While I am working on figuring out my goals for 2025, let me switch it up again with another post because I am not good at keeping to the prompts at the moment. I want to discuss the books I want to prioritize this year.
Catching Fire, Mockingjay, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Here is the embarrassing part of this blog, I never finished reading the Hunger Games back when it came out. This year a new Hunger Games book will be released, I don't think I have to tell anybody that since it was on most anticipated releases top 10's last year. I thought this would be a good year to finally pick up the series again and finally finish it once and for all.
Gleanings by Neal Shusterman by reading Gleanings I will have officially finished the Arc of Scythe series. My boyfriend has already read it of course, and a copy has been staring at me from the shelf for a long time. I am curious about these side stories, and I am looking forward to diving into that world again.
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas Speaking of finishing series, I need to continue with Throne of Glass as well, I read Heir of Fire and Queen of Shadows last year. If I can also get to Tower of Dawn this year, that would make this a phenomenal reading year. And then I will only have Kingdom of Ashes and the short stories to tackle in 2026.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones This falls in the category "books-boyfriend-gave-me". Maybe I should make that a reading challenge as well. Although that might just be too enthusiastic with the amount of other things in my life that need my attention. Let's just try to read one book he gave me, and call it a day. I own the beautiful Folio Society editions of this series, they are beautifully illustrated.
Pet Sematary by Stephen King While I have seen many of Stephen King's movies, I have yet to finish my first Stephen King book. I will be tackling Pet Sematary as the first, I have heard it is a good starting point. Let me know if you would have picked another one for me, I would be curious to know.
Authority and Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer I read Annihilation in 2023, you see the struggle, don't you? It has been a trend I want to break out of this nasty habit, it also shows up in other parts of my life, now that I am thinking about it. These are going on the list, then have another excuse to buy the new one as well. The release date of Absolution passed me by, I think I only became aware because Jade - Jadey rereads was talking about it in one of her videos. I love these new creepy weird covers so maybe I will trade in the paperbacks I have now for a matching new set, after I finish them of course.
Jade City by Fonda Lee I have started this before but was not in the right mind to read this back then. I am feeling much better and I want to retry as I was enjoying the book. It did suck me in from the beginning, it was just wrong time to start it. I own the beautiful Illumicrate editions of the series. It would also make Martijn very happy, then we can finally discuss the books. He reads a lot faster than me, so he finishes books in no time. I sometimes wish I could read a little faster.
What are your priority reads of 2025?
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