This was a lovely little challenge to participate in, created by the lovely @sincerelydebi, it was what it sounds like, read 20 books from your TBR in the year 2025. The only rule was that the book you read couldn’t be published in 2025. This challenge really helped me put a little dent in my huge TBR and I need to look into do something similar next year.

1. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

2. The House Witch and The Enchanting of the Hearth (The House Witch #1) by Delemhach

3. The House Witch and The Charming of Austice (The House Witch #2) by Delemhach

4. The House Witch and When the Cat Spells War (The House Witch #3) by Delemhach

5. Hoops Shorts: A HOOPS Novella Collection (Hoops #2.6) by Kennedy Ryan

6. Icebreaker (Maple Hills #1) by Hannah Grace

7. Want Me (Extracurricular Activities #1) by Neve Wilder

Books 1 to 7 read and reviewed in January.

8. Before I Let Go (Skyland #1) by Kennedy Ryan

9. Down the Drain by Julia Fox

10. The Exception to the Rule (The Improbable Meet-Cute #1) by Christina Lauren

11. The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis

Books 8 to 11 read and reviewed in February.

12. Blackout by Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D. Jackson

13. A Jingle Bell Mingle (Christmas Notch #3) by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

14. The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

15. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

16. Sistersong by Lucy Holland

Books 12 to 16 read and reviewed in March.

17. Savage Her Reply by Deirdre Sullivan

Book 17 read and reviewed in April.

18. A Keeper by Graham Norton

19. Finding Me by Viola Davis

Books 18 and 19 read and reviewed in August.

20. Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1) by Kennedy Ryan

Book 20 read and reviewed in September.

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Because I finished this challenge in September, and because my TBR is literally MASSIVE, I plan to try and read a few more books from the list before the end of the year. I don’t want to put myself under pressure though so I’ve only picked five.

Girls Who Lie (Forbidden Iceland #2) by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds #2) by Micaiah Johnson

Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1) by Travis Baldree

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell