It’s our end-of-year reading wrap-up episode! 🎉
Nicole and Vanessa break down how they did on their 2025 reading goals and dive into all the stats—overall numbers, format and rating breakdowns, five-star reads, and more. They also share all their 2026 reading goals they’re excited to tackle next year.
Let us know in the comments how you did on your 2025 goals and which 2026 goals you’re most excited about!
Thanks for listening, and we wish you a very Happy New Year!
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Link our DNF episode: E68 Book Crime
Link to The Quiet Librarian Episode: E32 The Quiet Curse
2025 Monthly Favorites: https://www.savorthestorypod.com/2025favorites
Our tracking for January hours will go in this episode: Probably E95
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Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome to STS- 2025 Reading Wrap Up!
03:35 Nicole needs to fix a mistake in a previous episode...
04:49 Favorite Snack of the Year
09:35 Nicole's Overall Numbers for 2025
15:12 Vanessa's Overall Numbers for 2025
17:47 Nicole's Rating Breakdown
18:57 Nicole's 5 Star Books of 2025
20:22 Vanessa's Rating Breakdown
20:49 Vanessa's 5 Star Reads of 2025
23:28 Nicole's 2025 DNF's
25:38 Vanessa's 2025 DNF's
28:14 Did Nicole hit all of her 2025 reading goals??
32:45 Nicole's 25 in 25 Goal
35:21 Did Vanessa hit all of her 2025 reading goals??
40:44 2025 Battle of the Books (Favorite of the Year!)
46:02 Nicole's 2026 Goals!
55:29 Vanessa's 2026 Goals!
01:06:47 Personal Goals for 2026
