Monthly Reading Wrap-up: December 2025

January 3, 2026 GoodeyReadsLeave a comment

How is it the end of 2025 already? I love that I somehow wrapped up the book so *evenly* with 40 books read and a grand total of 420 for the year! There were a lot of Sanderson novellas this month and I’m looking forward to all of the awesome books coming in 2026.

Red Tempest Brother (The Winter Sea #3) by H.M. Long
[Novella] You Better Not Pout (Home for the Holidays) by Mia Sosa
Ruin the Friendship by K. Sinko
The Last Wish of Bristol Keats (The Courting of Bristol Keats #2) by Mary E. Pearson
[Novella] I Hate Dragons by Brandon Sanderson
[Novella] Dreamer by Brandon Sanderson
Falling in a Sea of Stars (Green Rider #8) by Kristen Britain
A Bond so Fierce and Fragile (Compelling Fates Saga #3) by Sophia St. Germain
[Novella] I’m Gonna Get You Back by Elena Armas
[Novella] Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson
The Rebel and the Rose (The City of Fantome #2) by Catherine Doyle
[Novella] Mitosis (The Reckoners #1.5) by Brandon Sanderson
[Novella] Firstborn by Brandon Sanderson
Gilded in Vengeance by Lyssa Mia Smith
Meet Me at the Christmas Cottage by Christen Krumm
[Novella] The Holiday Club by Ashley Manley
[ARC] Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy #2) by James Islington
[ARC/ALC] In Your Dreams (When in Rome #4) by Sarah Adams
The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chane Cleeton
[ARC] To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before the Graphic Novel by Jenny Han
Love Arranged (Lakefront Billionaires #3) by Lauren Asher
The Sacred Space Between by Kalie Reid
Seven Deadly Thorns by Amber Hamilton
Pick Me by Victoria Schade
I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Jenny Bayliss
[ARC/ALC] Room to Breathe by Kasie West
Planes, Reins, and Automobiles (Catching Feelings #2) by Kate Watson
[ARC] House of Shadows (Royal Houses #2) by K.A. Linde
[ARC] Silver & Blood (Silver & Blood #1) by Jessie Mihalik
Anne of Avenue A (For the Love of Austen #3) by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding
Lessons in Falling by Christy Schillig
Some Kind of Famous by Ava Wilder
Mourner for Hire by Caitlin Moss
The Tempest Blade (The Bridge Kingdom #6) by Danielle L. Jensen
Love’s Racing Line by Hope Snyder
Everything’s Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh
Bound by Ali Hazelwood
Fallen Gods (Fallen Gods #1) by Rachel Van Dyken
The Governess and the Rogue (Somerset Stories #6) by Mimi Matthews

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Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: November 2025

December 1, 2025 GoodeyReadsLeave a comment

Celebrating another turn around the sun! I hit it hard with holiday romances and found a couple new gems! Future reviews will be out soon or check my socials to see more breakdowns.

Princess of Blood (The Shards of Magic #2) by Sarah Hawley
[ARC] We Fell Apart (We Were Liars) by E. Lockhart
[ARC] Coldwire (Coldwire #1) by Chloe Gong
Check the Halls (The Ottawa Otters #2) by K.M. Gillis
The Things Gods Break (The Crucible #2) by Abigail Owen
[ARC] The Wild Card (Sheet Cake #4) by Emma St. Clair
Soul Searching (Sweetwater Peak #1) by Lyla Sage
How He Got the Girl (Sweeter Than Fiction #2) by Amanda Schimmoeller
Mate (Bride #2) by Ali Hazelwood
Moth Dark by Kika Hatzopoulou
My Merry Mistake (Holidays with Hart #3) by Courtney Walsh
Thorn Season (Thorn Season #1) by Kiera Azar
A Wraith Beneath the Tides (Beyond the Tides #1) by Emilia Jae
Smoke and Scar (Shattered Crown #1) by Gretchen Powell Fox
The Princess Knight by Cait Jacobs
About Last Christmas by Rachel Scott McDaniel
Never Over by Clare Gilmore
[ALC] Arrow of Fortune (The Raiders of the Arcana #3) by Jacquelyn Benson
Highland Holiday by Kasey Stockton
[ARC/ALC] The Marriage Method by Mimi Matthews
That’s A Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers
Big Nick Energy by Kristen Bailey
Sleigh Bells and Snowstorms by Claire Kingsley
[ALC] Moms of Mayhem (Mayhem Hockey Club #1) by Aimee Vance
Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend (Catching Feelings #1) by Kate Watson
Brimstone (Fae & Alchemy #2) by Callie Hart
Silent Heist by Jenessa Fayeth
[ARC/ALC] Better in Black (Shadowhunter Chronicles) by Cassandra Clare
[ARC] The Bodyguard Affair by Amy Lea
[Novella] The Holidate Switch by Torie Jean
[ARC/ALC] Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana
[Novella] Mistletoe Fall Out by Larissa Hommes
A Little Holiday Fling by Farrah Heron
[Novella/ARC] How to Kiss on Christmas Morning by Jenny Proctor
[Novella] Merrily Ever After by Catherine Walsh
Eclipse of the Crown (Villains & Virtues #3) by A.K. Caggiano
Please Don’t Go (Midnight Strike #1) by E. Salvador
[Novella] Snow Place Like Home (Home Sweet Holidays) by Laura Pavlov
[Novella] Merry and Bright (Home Sweet Holidays) by Ali Rosen
[Novella] All Wrapped Up in You (Home Sweet Holidays) by Rosie Danan

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Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: October 2025

November 4, 2025 GoodeyReadsLeave a comment

I had to amp up the reading to combat the fact that I had EIGHT arcs coming out on November 4th. But all is good, all has been read. Reviews will be out over the next few months!

Town of Shadows (Slanted London #1) by Jessica Scarlet
The Weaver Bride (The Weaver Bride #1) by Lydia Gregovic
[ARC] Marriage is Shore Thing (Wilks Beach #2) by Laura Langa
Throne in the Dark (Villains & Virtues #1) by A.K. Caggiano
Unending (The Unseelie Duology #2) by Ivelisse Housman
Our Beautiful Mess by B.K. Clark
The Mummy Snatcher Curse (The Wand Keepers #2) by Tiffany McDaniel
Grave Flowers by Autumn Krause
[ARC/ALC] Secret Haven (Sparrow Falls #6) by Catherine Cowles
Ghost Business (Boneyard Key #2) by Jen DeLuca
A Steeping of Blood (A Tempest of Tea Duology #2) by Hafsah Faizal
The Sound of Summer (The House on Harrison Blvd #1) by Meagan Williamson
[ALC] Red City (The New Alchemists #1) by Marie Lu
[ARC]The Demon and the Light (The Floating World #2) by Axie Oh
House of Dragons (Royal Houses #1) by K.A. Linde
[ARC/ALC] An Ocean Apart by Jill Tew
Summoned to the Wilds (Villains & Virtues #1) by A.K. Caggiano
Kill the Beast by Serra Swift
The Arrow and the Alder by Barbara Kloss
The Last Tiger by Julia Riew & Brad Riew
[ALC] The Heir (Crownhaven #1) by Sophia Travers
[ALC] Never Ever After (Never Ever After #1) by Sue Lynn Tan
Sonnets and Serpents (Casters & Crowns #2) by Elizabeth Lowham
[ARC] Against a Crescent Storm (The Balkan Legends #3) by A.L. Sowards
For No Mortal Creature by Kenshe Chow
[ALC] The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
[ARC] The Prince of Mourning by Jenn Bennett
[ARC] The Maid of Sherwood Forest (A McQuivey’s Costume Shop Romance #2) by Sian Ann Bessey
Every Spiral of Fate (This Woven Kingdom #4) by Tahereh Mafi
[ALC] Fallen City (Fallen City Duology #1) by Adrienne Young
[ARC] Through Each Tomorrow (Timeless #6) by Gabrielle Meyer
A Land So Wide by Erin A. Craig
[Novella] A Very Merry Matchup by Becca Kinzer
[ARC/ALC] A Queen’s Match (A Queen’s Duet #2) by Katharine McGee
[ARC] Ship of Spells by H. Leighton Dickson
[Novella] Holly (Belladonna #3.5) by Adalyn Grace

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Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: September 2025

September 30, 2025 GoodeyReadsLeave a comment

THE BER MONTHS.

I always love seeing these line ups because all of the covers together feel like a quilt of my reads. And I’m continually surprised at what I get through and all of the different genres and niches I fall into.

HAPPY READING!