Over the years I’ve done several versions of this tag. This one was created by Shelleyrae of Book’d Out. Links from each title will take you to my book review.

Complete the prompts using titles from the books you have read in 2025 to complete the sentence to describe your life in the past year.

2025 was the year of: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

In 2025 I wanted to be: By Your Side by Ruth Jones

In 2025 I was: The Librarian by Salley Vickers (I was a librarian)

In 2025 I gained: Resistance by Owen Sheers

In 2025 I lost: My Beautiful Imperial by Rhiannon Lewis

In 2025 I loved: The Boy With No Shoes: a Memoir by William Horwood

In 2025 I hated: The Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon (I didn’t hate this book!)

In 2025 I learned: There’s a Reason for Everything by E R Punshon

In 2025 I was surprised by: The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey

In 2025 I went to: The House of Lost Whispers by Jenni Keer

In 2025 I missed out on (going): West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

In 2025 my family were: The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths

In 2026 I hope (for): Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd