What I Read in 2025

Every year, I love to set my goal on Goodreads. I keep it around the same each year because I usually hit within about ten of the year before. Well, this year I set it at 120. And Goodreads actually told me I ended at 107. Definitely the least amount I've read in several years.
But you know what? I'm okay with that.
Because I also edited eight books. And wrote two books and a novella. And released a book and a novella collection. And was a mom. And a wife. And preschool teacher and tax preparer and Bible school teacher and several other things. So it's okay that reading slowed down a little because life was FULL.

So, curious about what all I read and loved?
My favorite authors from 2025 were (in no particular order), Mary Pat Johns, Pepper Basham (always), Karen Witemeyer (always), Shannon Sue Dunlap, Laura DeNooyer, Roseanna M. White, Betsy St. Amant, Becka Kinzer, Sarah Monzon, Rebekah Millet. There were probably a few others I really loved, but I can't remember them as well as those.
Book Club last year was hit or miss. I did skip a few books because of the content (I hate cussing). I may end up doing that again this year. and it's okay. Because there are not enough hours in life to read bad books. It's a lesson I'm learning as I am more careful about what I read. And every now and then I actually "do not finish." That's a hard thing for me. I know how hard it is to write a book. To publish it. So, it literally hurts me to not finish something when I've started it. But there are too many good books out there to waste my time on something not done well. 
​If you'd like a better summary of what all I read and want to peek at my ratings and reviews, feel free. You can find them here. My longest book read was the Bible, once again. Bet it will be this year too.
Did you have a favorite book from 2025? Did you meet the goals you set? I'm lowering mine this year, knowing how busy things are with my kids and other aspects of life. Who knows? I might pass it again. That's okay too.