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My year in books!

I read a total of 80 books this year, which surpassed my goal of 75. I also reached my page goal of 20.000 pages. These goals are just motivators, it isn't anything serious, but it can help me get out of a reading slump, or motivate me to pick up a book when I've spent a little too much time brain rotting. As you can see from my monthly recaps, I spent a lot less time reading over the summer than at the end of the year, which checks out. I also spent some time rereading old favorites, which I didn't count towards my yearly favorites.

Of the 80 books, the format was as follows:

- Print: 50, of which 44 from my shelves, the rest from the library.
- Audio: 23
- E-book: 7

Length averaged out at:
336 pages/11.3 hours

Goals for this year: I set my reading goals to pretty much the same as this year, at 80 books, and aiming for slightly more pages due to wanting to read some big books this year, so I set it at 22.000.

Due to limited shelf space, I'm removing books from my shelves when I've read them, and only then I'm allowed to buy new books to fill up those spaces, so I'm motivating myself to read my owned books with a reading prompt calendar from Booksandlala. The pink one is for my owned books, and I almost managed to fill it up with books from my shelves, but the asterisked* ones are titles from my TBR that I will have to buy (or get from the library). I always try to buy secondhand first, another way of staying mindful about my consumption of paper. The other prompt sheet is filled up with audio book titles from my TBR. I set myself a steps goal in 2025 and reached it, and I'm trying to stay on top of that this year as well, so that promises plenty of time for listening to audio books.

If you've read this far, let me know some of your favorites and most disliked books of 2025!

ETA: oh, and add me on The Storygraph if you want, @helloiammikki !

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Before Book One.

Between Harmony and Fire is now available.

A collection of mythic fragments from the world of Akidir.

Read the fragments: https://books2read.com/u/bzlOXZ

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Two ancient tales have been unveiled.
One world on the edge of Harmony.
When Anûr gives mortals a sacred script, memory itself becomes a miracle.
When Mappol challenges a Goddess, curiosity turns to blasphemy, and the reckoning follows.
Mythic fantasy told as recovered scripture: luminous, fast, unforgettable.

To get and read them: https://olivier-norion.sender.site/
Get a glance at: https://www.oliviernorion.eu/books/anurs-gift-the-folly-of-mappol/

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