Hello, reader!
We’re not gonna talk about how badly I bombed my 25 in 2025 reading challenge🤐 Last year, my reading felt kind of all over the place. I had some great reads, don’t get me wrong, but I definitely wandered far from my goals for the year, haha.
I think part of the issue was I put some rigid rules on which books I put on my 2025 list. I was trying to have a good mix of genres and put a lot of books that have been languishing on my shelves for forever. The problem is, and this is something I’m still coming to terms with, I am very much a mood reader. So putting a book that I wasn’t necessarily excited about but fit my criteria meant I never felt particularly motivated to pick up books from the 25 in 2025 pile.
So for my 26 in 2026 challenge, I decided there were only two rules I would have while making my list:
- I could only choose books published before 2026.
- I could only choose books that I own, either physically or electronically.
That way, I could browse my owned books and pick books that, to borrow a phrase, sparked joy😂 The hope is that my interest in these books will make me more eager to pick them up and actually read them throughout the year. Wish me luck, y’all!
- The Will of the Many by James Islington – Goodreads::Storygraph
- Well Played by Jen DeLuca – Goodreads::Storygraph
- The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin – Goodreads::Storygraph
- Malice by John Gwynne – Goodreads::Storygraph
- The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas – Goodreads::Storygraph
Kerri McBookNerd 