It’s January and time to take a look back at my year in books – 2025.
I 💜 BOOKS!
I love to read, which is what led me to become an author, editor and book coach. Not only do I love to sinking into a good story, connecting with characters and exploring new worlds, I love the process of analyzing how the writer accomplished especially successful aspects of the work. Not to mention, reading feeds my writing and coaching brain as well as my soul.
I was a bit more accurate tracking the books I read this year because I took photos of the covers as I finished them, so I had a visual record even when I didn’t manage to list them on the app. I have a tendency to read and track them in batches, as you can tell from the way the RSS feed hits my webpage. And this year got busy, and a few things, like tracking books, got sidelined, so I was really playing catch-up at the end.
MY 2025 READING SUMMARY STATS
According to my tracking:
- I read 107 books, 31 of which were picture books.
- My average number of pages per book clocked in at 236. (That’s 8 fewer pages per book than last year.)
- My total number of pages read was 25,264. (About 800 more than last year.)
- This year, I included some of the published books I edited.
MY YEAR IN PICTURE BOOKS Because I coach Picture Book (PB) writers, I read a number of PBs each year. I study these books to help my clients understand the market and what’s being published. I am also looking at structure, what types of books are seeing success and how well the illustrations support the text. I am also generally looking for potential comp titles for the types of books my writers are working on.
This year, I tracked 31 of the PBs I read. TBH-I missed a few, but that’s the way things roll. And I also didn’t track some that I felt were not usable examples for coaching my clients.
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL…
As a freelance editor and book coach, my reading year includes quite a few pre-published manuscripts not represented here. This post only covers the published works that I consumed in 2025.
If you have a Goodreads account, you can find me there. Pop in to my Goodreads profile and see what I’m reading. I will try to keep it more up to date this year!
If you’re interested in reading what I write, you can check out some of my books, like The Healer’s Legacy Trilogy, or my MG steampunk adventure novel, Lostuns Found.
Or, if you like something a little darker, check out my collection of dark fantasy and light horror with a bit of humor. Blood From a Rose.
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