Here is my formal plea for you to act very kindly towards an extremely delicate Ruby, who is writing this post right now. She is not feeling super proud, but also can’t resist making these, so maybe we can just ignore the low amount of books read, lack of posts appearing in a month etc. That will be all at this time,,,

2025 RECAP: READING

Okay, so books… very low. But apparently, I read 11k pages last year, so at least I read big books, and for that,t I won’t feel bad. I’m also ~very~ chuffed with 3 books I finally read last year, which we’ll get into RIGHT NOW

ALL THE BOOKS I READ IN 2025

Decided to be trendy AND update you on the small amount of books this year because on top of reading not a lot, I also threw monthly recaps out the window  ̄_(ツ)_/ ̄ ̄

Yay me for reading SO MUCH YA, I went back to my roots in the limited amount of time I did spend reading and no regrets tbh. I mentioned just now, but Storygraph says the majority of books were over 300 pages, so one could say I was LOCKED IN. If you wanted a positive spin on this story ofc.

Speaking of, apparently I read a book that was 800 pages and do I remember a thing about this book and wonder why I even wanted to read it in the first place? Absolutely no. Vampire novella was CHEFS KISS THO *insert heart eyes*

Fun fact: I had TSITP withdrawals, hence the Christina Lauren reread.

2025 was my year of friends to lovers, and long overdue. Also, pretty please with my genre split. I’ll won’t be talking about the monthly reads, and instead swiftly moving on after the brief moment of appreciation for November.

Instead, we can talk about how many movies I watched exactly 12 months ago, who is she? Literally no idea, because the months all dropped by like 50% lmfao. Anyways, great segway into films for 2025 ; )

2025 RECAP: WATCHING

Some basic math says that 208 hours is equal to 8 days, and that means I had reduced screen time. Except wait, it doesn’t calculate TikTok, so maybe forget I said that,,, We’re up by like 20 films since last year, which is interesting because it doesn’t seem like I watched a lot?

Guess who watched 24 romance films until crime said BET and came in second. Absolutely zero regrets there, and it’s 1000% why Morgan Freeman is my most-watched actor of 2025. Nolan is there because I caught up on all 3 Batman films, Inception for the first time, and an Interstellar theatre rewatch 💅

Not much has changed rating OR rewatch-wise since last year lmfao. And I’m very shocked at how many new releases I saw and also how many stunning films they replayed in the cinema that I got to go watch. Living my best life methinks

Idk if they did the milestones last year, but kinda cool, and you can see the crime obsession stayed pretty consistent over the year lol

If I look at myself really hard, I was probably watching movies very late on Sundays because I hated that the next day was back to work, so ha avoidance techniques. Also, I love that most of the most-watched weeks are all rewatches that got 5 stars, and then there’s just some randoms in there DEAD ON THE FLOOR

Definitely down from last year, and one might say more healthy? Though I did rewatch Heated Rivalry like 3 times, probably maybe a stretch?

But I do love the nice split of romance and crime because I’ve really found my intersection of interests.

Here’s another fun fact: my tv watching amounts to 11 days. So total of 20 days spent caring about fictional characters on a screen, YAY GO ME!

2025 RECAP: CONTENT CREATION

She might be abysmal, but I have a kink for making pretty graphics, so just don’t read too har,d okay!

Pretty impressed that I did book reviews last year. Considering I’m like 6 months behind on the books I read during the year, watch this space!!!

And yes, I posted like 7 haul videos in November because there was a backlog in the admin department, maintenance had to be called in,,,

GOALS

What I accomplished in 2025:

• I got my driver’s license!!!!
• I freaking FINALLY read A Torch Against The Night by Sabaa Tahir after being on about every single new year’s goal for like 6 years 💀

2026 GOALS

• Read 50 books

• Read books that I own/am excited about
• Be more active on social media
• Still develop a healthy work-life balance
• Go out more

And there we have it. Allow me to say an Irish goodbye because I need to go work on review catch-up apparently *cries*

WHAT DID YOU GET UP TO IN 2025? DID YOU COMPLETE YOUR READING GOAL? WHAT ARE YOUR MOST PROUD ACCOMPLISHMENTS? WHAT SHOCKED YOU IN 2025? I’D LOVE TO KNOW!