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First published January 1, 2025
key:
🤍 — monthly favorite.
🖇️ — buddy read.
📓 — re-read.
📝 — reviewed.
🗑️ — did not finish.
🎧 — audiobook.
✉️ — 5 star read.
𖥻 🫐 𓂃𓈒𓏸 marti’s 2025 in literature ୧
ᝰ.ᐟ .. mid year book tag <3
→ top 5 for each category
⊹ fav books so far: fourth wing ⋆ heart on fire ⋆ the right move ⋆ fearless ⋆ caught up
⊹ fav book couples: xaddyviolet ⋆ neilselene ⋆ ryanindy ⋆ jamesmaddie ⋆ kaipayden
⊹ fav authors: lauren asher ⋆ claire dee ⋆ rebecca yarros ⋆ lisina coney ⋆ liz tomforde
⊹ number dnfs : 3
⊹ numbers of books read so far: 31
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⌞manas' 2025 reading goal : 185 books⌝
⌞ my most anticipated releases⌝
⌞ series i am in the middle of⌝
⌞tbr books i want to read this year⌝
1) read more of my physical tbr.
2) read a classic a month.
3) try to read more nonfiction.
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Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes — 4 stars ⭐️
All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes — 4.5 stars ⭐️
Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes — 4.5 stars ⭐️
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A Guy Like Him by Amanda Gambill — 5 stars ⭐️
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On Midnight Shores by Julie Olivia — 3 stars ⭐️
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Until We Kiss by Loren Leigh — no rating.
The Stranger by Albert Camus — 3 stars ⭐️
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Cherry Ice by Addison Beck — no rating.
The Answer Is No by Fredrik Backman — no rating.
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White Hot by Ilona Andrews — 4.5 stars
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews — 4.5 stars ⭐️
Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews — 3.5 stars ⭐️
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Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews — 4 stars ⭐️
Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews — 3.5 stars ⭐️
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Spotlight by Rebecca Jenshak — 3.5 stars ⭐️
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman — 4 stars ⭐️
My Dearest Enemy by Connie Brockway — 4 stars ⭐️
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe — 2.5 stars ⭐️
Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde — 4.5 stars ⭐️
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt by Edgar Allan Poe — no rating.
Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood — 5 stars ⭐️
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab — 5 stars ⭐️
If Not, Winter by Sappho — 4 stars ⭐️
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito — 3 stars ⭐️
Fan Service by Rosie Danan — 4 stars ⭐️
Deeper by Robin York — 4 stars ⭐️
Harder by Robin York — 2 stars ⭐️
Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux — 4 stars ⭐️
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Boy Parts by Eliza Clark — 4 stars ⭐️
A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek — 5 stars ⭐️
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Lady’s Knight by Amie Kaufman — 5 stars ⭐️
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Madonna in a Fur by Sabahattin Ali — 3 stars ⭐️
Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen — 4 stars ⭐️
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The Death of the Moth by Virginia Woolf — no rating.
The Decay of Lying by Oscar Wilde — no rating.
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Shifter Wars by Kelly St. Clare — 3 stars ⭐️
Moon Claimed by Kelly St. Clare — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Wolf Roulette by Kelly St. Clare — 3 stars ⭐️
The Bone Drenched Woods by L.V. Russell — 4 stars ⭐️
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Circe by Madeline Miller — 5 stars ⭐️
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The City in Glass by Nghi Vo — 4 stars ⭐️
I Hope This Finds You by Ann Liang — 4 stars ⭐️
A Touch of Fate by Cora Reilly — 3 stars ⭐️
Spectacular by Stephanie Garber — no rating.
Any Trope But You by Victoria Lavine — 4 stars ⭐️
Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez— 4 stars ⭐️
I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang — 4 stars ⭐️
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke — 4 stars ⭐️
Ricochet by Candice M. Wright — 4 stars ⭐️
Don't Say You're Sorry by Bethany Winters — 4 stars ⭐️
The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood — 5 stars ⭐️
Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle — 5 stars ⭐️
Ex Games by Stella Rhys — 4 stars ⭐️
Now Or Never by Stella Rhys — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Reckless by Stella Rhys — 3 stars ⭐️
Cursed Crowns by Catherine Doyle — 4.5 stars ⭐️
Burning Crowns by Catherine Doyle — 4.5 stars ⭐️
Call Me Anytime by Max Monroe — 3.5 stars ⭐️
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells — 3 stars ⭐️
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston — 3 stars ⭐️
Hothead by Stella Rhys — 3 stars ⭐️
Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio — no rating.
Not Safe for Work Nisha J. Tuli — no rating.
A History of Britain in 21 Women by Jenni Murray — 4.5 stars ⭐️
Risk by Samantha Towle — 3 stars ⭐️
The Star-Child by Oscar Wilde — 3 stars ⭐️
The Edge of Summer by Bobbi Maclaren — 3 stars ⭐️
The Man In A Case by Anton Chekhov — no rating.
Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov — no rating.
About Love by Anton Chekhov — 3 stars ⭐️
The Diary of Anne Rodway by Wilkie Collins — 4 stars ⭐️
Precious Hazard by Neva Altaj — 3 stars ⭐️
I Wish I Would’ve Warned You by Whitney G — 3 stars ⭐️
Overruled by Lana Ferguson — 4 stars ⭐️
Susan Hopley by Catherine Crowe — 4 stars ⭐️
Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti — 4 stars ⭐️
If All Else Sails by Emma St. Clair — 5 stars ⭐️
Revolve by Bal Khabra — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Boys Don't Cry by Fíona Scarlett — 5 stars ⭐️
Gloves Off by Stephanie Archer — 4.5 stars ⭐️
The Wingman by Stephanie Archer — 4 stars ⭐️
A Wreck, You Make Me by Saffron A. Kent — 4 stars ⭐️
Puck Me Secretly by Odette Stone — 5 stars ⭐️
Dirty Deeds by Stella Rhys — 3 stars ⭐️
Tangle by Adriana Locke — no rating.
Huge Deal by Lauren Layne — 4 stars ⭐️
Misadventures of a City Girl by Meredith Wild — no rating.
The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen — 4 stars ⭐️
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft — 5 stars ⭐️
Ache for You by J.T. Geissinger — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom by Sylvia Plath — 5 stars ⭐️
Immortal Consequences by I.V. Marie — 4 stars ⭐️
Savage Blooms by S.T. Gibson — 4 stars ⭐️
The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni — 5 stars ⭐️
As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott — 5 stars ⭐️
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The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas — 4.5 stars ⭐️
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Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake — 4 stars ⭐️
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue — 5 stars ⭐️
Room for Two by Lana Ferguson — 2.5 stars ⭐️
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh — 3.5 stars ⭐️
The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Lindz McLeod — no rating.
Lie With Me by Philippe Besson — 4 stars ⭐️
We Fell Apart by E. Lockhart — 3.5 stars ⭐️
The Second Death of Locke by V.L. Bovalino — 5 stars ⭐️
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Spicy Little Curses by J.T. Geissinger — 3 stars ⭐️
My Boyfriends Are All Monsters by Kimberly Lemming — no rating.
Space Vampire by Ruby Dixon — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Beautiful Nightmare by Katee Robert — no rating.
Falling by Christina Lauren — no rating.
Bad Date by Ellery Lloyd — 3 stars ⭐️
Hot for Hostage by Maggie Evans — 4 stars ⭐️
In My Hockey Era by Kendall Ryan — 3 stars ⭐️
Eloise and the Grump Next Door by Emma St. Clair — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Izzy and Her Off-Limits Love by Jenny Proctor— 3 stars ⭐️
Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes — 3 stars ⭐️
My Mom’s Man by K. Webster — no rating.
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse — 4 stars ⭐️
Burn for You by J.T. Geissinger — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Leave Before I Love You by Max Monroe — 3 stars ⭐️
Wrapped Up in You by Nikki Ash — no rating.
Holly by Adalyn Grace — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Mate by Ali Hazelwood — 4 stars ⭐️
Dream Story by Arthur Schnitzler — 3 stars ⭐️
Reginald’s Christmas Revel by Saki — 3 stars ⭐️
Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett — 4.5 stars ⭐️
The Bodyguard Affair by Amy Lea — 4 stars ⭐️
The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson — 5 stars ⭐️
The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O'Clover — 3.5 stars ⭐️
First by Ali Hazelwood — 4 stars ⭐️
The Malady of Death by Marguerite Duras — 3 stars ⭐️
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower — 3.5 stars ⭐️
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower — 4 stars ⭐️
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 by Beth Brower — 4 stars ⭐️
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4 by Beth Brower — 4.5 stars ⭐️
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 by Beth Brower — 4.5 stars ⭐️
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 by Beth Brower — ∞ ⭐️
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 7 by Beth Brower — 5 stars ⭐️
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 8 by Beth Brower — 5 stars ⭐️
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Jill by Amy Dillwyn — 3.5 stars ⭐️
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Bloodstained by Jenika Snow — no rating.
Perfume Patrick Süskind — 3 stars ⭐️
Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher — 4 stars ⭐️
A Dark Forgetting by Kristen Ciccarelli — 4 stars ⭐️
Branded by Saffron Kent — 2 stars ⭐️
Love in Plane Sight by Lauren Connolly — 4.5 stars ⭐️
She’s Always Hungry by Eliza Clark — 3 stars ⭐️
Bound by Ali Hazelwood — 3 stars ⭐️
In Your Dreams by Sarah Adams — 4.5 stars ⭐️
Good Spirits by B.K. Borison — 4 stars ⭐️
The Movie Star and Me by Kirsty Greenwood — 4 stars ⭐️
The Defender by Ana Huang — 3 stars ⭐️
Hate Me Like You Mean It by Kyra Parsi — 5 stars ⭐️
Secret Nights and Northern Lights by Megan Oliver — 3.5 stars ⭐️
An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister — 4 stars ⭐️
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens — 4 stars ⭐️
Sense and Suitability by Pepper Basham — 4 stars ⭐️
You Better Not Pout Pout by Mia Sosa — no rating.
Snow Place Like Home by Laura Pavlov — no rating.
All Wrapped Up in You by Rosie Danan — 3 stars ⭐️
It Happened on Christmas Eve by Kirsty Greenwood — 3 stars ⭐️
Anne of Avenue A by Audrey Bellezza| — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Hating the Best Man by Jenny Fyfe — 3 stars ⭐️
Loving the Worst Man by Jenny Fyfe — 3 stars ⭐️
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson — 4 stars ⭐️
King of Beasts by Catherine Doyle — 4 stars ⭐️
One Night, Two Holidays by Ali Brady — no rating.
Mary and the Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft — no rating.
The Mother’s Recompense by Edith Wharton (audiobook) — 3 stars ⭐️
Love Will Save the Day by Kirsty Greenwood (ebook) — 3 stars ⭐️
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (audiobook) — 5 stars ⭐️
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (audiobook) — 4 stars ⭐️
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie (audiobook) — 4.5 stars ⭐️
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie (audiobook) — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie (audiobook) — 4 stars ⭐️
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie (audiobook) — no rating.
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie(audiobook) — 3 stars ⭐️
The Christmas I Stole a Viscount by Alexandra Vasti (ebook) — 5 stars ⭐️
On Thin Ice by Olivia Belle (ebook) — 1 star ⭐️
The Mating Game by Lana Ferguson (ebook) — 3 stars ⭐️
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (audiobook) — 4 stars ⭐️
Proposition of the Season by Michelle Kenney (ebook) — 2 stars ⭐️
A Love Most Fatal by Kath Richards (ebook) — 4 stars ⭐️
A Love Most Brutal by Kath Richards (ebook) — 4 stars ⭐️
Playing for Keeps by Alexandria Bellefleur (ebook) — 3 stars ⭐️
Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie (audiobook) — 3 stars ⭐️
The Q (ebook) — 4.5 stars ⭐️
I'm Gonna Get You Back (ebook) — no rating.
Death on the Nile (audiobook) — 3 stars ⭐️
The Mysteries of Udolpho (paperback) — currently reading.
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