It’s Tuesday again and I’m finally back! I thought I was already settled, but along the way I found some more problems that occurred with moving. I lost all “likes” on my posts (comments are transferred), most post dates were wrong and Jetpack isn’t supporting both the “Related posts” and the Goodreads widget anymore. This is such a bummer! Anyway, I’m back with another Top Ten Tuesday post and I decided to go rogue yet again. The actual topic for today is “Bookish wishes” but I never participate in this one. Next week it’s time to create our summer TBR, so this is actually a good time to reflect on my Spring 2025 one. How did I do on it this year?

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

1. Phantasma by Kaylie Smith – I thought I would like it, but it turns out I didn’t. I struggled through 67% but decided to abandon it nonetheless. This was quite early on in the season though.
2. Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher – Another book I read quite early in the season and whereas I still enjoyed it, it wasn’t as magical and intriguing as the first book in this series.
3. This Time It’s Real by Ann Liang – I didn’t get to this one yet, this was published quite late in the season (I waited for the Dutch edition), so I simply had no time.
4. Fearless by Lauren Roberts – Another book I didn’t read, I don’t even own it. I found the ebook price too ridiculous for an ebook, so I’ll be waiting a bit longer until the price is more reasonable for just a license.
5. Powerless by Elsie Silver – I thought I was doing SO well on this spring TBR, but here we have another one I haven’t read yet.
6. Caught Up by Liz Tomforde – Finally another book I’ve read! I did so last month and although this couple wasn’t my favourite, I really enjoyed this.
7. James by Percival Everett – I nearly picked this up, but as I explained in my June TBR post I didn’t. It’s on the TBR for this month though.
8. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi – Oh gosh no, another book I haven’t read!
9. The Wedding People by Alison Espach – I finished this the other day and in contradiction to many others I really did not enjoy this. Most characters were insufferable, and the writing was… I don’t know, annoying? The dialogue made me cringe a lot. My eyes got tired from rolling to be honest. Note to self: books marketed as hilarious mostly are not.
10. Sunrise On the Reaping by Suzanne Collins – Easily the best book of this season. I even went back and changed my rating from 4 to 5 stars. First 5-star read of 2025.

I thought I was doing really great on this TBR for spring 2025, but I ended up reading 5 books of which 1 was a DNF.

Have you checked on your spring TBR yet? Are you taking any books from this one to your summer TBR?