2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion
2025 Personal Challenge: 51-75
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manni attempts to read 52 books in 2025
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────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #10 of 2025!
omg what an insane book?? i can't see the world the same way anymore
5 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────Author Marathon
Abby Jimenez
Part of Your World
Progress: 0/3
The Friend Zone
Progress: 0/3
TBP 4/25
Also realizing that a novella day could be SO fun. just read like a bunch of novellas in a day for funsies
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #11 of 2025!
that twist? crazy. but also where on earth did everything come from?!
3 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #12 of 2025!
SO DAMN CUTE AAA, but is it weird that i wish there was more?
4.5 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #13 of 2025!
we dont talk about this book (fanfic esque, but actually so good hello)
3 STARS
MANNI's BACKfebruary was an excellent reading month but i am far too lazy to update anything right now-
instead, i shall make more lists
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i feel like one of those animals that keep making holes in the group or building random nests as my default activity at this point
BOTM MARCH 2025
(5th book is a memoir)
my biggest question rn is how books that are the debut works of the author end up being selected by botm? like absolutely no shade at all, i just would really like to know how people discover these authors and their books, and what selection criteria botm has that picks up on these books before theyre published considering the hype is hypothetical. i have seen some of these on booksta tho, so will read a few!
oml guys i have read 30 books this is CRAZYYYY, i have not updated on here in a hot second tho oopsie
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #14 of 2025!
this was cute! not what i was expecting at all, but the cutesy moments were cute and the devestating moments were highkey devestating.
(catching up on these oop)
4 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #15 of 2025!
my second lisa jewell, and honestly pretty solid! idk if i'll read the second book, but this was disturbing in some interesting ways
4 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #16 of 2025!
my last riley sager book until the new one!! not my favorite tho and honestly im not sure why - something about this just wasn't as shocking or wacky as his other ones, but it might just be me reading too much mytery in a row.
3 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #17 of 2025!
this might actually be one of my favorite books of the year bc oh MY GOD I CAN ONLY SOB AND I LOVE LEMONS GAHH
5 GLOWING STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #18 of 2025!
ohoho this was good!! i haven't read a vampire fantasy before (i think), and honestly while i still feel like the characters have limited personality, i really did like this one
4 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #19 of 2025!
my first emily henry! i will not lie, this was slightly underwhelming and not the emotional journey i was expecting it to be BUT, i know this is just her first big one so i am still excited to read the others!
4 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #20 of 2025!
mm i read this for a readathon and its probably my first book of this style - def interesting! gave me existential crisis several times, but also took actually forever to get through
3 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #21 of 2025!
THIS BOOK HAS MY HEARTTT, im dead this was so funny and iconic and i see myself more in this introverted murderbot than anyone else, hehe
4 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #22 of 2025!
ok tbh, i think i just didn't get it. I read it, learned that people suck (tho fr i did alr know this), and then it ended just so ubruptly im not sure what i was to get out of this. well written and creepy tho.
3 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #23 of 2025!
a fun little short arc! it was cute, it was easy, nothing too crazy
4 STARS (arc rating)
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #24 of 2025!
ok not the way i liked this one SO much more than the first book i- i love lilith so much (and honestly even vale) and i related to them sm and they're just so real and have sm personality, I WANT TO SEE MORE OF THEMMM
4.5 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #25 of 2025!
i was so confused at the beginning of this but oml that one line (iykyk) absolutely changed me AHHHH, i don't reread books, but this one i had to immediately after damnnn
5 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #26 of 2025!
ohoh this was def something new for me - it was cute, love the communication, but also there was at times less emotional connection and more physical and idkk, i loved love hypothesis a lot more. but ill still read more from here, i think this was just a one off for me
3 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #27 of 2025!
ohoh excellent conclusion to this duo!! i liked this!! super excited for the next duo!
4 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #28 of 2025!
ooo ok i went into this expecting something compeltely different than what i got and i just feel super eh about this. i fr don't think i liked anyone in this book oop
3 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #29 of 2025!
mm this one was also pretty interesting, the reveals did get me, but also there's a bunch of things that I feel like were there just to be there, and it just dragged highkey. but i will read more by alice dont worry
3 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #30 of 2025!
SO CUTE OMG, i love jimenez's writing style sm and this is officially my first book by her and def not my last - i read this on a single train ride and i love it
5 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #31 of 2025!
recommended by a bestie, and this was so lovely! so pure but so real, its been so long since ive read a fantasy without spice or romance, but straight up i loved this sm. i related to so much of it, and alyrra is just such a respectable character
5 STARS
────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────BOOK #32 of 2025!
girl the way i was dying at this book i swear the things anna says are crazy - incredibly predictable but very fun fs
4 STARS
Hi manni! Hope you are doing well. Looks like you're making amazing progress on your reading goals! I love that you're doing author marathons. Have you discovered any favorite authors? I hope you are enjoying lots of terrific books! Happy reading!
manni, hope you are enjoying your 2025 reads!
2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge
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BOOK #9 of 2025!
ohoh fast paced and fun! mildly predictable and millie made me tear my hair out.
4 STARS