I had a fun time taking on the What’s in a Name? 2025 Challenge, so let’s run it back! The challenge is once again being hosted by Andrea at Carolina Book Nook and runs from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026. The rules are simple: Read a book in any format (hard copy, ebook, audio) with a title that fits into each category.

I found this fun end of year reading survey from Perpetual Page Turner and thought I’d fill it out. Here we go! Reading Stats Number of Books You Read 40 Number of Re-Reads 0 Genre You Read The Most From Science Fiction Best in Books Best Book You Read In 2025?

2025 was a year like any other. I’m terrible at writing these retrospectives, hence why it’s already February and I’m just now publishing it. Which is worse, posting a year in review in two a month after the year starts, or sending out the yearly wrapped/recap/some-other-fancy-name two months before the year even ends?

I enjoy a good book challenge but some of them are just too daunting (I’m looking at you, r/fantasy). Fortunately this year I found the What’s in a Name Challenge, where each book title must contain the prompt. The challenge is hosted by Andrea at Carolina Book Nook and runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.