✨Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag✨ {2025}

Question #1: How many books have you read so far? 

~ As of writing this, I am currently reading my 45th book of 2025! 

Question #2: Have you already found a book you think might be a 2025 favorite? 

~ Yes!! Several, actually. In January I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time, and it has become one of my all-time favorite books. It was an absolute masterpiece, and I foresee rereading it many times through the years! I also recently binged the entire 8-book series of The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion. Words fail me. I had such a glorious time reading the books. The laugh-out-loud wit, memorable characters, beautiful writing, and so many other aspects of those books have left me in awe. I may or may not have started rereading the first book days after finishing the last one. Other favorites of the year so far are The Blue Castle  and Kilmeny of the Orchard  both by L.M. Montgomery {for fiction}, Don’t Waste Your Life  by John Piper, Adorning the Dark by Andrew Peterson, and How Should We Then Live  by Francis A. Schaeffer {for nonfiction}. Overall, it’s been a pretty good reading year for me! 

Question #3: Any 1 star books/least favorite books of the year? 

~I actually have not had any 1 stars or DNFs yet! But two books I wasn’t a big fan of this year were Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, which I gave 2.5 stars, andThe Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie, which I didn’t rate. 

Question #4: Most read genre so far?

~I believe I have a tie! Out of the 44 books I’ve read, 11 were mystery, 11 were classics, and the rest a mix of historical fiction, theology, biographies, one each of science fiction and fantasy, and a few others. So…Mystery and Classics have been my top genres so far! 

Question #5: A book that surprised you? 

~ For literature class, my teacher read The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse  by Charlie Mackesy aloud to the class as an exercise. It’s technically supposed to be a children’s book, but oh my goodness! The depth and wisdom of it really stunned me! As an added bonus, the illustrations were gorgeous as well :)

Question #6: A book that come out in 2025 already that you want to read but haven’t?

~ Two books that came out this year that I’ve heard good things about are Hope's Enduring Echo by Kim Vogel Sawyer and The Curious Inheritance of Blakey House by Joanna Davidson Politano, and I would love to get to reading those soon! 

Question #7: One goal you made that you’re succeeding at? 

~ At the beginning of the year I set my Goodreads reading goal to 100 books and I’ve been on track with that so far.

Question #8: One goal you made that you need to focus on?

~ I really, really would like to read a lot of world classics this year. So far I’ve read a few such as Jane Austen and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but I need to get to more! Some classics that I really hope I can read by the end of the year are Jane Eyre, War and Peace, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Animal Farm. 

Question #9: New to you booktubers/book bloggers for 2025 you’d recommend?

~ A couple months ago, I discovered Lindsey from Books for Christian Girls, and I’ve been loving her reviews and videos so much!! I would highly recommend her media to Christian girls who care about the content of the books they read and anyone who needs a wide range of recommendations!

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Bookishly yours, 

Lottie M.