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2025
Year in Books
47,630
pages read
Katy
154
books read
Katy
Idia of the Benin Kingdom by Ekiuwa Aire
Shortest Book
40
pages
Some Day Somebody by Lori Leger
Longest Book
582
pages
Average book length in 2025
309
pages
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Most Shelved
6,480,059
people also shelved
Raising Yourself in Appalachia by Kathy Paxton
Least Shelved
2
people also shelved
Katy’s average rating for 2025
4.0
4.0
Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains by Rosalie Haizlett
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.87 average
Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz

Katy’s first review of the year

really liked it
JAK does it again, delivering a quality story about three women who lost a night to amnesia when they were unwittingly used as part of a drug experiment. This is the end of the Lost Night Files trilogy, but there are enough cliffhangers to inspire an extension.
KATY’S 2025 BOOKS
Catching the Pitcher by Biki Ash
Campground Catastrophe by Maisy Marple
The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
it was amazing
Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz
Loud Unspoken Memories by Samantha Christy
Cowboy Command by Olivia Jaymes
Lowcountry Lost by T.I. Lowe
Headwind by Karen K. Brees
Legacy of Faith by Teresa Slack
Wife Number One by Elle Thorpe
Trophy Girl by Marlis Manley
it was amazing
The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Justice Healed by Olivia Jaymes
Danger in a Red Dress by Christina Dodd
Considering Us by Jenn Bouchard
Happily Never After by Lynn Painter
Cowboy Truth by Olivia Jaymes
Texas Tough by Janet Dailey
Storm Rising by Sara Driscoll
The Vandalia In Me by Greg Clary
it was amazing
The Final Detail by Harlan Coben
Forever Burning by Kathleen Brooks
Forever Lies by Kathleen Brooks
Afraid To Die by Lisa Jackson
Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains by Rosalie Haizlett
Hill Justice by Russell Meredith
The First Light of Dawn by Jefferson Glass
Peace River Village by Christopher Amato
Headed for Home by Harloe Rae
Winds of Change by Jo Grafford
Final Vow by Kathleen Brooks
The Beauty Doctor by Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard
The Seven Bosses of Honey Malone by Juli A. Herren
it was amazing
Story of My Life by Lucy Score
Girl Anonymous by Christina Dodd
My Heart Will Find You by Jude Deveraux
Every Time You Go Away by Beth Harbison
it was amazing
Manhunt by Janet Evanovich
Tragedy in Tahoe by Rachele Baker
Deadly Inheritance by Jeulia Hesse
False Claims by Katherine Nichols
Holding On to Chaos by Lucy Score
Where It All Began by Lucy Score
BlowOut by Terri Reid
Shell Games by Bonnie Kistler
it was amazing
Obsession by Stuart Woods
The Bones at Point No Point by D.D. Black
The Next Breath by Laurel Osterkamp
The Unquiet Earth by Denise Giardina
Perfect Partners by Jayne Ann Krentz
Murder by the Letter by Lisa Pevey
Down & Dirty by Jeanne St. James
Things Left Undone by Anne Lovett
A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller
it was amazing
Until It Was Gone by David B. Seaburn
Orchid by Jayne Castle
Bride, Bullet, Blizzard by James Leonard
The Yellow Rose Beauty Shop by Carolyn Brown
The Mountain Mystic by Russell W. Johnson
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Mango Digger by Bill H. Myers
The Day After the Party by Nicole Trope
Sinful Intent by Chelle Bliss
Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts
Who Is God? by Monica Coral Young
it was amazing
Flawless by Elsie Silver
Love Letters of Great Men, Vol. 1 by John C. Kirkland
It Takes a Psychic by Jayne Castle
Idia of the Benin Kingdom by Ekiuwa Aire
Some Day Somebody by Lori Leger
My Darling Jane by Ilsa Madden-Mills
Pineville Trace by Wes Blake
Targeted by Kathleen Brooks
The Teacher by Freida McFadden
it was amazing
Limoncello Yellow by Traci Andrighetti
Blood Moon by Sandra Brown
Dear Santa, Define Good by Rie Anders
Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia
The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue by Barbara Samuel
Guilty Sin by Chelle Bliss
The Note by Alafair Burke
it was amazing
The Harboring & other stories by Kathleen M. Jacobs
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
From a Distance by Tamera Alexander
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Unlawful Desire by Chelle Bliss
The Maui Effect by Sara Ackerman
Palindrome by Stuart Woods
Under the Table by Stephanie Evanovich
The Killer's Handbook by Robert P Maroney
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
it was amazing
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Broken Sparrow by Chelle Bliss
American Dreams by Janet Dailey
A Coral Kiss by Jayne Ann Krentz
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Forever Country by Kathleen Brooks
Christmas in Plains by Jimmy Carter

Katy’s last review of the year

it was amazing
WOW! What a story, about family, tradition, Christmas--from the innocence of childhood to the early years of marriage to balancing old and new while raising their own children and celebrating with their grandchildren. Jimmy and Rosalind Carter are public figures, known for their diplomacy and desire to help others. This book, a memoir from Jimmy and illustrated by their daughter Amy, focuses on what was important to them even as they served in pu ...more
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