My goal is to read 20-25 books in 2025!
I don't have any book clubs or challenges I'm partaking in this year. I want to crack down on my TBR shelf. This will probably be a series year - finishing and starting!
I'm thinking of possibly doing a craft like in crocheted snake above, but would want to translate it to embroidery in some way. I also like the idea of showing the length of the book as well. Maybe instead of genre, I'll have each series be a color - since most will likely be fantasy in some way. A peppermint swirl-type pattern might work for embroidery. The tricky thing is that embroidery is a finite space, unlike crochet.
Update 2/7/25 - I've decided on a star pattern! It initially will have 20 spokes - 1 for each book, but more can be added between the first ones. I will update you with pictures at the bottom of this blog post.
I'll edit this page throughout the year and link my reviews to the titles as I complete them.
SERIES TO FINISH:
Note: I'm taking a pause from the Valdemar Universe by Mercedes Lackey (American, 1950- ) in order to finish Tamora Pierce's Tortall Universe and to allow Lackey some time to publish more books in the most recent series in her universe.
TORTALL UNIVERSE by Tamora Pierce (American, 1954- ) - extensive series
orange
Protector of the Small Quartet:
-First Test (1999) - TBR
-Page (2000) - TBR
-Squire (2001) - TBR
-Lady Knight (2002) - TBR
(Bone's Day Out (2014) - Short Story in Protector of the Small Omnibus, library?)
Tricksters:
-Trickster's Choice (2003) - TBR
-Trickster's Queen (2004) - TBR
The Bekah Cooper Trilogy:
-Terrier (2006) - TBR
-Bloodhound (2009) - TBR
-Mastiff (2011) - TBR
Extra Stand-Alones:
-Tortall and Other Lands (2010) - Short Story collection - TBR
-A Spy's Guide to Tortall: From the Desk of George Cooper (2017) - library?
-Terrier (2006) - TBR
-Bloodhound (2009) - TBR
-Mastiff (2011) - TBR
Extra Stand-Alones:
-Tortall and Other Lands (2010) - Short Story collection - TBR
-A Spy's Guide to Tortall: From the Desk of George Cooper (2017) - library?
Note: I don't plan to read the Numair Chronicles since it only has 1 book that hasn't been added to since 2018 and I'm personally not a fan of Numair as a character.
FABLES COMICS by Bill Willingham (American, 1956- ) - extensive series
light blue
-105 comics (2012-2015, 2017, 2021, 2024) - TBR
-Fairest in All the Land (2013) - graphic novel, TBR
-Fables #150: Farewell (2015) - graphic novel, TBR
ROBERT LANGDON by Dan Brown (American, 1964- ) - 5 books
gold
-The Lost Symbol (2009) - TBR
-Inferno (2013) - TBR
-Origin (2017) - TBR
AMERICAN GODS by Neil Gaiman (English, 1960- ) - 2 books, 2 novellas
coral/red
-The Monarch of the Glen (2006) - novella, library?
-Black Dog (2016) - novella, library?
-Anansi Boys (2005) - TBR
SERIES TO TEST / START:
KATE DANIELS by Ilona Andrews - 10+ books
*Pseudonym for husand and wife team of Ilona Gordon (Russian, 1976- ) and
Andrew Gordon (American, 1970- )
purple
-Magic Bites (2007) - TBR
-Magic Burns (2008) - TBR
A COURT OF THORNES AND ROSES by Sara Maas (American, 1986- ) - 5 books
yellow
-A Court of Thornes and Roses (2015) - TBR
-A Court of Mist and Fury (2016) - TBR
GRACELING REALM by Kristin Cashore (American, 1976- ) - 5 books
*I only own the first 3 books and those will be rereads.
pink
-Graceling (2008) - TBR
-Fire (2009) - TBR
ONE-OFF BOOKS:
dark blue
-The Christmas Box (1993) by Richard Paul Evans (American, 1962- ) - TBR
-Twelve Classic Stories of Christmas (2020) by multiple authors - TBR
-The Carpet People (1971) by Terry Pratchett (English, 1948-2015) - TBR
-A Treasury of Dragon Stories (1997) by multiple authors - TBR
-The Poppy War (2018) by RF Kuang (Chinese-American, 1996- ) - TBR
*Technically series but I only own the 1st book out of 4
CONCLUSION
I'm not going to get to all of them, but I like to have options - limited options because otherwise there's decision paralysis. Let me know if you have read any of them before and what you think of them! If you have any books you plan to read this year, let me know that too!
Now I'm off to go read.
BOOK TRACKER EMBROIDERY
I will use a star pattern to track my books, similar to a temperature blanket. Each spoke of the star represents a single book and each author/series will be assigned a color. From the center of the star moving outward, the length of each spoke will be measured in mm, and 1mm equals 10 pages. So, it will be a colorful star with different-length spokes.
Tortall Series by Tamora Pierce - orange
Fables Comics by Bill Willingham - light blue
Robert Landon Series by Dan Brown - gold
American Gods Series by Neil Gaiman - coral/red
Kate Daniels Series by Ilona Andrews - purple
Court Series by Sara Maas - yellow
Graceling Series by Kristin Cashore - pink
One-Off Books - dark blue
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