Everything I read in the first half of 2025
and what's in my TBR stack for the second half
So here's the thing about my reading habits this year - they've been wonderfully all over the place. I've devoured psychological thrillers, ugly-cried over beautiful fiction, and somehow managed to squeeze in some genuinely brilliant memoirs and nonfiction too.
My taste is basically "whatever sounds good right now" mixed with "ooh, everyone's talking about this one." Sometimes that means a twisty Freida McFadden thriller, sometimes it's a Pulitzer winner that makes me think about life differently. And honestly? I love that my reading list doesn't fit into any neat category.
What I actually read in the first half of 2025:
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