My 2025 Wrap Up

2025 was a tough year for a lot of reasons, and I don’t feel like I had a good reading year. It was just too hard to concentrate for big sections of the year. There were a few highlights though.

• Re-reading all of Jane Austen’s books in order was a balm. Emma used to be my favorite, but in 2025 Persuasion knocked Emma off her throne.

• I read Nancy Drew books and Stephen King books almost every month, and both gave me joy in their own weird ways.

• I read books set in every Canadian province but two, and that is a country with some dang good books.

• Of the 230 books I read 30 were re-reads. Sometimes when you can’t face anything new it’s great to have old favorites you can turn to. The world is very uncertain. There’s sometimes comfort in knowing the ending.

• I should read more poetry in 2026. 2025 was lacking.