Writing Goals for 2025

It's almost the end of January, and it feels a bit late to do a post about my writing goals. But honestly, I've been busy making my goals a reality, so that's a win. Without further ado, let's talk about how my writing went in 2024 and talk about my goals and plans for 2025! Big things are happening and even bigger things are in store for 2026...

Book Review: The Power by Naomi Alderman

The Power by Naomi Alderman

Book title: The Power
Author: Naomi Alderman
Genre: Dystopian fiction
Published: October 27, 2016
341 pages
My rating: 5/5

“It doesn’t matter that she shouldn’t, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she wanted. The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.”

All around the world, teenage girls discover that they have a power to hurt, even to kill. And what’s more, they can wake up this skill in older women. This power turns the world on its head, with men realizing they have lost control. The Day of the Girls has arrived.

The Power is a thought-provoking and uncomfortable, at times even disturbing dystopian fiction about what might happen if women suddenly gained the ability to inflict pain to others. In the novel, this happens through the development of “skein,” a tissue between collarbones that conducts electricity. The novel is a thought experiment of what might happen next – whether having women in charge really would result in a “kinder, more caring world” like many say.

2024 Reading Wrap-Up and 2025 Goals

Books Read in 2024

 

It’s mid-January and I'm finally posting about my 2024 reading wrap-up and talking about my 2025 goals. Better late than never!

2024 Reading Wrap-Up

• Total books read: 77
• Total pages read: 25,190
• Days read: 360
• Average rating: 4.09
• New books bought/received: 34

My goal was to read 50 books, so I definitely surpassed that goal! I did pretty great with my other reading goals as well. I took part in Jane Austen July as planned and annotated a book during that reading challenge. My goal was also to take part in Victober, but because I decided to write a completely new novel in November, I didn’t have time to focus on reading in October. I did read one Victorian book, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, but I’m just going to say that I did not reach the Victober goal.

December Wrap-Up and January Goals

 

December Reads

December Wrap-Up

• Finished: 8
• Total pages read: 2,287
• Average rating: 4.06

A solid end to the year! I finished eight books in December: three fiction books and five non-fiction books. One of the fiction books was the final book of Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising (3/5 stars). I have to say that the final book was a huge disappointment after what had been a promising start. Click the link to read a longer review.