April 2025 TBR

Update for last month: Another month of me not sticking to my TBR but to be fair, I feel like I didn't read very much in March either so that was definitely one of the issues. I finished 9 books and have all 4 remaining from my March TBR. I have 2 from Jan and 2 from Feb as well.

Goals for this month: In April, my goal is to read my entire TBR and maybe a couple from past months as well.

My TBR for April:

• Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson (Physical)
• Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath (Kindle)
• The School for Good & Evil by Soman Chainani (Kindle)
• The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez (Kindle)

What are you planning on reading in April?

February 2025 Book Haul

Time to wrap up my February book haul already. January is always so long and February is always gone in the blink of an eye. In February, I hauled 19 books. I have read all of the library books and 3 remain unread. My read percentage for the year so far is 89%, up one percent from last month.

In February, I spent $8.71 total (my Audible subscription) and saved $260.49 by using my local library.

PURCHASED BOOKS

1. The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez (Kindle First)
2. Unlikely Story by Ali Rosen (Kindle First)
   

REVIEW BOOKS

1. Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings (Kindle)

LIBRARY BOOKS

1. Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay (Audio) 
2. Hooked by Emily McIntire (Audio)
3. Twisted by Emily McIntire (Audio)
4. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (Audio)
5. All the Feels by Olivia Dade (Audio)
6. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams (Audio)
7. Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams (Audio)
8. Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade (Audio)
9. A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore (Audio)
10. Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams (Audio) 
11. Scarred by Emily McIntire (Audio) 
12. To Love & To Loathe by Martha Waters (Audio)
13. To Swoon & To Spar by Martha Waters (Audio)
14. To Marry & To Meddle by Martha Waters (Audio)
15. Daydream by Hannah Grace (Audio)
    

What did you buy, borrow, or receive in February?

Have you read any of my hauled books?

Books I Read in February 2025

I read 18 books and DNF'd 1 in February.

• Just Our Luck by Denise Williams (Kindle, 400 pages, 2025, Adult Romance, Netgalley) - 3 stars | My Review
• Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan (Audio, 8 hr 38 min, 2024, YA Fantasy, Library) - 3 stars | My Review 
• Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay (Audio, 9 hr 49 min, 2024, Adult Romance, Library) - 2.5 stars | My Review 
• Almost Surely Dead by Amina Akhtar (Kindle, 298 pages, 2024, Adult Thriller, Purchased) - 2.5 stars | My Review
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (Kindle, 278 pages, 1962, Adult Sci Fi, Purchased) - 1 stars | My DNF Review - DNF'd at 6% 
• Hooked by Emily McIntire (Audio, 9 hours, 2022, Adult Romance, Library) - 3.5 stars | My Review
• Twisted by Emily McIntire (Audio, 10 hr 44 min, 2023, Adult Romance, Library) - 3.5 stars | My Review 
• Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (Audio, 12 hr 48 min, 2020, Adult Romance, Library) - 3.5 stars | My Review 
• All the Feels by Olivia Dade (Audio, 12 hr 34 min, 2021, Adult Romance, Library) - 3 stars | My Review 
• Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade (Audio, 12 hr 27 min, 2022, Adult Romance, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
• A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore (Audio, 16 hr 2 min, 2020, Adult Historical Fiction, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
• Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams (Audio, 5 hr 48 min, 1982, Adult Sci Fi, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
• So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams (Audio, 4 hr 39 min, 1984, Adult Sci Fi, Library) - 2.5 stars | My Review  
• Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams (Audio, 6 hr 33 min, 1992, Adult Sci Fi, Library) - 2 stars | My Review
• Scarred by Emily McIntire (Audio, 10 hr 38 min, 2022, Adult Romance, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
• To Love & to Loathe by Martha Waters (Audio, 10 hr 10 min, 2021, Adult Historical Fiction, Library) - 3.5 stars | My Review
• To Marry & to Meddle by Martha Waters (Audio, 9 hr 36 min, 2022, Adult Historical Fiction, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
• To Swoon & to Spar by Martha Waters (Audio, 9 hr 32 min, 2023, Adult Historical Fiction, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
• Daydream by Hannah Grace (Audio, 13 hr 21 min, 2024, Adult Romance, Library) - 4 stars | My Review 
  

Pages read: 698 + 162 hr 19 min
Pages DNF: 17

March 2025 TBR

Update for last month: I'm terrible at sticking with my TBR. I finally finished the Kindle book that I started in January and have moved onto another that I just am struggling to get through. I have listened to tons of audiobooks so I did finish 18 books and DNF'd 1 book in February. I have 3 books remaining of the 4 books on my TBR.

Goals for this month: In March, I am continuing with my new TBR prompts: high priority, Netgalley, older hauled, and newer hauled. I think I may have slightly more success this month because 2 are romance and one is a middle grade book.

My TBR for March:

• The Midnight Orchestra by Jessica Khoury (Physical)
• Rebel in the Deep by Katee Robert (Kindle)
• The Reader by M.K. Harkins (Kindle)
• Hot Vampire Next Door by Nikki St. Crowe (Kindle)
  

What are you planning on reading in March?

January 2025 Book Haul

It's my first haul of 2025 and my hope was to not haul so many books, but then the library happened. To be the most fair, I have read almost all of them. Of the 17 books hauled in January, 2 remain unread - meaning my read percentage is 88%. That's pretty awesome. 

In January, I spent $36 total (including Audible subscription) and saved $275.04 by using my local library.

PURCHASED BOOKS

1. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (Hardcover) - $27.29
   

LIBRARY BOOKS

1. The Rule Book by Sarah Adams (Kindle) 
2. The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul (Audio)
3. Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Iluo (Audio)
4. Jackpot by Nic Stone (Audio)
5. All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother by Danielle Teller (Audio)
6. The Last Word by Taylor Adams (Audio)
7. Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich (Audio)
8. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (Audio)
9. I Was Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein (Audio)
10. Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson (Audio)
11. White Fragility by Dr. Robin DiAngelo (Audio)
    
12. Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (Audio)
13. My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine (Audio)
14. Wildfire by Hannah Grace (Audio)
15. The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams (Kindle)
16. The Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan (Audio)
    

What did you buy, borrow, or receive in January?

Have you read any of my hauled books?

Books I Read in January 2025

I read 16 books in January.

• Josh & Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren (Kindle, 318 pages, 2018, Adult Romance, Library) - 5 stars | My Review
• The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul (Audio, 7 hr 7 min, 2024, Adult Nonfiction, Library) - 4 stars | My Review 
• Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo (Audio, 10 hr 1 min, 2020, Adult Nonfiction, Library) - 5 stars | My Review 
• Jackpot by Nic Stone (Audio, 7 hr 21 min, 2019, YA Romance, Library) - 3.5 stars | My Review
• All the Ever Afters by Danielle Teller (Audio, 10 hr 50 min, 2018, Adult Fantasy, Library) - 4 stars | My Review 
• The Last Word by Taylor Adams (Audio, 9 hr 57 min, 2023, Adult Thriller, Library) - 4 stars | My Review 
• Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich (Audio, 8 hr 8 min, 2018, YA Contemporary, Library) - 2 stars | My Review 
• Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (Audio, 1 hr 45 min, 2017, YA Contemporary, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
• I Was Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein (Audio, 12 hr 32 min, 2022, Adult Nonfiction, Library) - 4 stars | My Review
• Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson (Audio, 8 hr 19 min, 2020, YA Contemporary, Library) - 3.5 stars | My Review
• White Fragility by Dr. Robin DiAngelo (Audio, 6 hr 21 min, 2018, Adult Nonfiction, Library) - 3 stars | My Review  
• My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine (Audio, 10 hr 3 min, 2024, Adult Paranormal, Library) - 3.5 stars | My Review
• Wildfire by Hannah Grace (Audio, 10 hr 54 min, 2023, Adult Romance, Library) - 4 stars | My Review
• Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (Audio, 10 hr 2 min, 2022, Adult Thriller, Library) - 2 stars | My Review 
• The Rule Book by Sarah Adams (Kindle, 358 pages, 2024, Adult Romance, Library) - 4 stars | My Review
• The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams (Kindle, 321 pages, 2021, Adult Romance, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
  

Pages read: 997 + 113 hr 20 min
Pages DNF: 0

February 2025 TBR

Update for last month: Why is January always 2,308,591 days long? I did not finish any of the books on my TBR but managed to read 16 books. I have started 3 of the 4 books on my TBR, so I guess that's progress?

Goals for this month: In February, I am chugging along with my new TBR prompts: high priority, Netgalley, older hauled, and newer hauled. I'm very much struggling with genres that aren't romance. I think my brain just needs a break from the real world, so I am a little nervous for my non-romance books on the TBR.

My TBR for February:

• Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson (Physical)
• Swept Away by Beth O'Leary (Kindle/Netgalley)
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (Kindle)
• The Spare Room by Laura Starkey (Kindle)
  

What are you planning on reading in February?

Hauled in 2024, But Haven't Read

I don't think I've posted this specific themed list before, but thought it would be a good measure of how many books I'm hauling and reading. In 2024, I hauled a total of 187 books. I spent $1.99 on books directly, saved $1,958.42 by borrowing from my library, and spent $196.92 on Audible. Of the 187 books I hauled, 31 remain unread. This means I read 83% of the books I hauled. I'm pretty happy overall with all of my hauled stats, but I would love to improve in 2025. As time passes, I will update this post when I read these books :)

1. Almost Surely Dead by Amina Akhtar (Kindle First) - READ IN FEB 2025
2. Hurt For Me by Heather Levy (Kindle First)
3. The Spare Room by Laura Starkey (Kindle)
4. Heir to Thorn and Flame by Ben Alderson (Kindle)
5. Calamity Rayne: Gets a Life by Lydia Michaels (Kindle)
6. To Charm a Dark Prince by Kathryn Ann Kingsley (Kindle)
7. The Love Hack by Sophie Ranald (Kindle)
8. The Ever King by LJ Andrews (Kindle)
9. Queen of Roses by Briar Boleyn (Kindle)
10. The Dagger and the Forbidden Heir by Emilia Jae (Kindle)
11. House of Beating Wings by Olivia Wildenstein (Kindle)
12. House of Striking Oaths by Olivia Wildenstein (Kindle)
13. The Night Market by Jesikah Sundin (Kindle)
14. Inked by Rachel Reher (Kindle)
15. Crown of Earth and Sky by Emberly Ash (Kindle)
16. Lipstick & Camera Clicks by DJ Murphy (Kindle)
17. Flame by Chelle Bliss (Kindle)
18. Fake Flame by Adele Buck (Kindle)
19. Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath (Netgalley)
    
20. Regally Binding by Rebecca Chase (Kindle)
21. Hot Vampire Next Door by Nikki St. Crowe (Kindle)
22. The Modern Girls' Guide to Magic by Linsey Hall (Kindle)
23. A Kingdom of Souls & Shadows by Leslie O'Sullivan (Kindle)
24. Swept Away by Beth O'Leary (Netgalley)
25. Just Our Luck by Danielle Williams (Netgalley)
26. Josh & Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren (Kindle) - READ IN JAN 2025
    
27. Merciless by Willow Winters (Kindle)
28. Happy After All by Maisey Yates (Kindle)
29. Rebel in the Deep by Katee Robert (Netgalley)
30. How to Fake it with a Fae by Amy Boyles (Kindle)
31. Per My Last Email by Juliana Smith (Kindle)
     

December 2024 Book Haul

And here is my final haul of 2024, I did way better in total number than the month before. I hauled 13 books in December and read 9 of them. I am sharing a 2024 hauled but unread post tomorrow that goes into more detail on how the year shook out!

PURCHASED BOOKS

1. Hunt on the Dark Waters by Katee Robert (Audible)
2. Happy After All by Maisey Yates (Kindle First)
3. How to Fake it with a Fae by Amy Boyles (Kindle)
4. Per My Last Email by Juliana Smith (Kindle)
   

REVIEW BOOKS

1. Rebel in the Deep by Katee Robert (Kindle)
   

LIBRARY BOOKS

1. American Predator by Maureen Callahan (Audio)
2. Blood on the Tide by Katee Robert (Audio) 
3. Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro (Audio)
4. As You Wish by Cary Elwes (Audio)
5. The Match by Sarah Adams (Audio)
6. The Enemy by Sarah Adams (Audio)
7. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Audio)
8. The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling (Audio)
   

What did you buy, borrow, or receive in December?

Have you read any of my hauled books?

Books I Meant to Read in 2024

My goal each year is to keep this list under 10 at the most. I'm happy to report that I only have 6 books on my list for 2024. The following books will take priority for reading in 2025.  All of these books appeared on my TBR in 2024, so I've listed the months they appeared.

1. Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson (August)
2. Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett (August)
3. Heir to Thorn and Flame by Ben Alderson (August)
4. Engagement & Espionage by Penny Reid (October) 
5. The Midnight Orchestra by Jessica Khoury (November/December)
6. Josh & Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren (December) READ IN JAN 2025

What books did you mean to read in 2024 and never got around to?

Books I Read in December 2024

I read 11 books in December.

• American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan (Audio, 9 hr 4 min, 2019, Adult Nonfiction, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
• Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert (Audio, 9 hr 13 min, 2023, Adult Paranormal, Purchased) - 3.5 stars | My Review
• Blood on the Tide by Katee Robert (Audio, 9 hr 33 min, 2024, Adult Paranormal, Library) - 3 stars | My Review 
• Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro (Audio, 13 hr 23 min, 2018, YA Contemporary, Library) - 3 stars | My Review 
• As You Wish by Cary Elwes (Audio, 7 hr 1 min, 2014, Adult Nonfiction, Library) - 5 stars | My Review 
• The Match by Sarah Adams (Audio, 9 hr 7 min, 2020, Adult Romance, Library) - 4.5 stars | My Review 
• The Enemy by Sarah Adams (Audio, 8 hr 38 min, 2020, Adult Romance, Library) - 3.5 stars | My Review
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Audio, 2 hr 45 min, 1989, Middle Grade Historical Fiction, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
• The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling (Audio, 6 hr 30 min, 2024, Adult Paranormal, Library) - 4 stars | My Review
• She, Myself, and I by Emma Young (Kindle, 336 pages, 2017, YA Contemporary, Netgalley) - 2 stars | My Review  
• Trixie & Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood by Trixie & Katya (Hardcover, 208 pages, 2020, Adult Nonfiction, Gifted) - 3.5 stars | My Review
  

Pages read:  544 pages + 75 hr 14 min
Pages DNF: 0

Series 2025 Tracker

It's my favorite beginning-of-the-year post! And one of these days, I hope to catch up and not have to make this post. My goal in 2024 was get my series total number down to 25. I started 2024 with 35 series and ended with 30. I didn't do poorly necessarily, but I started a lot of new series. Whoops! This year, I would like to get that number to 25 truly. I'm trying to be more mindful of only starting completed series. We'll see how it goes :)

Of the series on my list, 12 are completed as of the end of 2024 and there are 3 series that have 1 book remaining.

Updated 3/8

STARTED 4 SERIES IN 2025
FINISHED 2 SERIES IN 2025
DNF'D 1 SERIES IN 2025
READ 19 BOOKS IN SERIES IN 2025

TOTAL: 31

1. Perfected (1/3)

• Tarnished (Book 2)
• Unraveled (Book 3) - THE END.

2. Winston Brothers (3/7)

• Beard in Mind (Book 4)
• Dr. Strange Beard (Book 5)
• Beard With Me (Book 6)
• Beard Necessities (Book 7) - THE END
  

3. Saga (11/12)

• Saga, Volume 12 - April 2025 Release
  

4. The Delphi Trilogy (1/3)

• The Delphi Resistance (Book 2)
• The Delphi Revolution (Book 3) - THE END.

5. Knitting in the City (1/7)

• Friends Without Benefits (Book 2) 
• Love Hacked (Book 3)
• Beauty and the Mustache (Book 4)
• Happily Ever Ninja (Book 5)
• Dating-ish (Book 6)
• Marriage of Inconvenience (Book 7) - THE END.
  

X. A League of Extraordinary Women (2/4)

• A Rogue of One's Own (Book 2) - 2/18/25
• Portrait of a Scotsman (Book 3) - no longer interested
• The Gentleman's Gambit (Book 4) - THE END.
  

6. Legendborn (2/3)

• Oathbound (Book 3) - Mar 2025 Release - THE END.
  

7. Primas of Power (2/3)

• Along Came Amor (Book 3) - May 2025 Release - THE END.
  

8. Written in the Stars (1/3)

• Written in the Stars (Book 1)
• Hang the Moon (Book 2)

9. Mystwick (1/2)

• The Midnight Orchestra (Book 2)

10. From Blood & Ash (1/6)

• A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Book 2)
• The Crown of Gilded Bones (Book 3)
• The War of Two Queens (Book 4)
• A Soul of Ash and Blood (Book 5)
• The Primal of Blood and Bone (Book 6) - Unknown Release
  

11. Empire of the Vampire (1/3)

• Empire of the Damned (Book 2)
• Untitled (Book 3) - Unknown Release

12. The Merriwell Sisters (1/3)

• Never Rescue a Rogue (Book 2)
• Never Wager With a Wallflower (Book 3) - THE END.

13. Fire and Thorns (1/4)

• The Crown of Embers (Book 2)
• The Bitter Kingdom (Book 3)
• The Empire of Dreams (Book 4) - THE END.

14. When In Rome (3/3)

• Beg, Borrow, or Steal (Book 3) - 3/8/25
  

XX. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (5/5)

• Life, the Universe, and Everything (Book 3) - 2/19/25
• So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish (Book 4) - 2/20/25
• Mostly Harmless (Book 5) - THE END - 2/21/25

15. Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery (3/5) 

• Murder and Mamon (Book 4)
• Guilt and Ginataan (Book 5)
  

16. Mistborn (1/7)

• The Well of Ascension (Book 2)
• The Hero of Ages (Book 3)
• The Alloy of Law (Book 4)
• Shadows of Self (Book 5)
• The Bands of Mourning (Book 6)
• The Lost Metal (Book 7)

17. Throne of Glass (3/7)

• Queen of Shadows (Book 4)
• Empire of Storms (Book 5)
• Tower of Dawn (Book 6)
• Kingdom of Ash (Book 7)
  

18. The Wilmont Sisters (2/3)

• Once Smitten, Twice Shy (Book 3) - THE END.
  

19. The Empyrean (1/4)

• Onyx Storm (Book 3)
• Untitled (Book 4) - Unknown Release

20. Big Shots (2/3)

• Dream Girl Drama (Book 3)

21. The Hollywood Series (1/2)

• Plot Twist (Book 2)
  

22. Dark Olympus (1/10)

• Electric Idol (Book 2)
• Wicked Beauty (Book 3)
• Radiant Sin (Book 4)
• Cruel Seduction (Book 5)
• Midnight Ruin (Book 6)
• Dark Restraint (Book 7)
• Sweet Obsession (Book 8) - Apr 2025 Release
• Tender Cruelty (Book 9) - Unknown Release
• Shattered Gods (Book 10) - Unknown Release
  

23. Thorne Hill (1/9)

• Dark of Night (Book 2)
• Call of Night (Book 3)
• Still of Night (Book 4)
• Curse of Night (Book 5)
• Queen of Night (Book 6)
• Reign of Night (Book 7)
• Heir of Night (Book 8)
• Blood of Night (Book 9)      

24. Fool Me Once (1/2)

• Fool Me Once (Book 1)

25. The Boyfriend Project (1/3)

• The Dating Playbook (Book 2)
• The Hookup Plan (Book 3) - THE END.
  

26. Saga of the Unfated (1/2)

• A Curse Carved in Bone (Book 2) - May 2025 Release
  

27. Maple Hills (3/3)

• Wildfire (Book 2) - 1/20/25
  
• Daydream (Book 3) - 2/28/25

28. Crimson Sails (2/3)

• Rebel in the Deep (Book 3) - May 2025 Release
  

29. The Cheat Sheet (2/?)

• The Cheat Sheet (Book 1) - 1/24/25
• The Rule Book (Book 2) - 1/23/25

30. Never After (4/6)

• Hooked (Book 1) - 2/8/25
• Scarred (Book 2) - 2/21/25
• Wretched (Book 3)
• Twisted (Book 4) - 2/9/25
• Crossed (Book 5) - 3/6/25
• Hexed (Book 6)

XX. Spoiler Alert (3/3)

• Spoiler Alert (Book 1) - 2/10/25
• All the Feels (Book 2) - 2/11/25
• Ship Wrecked (Book 3) - THE END - 2/12/25

31. The Regency Vows (3/5)

• To Have & To Hoax (Book 1)
• To Love & To Loathe (Book 2) - 2/24/25
• To Marry & To Meddle (Book 3) - 2/26/25
• To Swoon & To Spar (Book 4) - 2/27/25
• To Woo & To Wed (Book 5)  
  

 

TOTALS FOR 2024
STARTED: 22 SERIES IN 2024

FINISHED 21 SERIES IN 2024
DNF'D 7 SERIES IN 2024

READ 89 BOOKS IN SERIES IN 2024

TOTAL: 30