Last year I managed to read 29 books, and year before 30, so my target of reading 31 books in 2025 seemed sensible.

I ended up reading 32 in the end – so another good year on the reading front.

This was made up of the usual varied selection of books and genres:

• Running books = 6
• Teenage Fiction = 10
• Thrillers = 9
• Autobiographies = 1
• Fantasy = 1
• Music = 2
• Science Fiction = 1
• Coming-of-age novel = 1
• Epic Novel = 1

A few favourites:

The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer. Top rated book of the year: 4.5 stars. Loved it.

Mind Over Miles by Russ Cook. I love a running book and this was the top rated running book of the year: 4 stars. A book about grit and determination.

His Bloody Project by Graham Mcrae Burnet. Another 4 star book. Fictional story written in a very real way. Really liked it.

‘A Mind of my Own’ by Kathy Burke

My first, and last, autobiography of the year. I’m not a great fan of the genre.

This book was ok. A bit too much, ‘I did this play with this person, then this person asked me to do this show’, but it was interesting enough. I didn’t know she had done so much ‘serious’ stuff!

Last book of the year done. Review of the ‘Reading Year’ to follow.