Welcome to the first Reading Roundup post for 2025! In this post I am going to look back at 2024’s books. I set a target of 50 on Goodreads and actually logged 60 for the year. Actually, I read quite a few more because I comfort read some old favourites as I was struggling with my mental health.

Let’s have a look at my 2024 reading journey…

As I wrote above, I actually read more than this! These graphics were produced by Goodreads well before the 31st of December.

Well, that’s nice to know!

I try to write reviews, but I have never been very good at this, which is a rather terrible admission from a former librarian! Most of the time these days I add a quick response on the Goodreads site because I forget the details of the book so quickly.

I have read quite a few very loooooong books this year! Can we have a few very good if not excellent books in my favourite genres that are much shorter? Please…

I think that is self explanatory!

Oh, add also thrillers, crime and mystery at the very least!

One more thing: I have now read over 1000 books since I retired, just over ten years ago, which is pretty good going when you are in my state of health 😊.

So, in next week’s post I will write about the book(s) I have finished in 2025 and set my new target.

Happy Reading to you all!

Love and best wishes,

Anne

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