I don't exactly have the brain power to write much right now, but here are all the stats and such related to my reading habits in 2025.
Total Books Read in 2024
107 (+2 incomplete)
Books Per Month
January - 10 (3 audio)
February - 7 (1 audio)
March - 8 (3 audio)
April - 8 (3 audio)
May - 11 (2 audio)
June - 15 (8 audio)
July - 11 (4 audio)
August - 4 (2 audio)
September - 8 (4 audio)
October - 8 (5 audio)
November - 7 (3 audio)
December - 6 (2 audio)
All year long - 6
Total - 109
Most Books in One Month
May, 11 books.
Least Books in One Month
August, 4 books.
Pages Per Month
January - 1,573
February - 1,389
March - 1,441
April - 901
May - 1,164
June - 1,032
July - 1,165
August - 776
September - 919
October - 684
November - 869
December - 699
Monthly Reads Over the Whole Year - 1,584
Total - 14,196
Hours of Audio Per Month
January - 23h 12m
February - 11h 19m
March - 16h 44m
April - 28h 9m
May - 3h 2m
June - 51h 3m
July - 35h 19m
August - 8h 49m
September - 23h 56m
October - 16h
November - 25h 57m
December - 19h 31m
Total -
*Most books listened to at 2x speed. Some 1.75.
Most Pages in One Month
January - 1,573
Least Pages in One Month
October - 684
Shortest Book
Life: The Wild Wonders of Biodiversity by Jennifer N. R. Smith - 40 pages
Longest Book
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman - 736 pages
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman - 736 pages
Average Book Length
209 pages
Most Read by Others
A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking
Least Read by Others
Sarah Sparrow and the Scullery Maid by Jani Tully Chaplin
Star Ratings
⭐️ - 2
⭐️⭐️ - 3
⭐️⭐️⭐️- 9
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- 42
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- 42
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- 51
My Average Rating
4.2 stars
Monthly Themes
January - Nature Non-Fiction
February - (Mostly) One Word Titles
March - Blue Covers
April - Extinction
May - Shorter Books
June - 'Wild'
July - Queer/LGBT (and Beatrix Potter's Birthday).
August - Methods of Transport on the Cover
September - Trees or Foliage on the Cover
October - 'Weird'
November - Haunting/Strange
December - Cats
Favourite Book of Each Month
January - Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
February - The Midnighters by Hana Tooke
March - The Lion Above the Door by Onjali Q Rauf
April - Lost Animals by Errol Fuller
May - Spider Sparrow by Dick King-Smith
June - Twitch by M.G. Leonard
July - The Midnight Hour by Benjamin Read
August - Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant
September - Neurodivergent, By Nature: Why Biodiversity Needs Neurodiversity by Joe Harkness
October - Superstition: Black Cats and White Rabbits – The History of Common Folk Beliefs by Sally Coulthard
November - Moondial by Helen Cresswell
December - Beak, Tooth and Claw: Living with Predators in Britain by Mary Colwell
January - Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
February - The Midnighters by Hana Tooke
March - The Lion Above the Door by Onjali Q Rauf
April - Lost Animals by Errol Fuller
May - Spider Sparrow by Dick King-Smith
June - Twitch by M.G. Leonard
July - The Midnight Hour by Benjamin Read
August - Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant
September - Neurodivergent, By Nature: Why Biodiversity Needs Neurodiversity by Joe Harkness
October - Superstition: Black Cats and White Rabbits – The History of Common Folk Beliefs by Sally Coulthard
November - Moondial by Helen Cresswell
December - Beak, Tooth and Claw: Living with Predators in Britain by Mary Colwell
Special Mentions
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation by Hugh Warwick
Natural History Museum A Little Gay Natural History by Josh L. Davis
The Garden of Lost Secrets by A.M. Howell
Most Read Authors
Michael Buckley x 4
M.G. Leonard x 4
Sally Coulthard x 3
Natasha Farrant x 3
Angela Harding x 3
A.M. Howell x 3
Format
Hardcopy - 66
Kindle - 1
Audiobook - 40
Buzzword Book Cover Challenge Books
January - (Pattern) The Little Book of Snow by Sally Coulthard
February - (Skyline) The Midnighters by Hana Tooke
March - (Books) Twice Upon A Time by Michelle Harrison
April - (Animals) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Extinct Animals by Sami Bayly
May - (Eyes) Hotel for Cats by Marie Pavlenko
June - (Celestial) The Wild Handbook by Emily Thomas
July - (Technology) The Nightsilver Promise by Annaliese Avery
August - (Transportation) The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
September - (Foliage) Neurodivergent, By Nature by Joe Harkness
October - (Weapons) Wolf Road by Alice Roberts
November - (Food & Drink) The Garden of Lost Secrets by A.M. Howell
December - (Monochromatic) Total Cat Mojo by Jackson Galaxy
Previous Year's Goal vs Actual Amount Read.
2025 goal originally 80, upped to 100 - actual 107.
2024 goal 52 - actual 80.
2023 goal originally 30, upped to 52 - actual 54.
2022 goal 35 - actual 55.
2021 goal 52 - actual 54.
2020 goal 36 - actual 62.
2019 goal 19 - actual 27.
2018 goal 26 - actual 31.
2017 goal 10 - actual 43.
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