happy 2025! Before we fully move into the new year, I want to take a moment to take one last look at the books I read in 2024.

After years and years and years of NOT keeping track of my reading, I started adding my lists to my blog a few years ago. Here are the last five years of lists:

For 2024, I ended up reading a total of 98 books. You can see the entire list of books and my mini reviews on my 2024 Book List page. As always, I borrowed a bunch of the books from the library (both in-person and the online). I also used my Kindle Unlimited subscription to download lots of books from Amazon.

I plan to continue this book tracking for 2025 as well, and will stick with the same format of mini book reviews and links. Let me know if you end up loving any of my book recommendations!

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My Fall Book List for all the Cozy Reading (2024 Version)

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Rather than just leave it to updating my yearly book list as I finish each book, I like to give you all smaller recommendation lists as we go through the year. So, if you’re looking for some of my favorite books of 2024 to add to your TBR pile this fall, you’re in the right place!

You can read my mini synopsis and thoughts if you click through to my 2024 Book List or you can just take my word for it that these are the best of the best, and start reading!

(Psssst… you can find my summer list here)

  • Savor It by Tarah Dewitt (Book #54 of 2024): A super fun romantic comedy with silliness, sweetness, romance and a really good realistic slow burn.
  • The Knocklemout Book Series: Things We Never Got Over (Book #60 of 2024), Things We Hide From the Light (Book #61 of 2024), and Things We Left Behind (Book #62 of 2024). This is the series that that made me fall in love with Lucy Score. The three books are connected, so it makes sense to read them in order so you don’t miss out on anything important. Each book tells the story of a different couple and it is a mix of spicy romance and comedy, with a suspenseful overarching mystery.
  • The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen (Book #70 of 2024): A super suspenseful mystery that twists and turns and is very, very hard to put down all the way up until the very satisfying conclusion.
  • The Bootleg Springs Series: Whisky Chaser (Book #72 of 2024), Sidecar Crush (Book #73 of 2024), Moonshine Kiss (Book #74 of 2024), Bourbon Bliss (Book #75 of 2024), Gin Fling (Book #76 of 2024), Highball Rush (Book #77 of 2024) by Lucy Score and Claire Kingsley: A six book series with romance, absolutely hilarious hijinks that had me laughing out loud, and an overarching mystery that is solved by the end (be sure to read them in order). One of my absolute favorite book series of the last few years and I highly recommend jumping into the Bodine family because you won’t want to leave at the end.

Happy Reading!

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