It was a magical year of reading, and there’s no better way to wrap things up than to share my 2025 reading list. In 2025, I read 42 books. More than half of those were checked out from my local library. Thank goodness for community resources! My most read genre was romance. I’ll be frank … More My 2025 in Books
A swoony romance between two musicians. … More Review: Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto
A welcome back to Julia’s Bookshelves! … More Where I’ve Been: The World, The Page, and Other Places
And I would’ve gotten away with it too! If it wasn’t for…. a smart, cunning teenage girl who employs her expert critical thinking skills, social underdog position, and emotional empathy to solve the case. … More Girls on the Case: My Favorite YA Women-Led Mysteries
Gerald’s conscience is somehow uploaded to the Slack channel and he is completely disconnected from his body. While his coworkers navigate the highs and lows of office life, Gerald has to convince someone to believe he is not, in fact, working from home, and needs help finding a way back to his physical body. … More Review: Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
Spaceships. Aliens. Found family. A character-centric science fiction novel with a diverse set of characters. … More Review: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Everything I read in 2023. … More My 2023 in Books
Mary Catharine “Merricat” Blackwood lives an isolated life in a large house with her older sister Constance and their Uncle Julian. Six years prior, Merricat and Constance’s family was poisoned and Constance was accused yet acquitted of committing the murders. … More Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Percy teams back up with Annabeth and Grover as they race around NYC doing immortal favors. … More Review: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Chalice of the Gods
Carrie thinks she is done with her competitive career. But six years into retirement, Carrie finds her records overtaken by the talented Nicki Chan. At thirty-seven, Carrie’s odds of making a successful comeback to reclaim her title are slim. She’ll have to resume training with her father and learn how to achieve greatness in her changed body. But Carrie has never backed down from an impossible challenge. Carrie Soto launches a legendary comeback. … More Review: Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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