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message 1: by Brave (last edited Nov 14, 2025 03:22PM) (new)

Brave (bravereads) | 15 comments My 8th year climbing Mount TBR, and my 4th year on Everest! Looking forward to it!

2025 Reading Goals:
1. Finish series: 6/30
2. Read the 25 in 2025 (listed below): 7/25
3. Unhaul 1 pre-2025 book for each new book acquired.
4. Goodreads reading goal: 87/50
5. Mount TBR goal: 91/100


message 3: by Brave (last edited Nov 14, 2025 03:20PM) (new)

Brave (bravereads) | 15 comments Other Books Acquired/Released in 2025 & Read:
(relevant for tracking unhaul goals)
Sleeping With The Slug A Short Fantastical Erotic Tale by Em Berry Flirting with the Frenemy (Copper Valley Bro Code, #1) by Pippa Grant My Boyfriend Is a Bear by Pamela Ribon Death Row (Alibis Collection, #1) by Freida McFadden Call of the Fathoms (Deep Waters, #4) by Emma Hamm Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood


Total: 6/87 Total Books Read


message 5: by Brave (last edited Feb 01, 2025 06:30AM) (new)

Brave (bravereads) | 15 comments January Reads:
The Season of Secrets (Secrets, #1) by Q.B. Tyler Barbarian's Touch (Ice Planet Barbarians, #7) by Ruby Dixon Calm (Ice Planet Barbarians, #7.5) by Ruby Dixon Lured (Team Zero) by Rina Kent The Initiation (Filthy Rich Americans, #1) by Nikki Sloane Crowed (Team Zero, #2) by Rina Kent The Obsession (Filthy Rich Americans, #2) by Nikki Sloane The Deception (Filthy Rich Americans, #3) by Nikki Sloane Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson Chasing Goldie (The Lost Girls, #2) by Holly Roberds Athena Goddess of Wisdom and War by Imogen Greenberg Catch the Sun by Jennifer Hartmann Ghosted (Team Zero, #3) by Rina Kent Trial of the Sun Queen (Artefacts of Ouranos, #1) by Nisha J. Tuli Shadowed (Team Zero #4) by Rina Kent Sleeping With The Slug A Short Fantastical Erotic Tale by Em Berry The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1) by Amanda Lovelace Rule of the Aurora King (Artefacts of Ouranos, #2) by Nisha J. Tuli Viper (Naga Brides #1) by Naomi Lucas Jock Blocked (Copper Valley Fireballs, #1) by Pippa Grant Misted (Team Zero, #5) by Rina Kent Her Alien Prince (Voxeran Fated Mates #1) by Presley Hall

Total: 23 books read, 26 books moved off of Mount TBR!


message 6: by Brave (last edited Mar 03, 2025 09:17PM) (new)

Brave (bravereads) | 15 comments Filled my first box of books to donate of 2025! I'll count them soon and come back to keep track of that number here. Trying to be super ruthless with my shelves this year! (Number will include both read and unread books.)

January donated books: 131
February donated books: 18
March donated books: 33


message 7: by Brave (last edited Feb 28, 2025 05:31AM) (new)

Brave (bravereads) | 15 comments February Reads:
Ensnared by the Werewolf (Monstrous Matches, #2.5) by Lillian Lark Her Vigilante by Lillian Lark Business Casual (Lovelight, #4) by B.K. Borison I Accidentally Summoned a Demon Boyfriend (Accidents Happen) by Jessica Cage The Worst Kept Secret (Secrets, #2) by Q.B. Tyler Brutal Prince (Brutal Birthright, #1) by Sophie Lark Beyond the Veil (Zodiac Academy, #8.5) by Caroline Peckham Found by the Lake Monster (Monstrous Matches, #1.5) by Lillian Lark The Goode Life A Beastly & Bookish Epilogue by Catrina Bell Holly's Unjolly Christmas (A Winter Bliss Romance) by Lark Green Phantom (Tattered Curtain, #1) by Greer Rivers

With finishing Business Casual, I have completed 1 of the ~30 series I was already in the middle of when I started this year. 😅 Truly feels like I'm just chipping away at series this month, which isn't a bad thing!


message 8: by Pamela (last edited Feb 05, 2025 03:04PM) (new)

Pamela | 90 comments Brave wrote: "Donated books count: 131"

That's quite the haul of books to give away all at once! I'm sure it opened up your shelves a little.


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Brave (bravereads) | 15 comments Pamela wrote: "Brave wrote: "Donated books count: 131"

That's quite the haul of books to give away all at once! I'm sure it opened up your shelves a little."


It definitely did! About twice a year, I go through and make sure I really love and want to keep my read books, and then I re-assess any TBR books too! I just always want to keep the TBR shelves exciting and my read bookshelves a joy to look at.


message 10: by Brave (last edited Apr 05, 2025 08:33PM) (new)


message 11: by Brave (new)

Brave (bravereads) | 15 comments Hit 50 books! I don't know how I should feel/handle being halfway up Everest already...is this my first year to bump up to Olympus?!


message 12: by CinCO (new)

CinCO | 48 comments Brave wrote: "Hit 50 books! I don't know how I should feel/handle being halfway up Everest already...is this my first year to bump up to Olympus?!"

Seems like you could do it!


message 13: by Brave (last edited May 06, 2025 07:48PM) (new)


message 14: by Brave (last edited May 24, 2025 02:13PM) (new)

Brave (bravereads) | 15 comments May Reads:

The Demon's Bargain (Peculiar Tastes #2; A Deal With a Demon #5)) by Katee Robert Lights Out by Navessa Allen No Control The Extended Special Edition (Unhinged Hitmen) by Annie Wild Tale of the Heart Queen (Artefacts of Ouranos, #4) by Nisha J. Tuli Barbarian's Choice (Ice Planet Barbarians, #11) by Ruby Dixon Barbarian's Redemption (Ice Planet Barbarians, #12) by Ruby Dixon A Love Most Fatal (Morelli Family #1) by Kath Richards Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3) by Nalini Singh Blue Coral (Naga Brides #3) by Naomi Lucas My Minotaur Husband (Stories from New Eden #1) by Lyonne Riley The Unrequited by Saffron A. Kent

Currently: The Mountain's Mate (Salt Planet Giants #1) by Sara Ivy Hill


message 15: by Brave (new)

Brave (bravereads) | 15 comments I went back to school and got a new job. Finally finding my new rhythm and making some time to read again! Catching up on what I've read since my last update in May:

The Mountain's Mate (Salt Planet Giants #1) by Sara Ivy Hill The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, #1) by Laura Thalassa Barbarian's Lady (Ice Planet Barbarians, #13) by Ruby Dixon Her Orc King (Bellhaven Clan, #1) by Zoe Ashwood Her Orc Mate (Black Bear Clan, #0.5) by Zoe Ashwood Prison Planet Barbarian (Risdaverse, #0.25) by Ruby Dixon Fairydale by Veronica Lancet

Also read 2 books that I didn't own prior to this year/have preordered, so I unhauled these books unread:
That Sik Luv by Jescie Hall Minx by Sophie Lark


message 16: by Brave (new)

Brave (bravereads) | 15 comments Final place for me to update books til the end of the year:

Halloween Haunt (Dirty 1st Dates) by Harley Laroux Touched by an Alien (Katherine "Kitty" Katt, #1) by Gini Koch The Orc's Sweetheart (Creatures & Cottages, #1) by Elle Sterling Hold (Hold, #1) by Claire Kent Death Adder (Naga Brides, #4) by Naomi Lucas The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught The Ballast's Bride (Salt Planet Giants, #2) by Sara Ivy Hill

Total read: 7

Then I read 1 book from this year: Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood and unhauled this unread book from my TBR in its place: Grimstone (Grimstone, #1) by Sophie Lark

Total off Mount TBR: 8!


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