This is one of my favorite videos every year to watch on your channel. And I'm always amazed at how much work it must take to show us all these visuals. Meanwhile, I can't figure out how to even post an IG top ten with those little title squares. Le sigh.
Your wrap up videos reminds me of the data I love on Storygraph and I feel like it would make these videos so much easier for you next year. Plus you can import your good reads, which is awesome!
@BooksandLala Haha. I'm about to move and constantly tell the husband I wish I had a less heavy hobby every time I move books around so I understand that one.
I’m always amazed at how much time you spend creating this and how you keep everything organized. You find so many interesting stats to track - You are so creative! Thank you for your fantastic content!💖
Thank you so much for all the year end stats videos you’ve made, they’re some of my favorite on your channel and I love returning to them every so often when I want something comforting and familiar to watch 💜
You had a great success rate for historical fiction so that might be the direction you should explore more in the new year. Also, I find it quite satisfying the way you categorize everything.
Your year end stats are always among my favorites. The geekiness of evaluating your reads in so many ways just feeds my heart somehow. Plus, I can only imagine all the work that goes into re-arranging your stacks for the different visuals - I really appreciate this level of committment! Happy 2025, Kayla! I'm sending you lotss of 5-star wishes for the new year.
The Centre & The God of the Woods were my favorite covers of the year. I LOVE this trend of using art on the cover but adding a twist so it's connected to the story. I hope to see more covers like this!
I love Year In Review wrap ups like this! So many cool and specific stats. I'm such an analytics/statistics girlie when it comes to my reading, so I absolutely adored this. Thank you for taking the time to put all of this together. Happy 2025! I wish you a reading year of 5-star books!!!
Always love the yearly stats video. So many average or just bad books for me as well in 2024 it was a struggle and I ended up reading the least amount of books I have ever read in a year. Here’s hoping we all find lots of books we love in 2025!
Oh my! Excellent video. I subscribed. I can't read that many books per year. I crochet, play chess, read and am a digital creative artist. I'm 72 and do all my hobbies daily. Oh and I spend wayyy too much time on TH-cam ❤
Couldn't agree more on those favorite covers. They are all stunning. My friend and I like to go to the bookstore and talk about cover trends, and hand down, horror is always my favorite genre to look at purely because there is no specific trend the this genre seems to follow and I love that. Because I get really tired of the same covers coming out of the mystery/thriller and romance genres 😑
I think your 2024 releases making up such a significant portion of your favorites honestly does say a lot because those most likely would have been your most highly anticipated reads. And the fact that they lived up or surpassed your expectations is highly significant!
Love watching these every year and appreciate all the stacking and rearranging that goes into it. I think Simon Jimenez got left out of the multiple books by same author layout - didn't you also read Spear Cuts Through Water this year too? I hear you on the meh reading year - I met the goals I set out for myself (read the stuff I bought in 2023 and don't spend so much in 2024), but reading felt less fun. Here's to better things in 2025!
I love stat videos! And I'm always trying to read more works in-translation and non-American authors, so I think my favorite stat is actually your Reading Around the World! Thanks for sharing with us :)
My average was 4.05 stars. 17% was 5 stars.This year I'm thinking the average might go lower because I'm planning on branching out more & I'll be ok if it does go lower. I'm starting out the year with the alphabet challenge. Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass is my A pick. & Then I'll do some prompts from the 52 book club & will attempt to do both of your challenges throughout the year. Along with my yearly goal of watching 100 films I'll be pretty busy 😊
I only read 44 books in 2024 & almost half of them were rereads 🥴 I was just craving familiarity & comfort in stories I knew I would love, because my brain wasn‘t capable of anything outside of work. Sigh. Here‘s to a better reading year for us all in 2025!
@@TheSunriseInsidethat makes sense, but honestly work takes up so much time and energy so any energy you can put into reading outside of work is great ❤
I read 143 books and only had 15 5 stars reads. Most of which were rereads so really on 8. I'm so strict with giving things 5 stars that I hardly ever give them out
I agree I felt 2024 was a little lacklustre when it came to new releases. I did read the Raven Cycle for the first time in 2024 so that was definitely my highlight! 😊
yayy I love these stats/ book pile videos! Also, one of my favorite videos of yours (that I rewatch sometimes) was "Reading 117 pages each day" (I think for a month?) which I think was your average at the time. I'd love for you to recreate that with your current average of 224 pages per day :)
I was curious about my progress in reading all of the books that I own. I own 442 traditionally published books (that are not cookbooks, tutorial books, or school textbooks. Adding that is closer to 600 total) and I have read 291 of those 442. This is progress! Last time I checked I had read less than half of the books I owned!
I only read 24 books this year (the most I have read since I was a kid) and I kind of feel grateful for it because since I don’t always have time to read a bunch, I am very picky with what I do read and read from recommended by people I know have the same taste or by looking through lots of reviews to see what people liked and didn’t like to see what matches my taste. My average rating was 4.3 and I had 9 5 star reads. I also don’t really buy books so it limits to what I already own, can easily thrift, or get from the library.
I _love_ seeing all this data, it's somehow so soothing! I'm making an effort to read more internationally, so seeing all those countries on the globe was great. (Ireland mentioned 🙌) Here's hoping 2025's 'loved' pile is at least equal to the 'disliked' pike again!
I get questioned all the time cause I work a lot and do some college classes. But audiobooks (I have about 3 hour commute 5 days a week), and i read on my pgonw and physically during lunch. It's definitely doable
I wish you would have considered continuing Mistborn at least till era 1 trilogy but I can understand if a long fantasy series doesn’t appeal to you much. Hope you try out more Sanderson stuff this year without taking the stress of committing into the cosmere universe but just for his fun magic systems and characters.
I wonder when your 5 ⭐️s are published. Are there are more highly rated stories released during a certain month/ time during the year? Your taste is very cool though so probably not! 😅 love your videos !
What about the Shadow of the Wind? Are planning on continuing The Cemetary of Forgotten Books? It's not on the series graphic and I'm curious. I'm surprised you don't lan on continuing Mistborn, since it's one of your favourites, but I also kinda get it. My fave part of that series are the ball scenes and I think book 2 is the weakest instalment in thes series. It's a political fantasy, which I normally enjoy a lot. Sanderson isn't that good at it though. He shines with the world-building. The other books in the Dead Djinn Universe (series A Maser of Djinn belongs to) are mostly short stories btw. One might be a novella. I thought they were pretty fun. You might actually enjoy them. They are weird and take no real time at all to read (this is coming from a very slow reader. I woudn't physically have the time to read the amount you do even if I read 10 hours a day.)
The Sunshine Court (flower cover pictures) is book 1 in a second trilogy following Jean’s character in The Foxhole Court series by Nora Sakavic. Was that an error or did you read that? Because you said you’d read the last book in TFC earlier in the video.
There were actually 366 days last year so your average was 223 pages a day. I did the math to see my average amount of books per day and had to fix it myself.
Im not jealous of people who read more than me because I understand that some people have reading as their primary hobby while my time is split between books, video games, and TV shows/movies (etc.)
so glad these didn’t fall over like the other year 😭😭
😂😂😂
i love how you use globle to show where you traveled to in your reading
the rush i get every year seeing you sitting in front of all those books..... amazing 10/10
I really love this video every year. I know it takes so long to do, but seeing all the different groupings of books is super satisfying ✨
This is one of my favorite videos every year to watch on your channel. And I'm always amazed at how much work it must take to show us all these visuals. Meanwhile, I can't figure out how to even post an IG top ten with those little title squares. Le sigh.
Your wrap up videos reminds me of the data I love on Storygraph and I feel like it would make these videos so much easier for you next year. Plus you can import your good reads, which is awesome!
The only hard part is hauling the books around for fun photo stacks 😂 I don't think they'll do that for me haha
@BooksandLala Haha. I'm about to move and constantly tell the husband I wish I had a less heavy hobby every time I move books around so I understand that one.
@@v1oletlantern I can't IMAGINE the day I move out of here and have to move them all 😭😭😭
@@BooksandLala If Gavin can do it, you can do it. I believe in you. LOL
You are the queen of aesthetics, creativity, and organization 👌🫶
I had a 3.6 average rating but only 4% five stars 😭 literally devastating. 2025 will be different for us I believe it!!
I love that you tried to highlight Scotland and Wales but it made you highlight the whole of the island. Thanks for separating us from England x
I’m always amazed at how much time you spend creating this and how you keep everything organized. You find so many interesting stats to track - You are so creative! Thank you for your fantastic content!💖
Thank you so much for all the year end stats videos you’ve made, they’re some of my favorite on your channel and I love returning to them every so often when I want something comforting and familiar to watch 💜
Always one of my favorite videos of lalamas
You had a great success rate for historical fiction so that might be the direction you should explore more in the new year.
Also, I find it quite satisfying the way you categorize everything.
Your year end stats are always among my favorites. The geekiness of evaluating your reads in so many ways just feeds my heart somehow. Plus, I can only imagine all the work that goes into re-arranging your stacks for the different visuals - I really appreciate this level of committment! Happy 2025, Kayla! I'm sending you lotss of 5-star wishes for the new year.
The Centre & The God of the Woods were my favorite covers of the year. I LOVE this trend of using art on the cover but adding a twist so it's connected to the story. I hope to see more covers like this!
as per usual, my most anticipated booktube video of the year. Love seeing your thoughts on your reading trends every year
I love Year In Review wrap ups like this! So many cool and specific stats. I'm such an analytics/statistics girlie when it comes to my reading, so I absolutely adored this. Thank you for taking the time to put all of this together. Happy 2025! I wish you a reading year of 5-star books!!!
This is such a unique end of year video. I love it.
Love all the stats! 224 pages a day would mean 6 hours of reading for me. So it does seem like a lot.
Always love the yearly stats video. So many average or just bad books for me as well in 2024 it was a struggle and I ended up reading the least amount of books I have ever read in a year. Here’s hoping we all find lots of books we love in 2025!
Loved the use of globle
your end of year book wrap ups are SO satisfying!
My fav video of the year!!! Thanks for all the effort you put into these, I love stats!
Oh my! Excellent video. I subscribed. I can't read that many books per year. I crochet, play chess, read and am a digital creative artist. I'm 72 and do all my hobbies daily. Oh and I spend wayyy too much time on TH-cam ❤
Great video!! Fascinating wrap-up stats
Ahhh I'm so excited!!!! Let me get a snack!!
Couldn't agree more on those favorite covers. They are all stunning. My friend and I like to go to the bookstore and talk about cover trends, and hand down, horror is always my favorite genre to look at purely because there is no specific trend the this genre seems to follow and I love that. Because I get really tired of the same covers coming out of the mystery/thriller and romance genres 😑
the effort that goes into this video every year is incredible!!
I think your 2024 releases making up such a significant portion of your favorites honestly does say a lot because those most likely would have been your most highly anticipated reads. And the fact that they lived up or surpassed your expectations is highly significant!
fellow 3.4 here 😔 i hope this year is better 🤞🏼
Love watching these every year and appreciate all the stacking and rearranging that goes into it. I think Simon Jimenez got left out of the multiple books by same author layout - didn't you also read Spear Cuts Through Water this year too? I hear you on the meh reading year - I met the goals I set out for myself (read the stuff I bought in 2023 and don't spend so much in 2024), but reading felt less fun. Here's to better things in 2025!
These videos are works of art. Thanks for spending the day with us 😊
i just really need to see these spreadsheets you have to have of all of this!
I love stat videos! And I'm always trying to read more works in-translation and non-American authors, so I think my favorite stat is actually your Reading Around the World! Thanks for sharing with us :)
Best video of the year alert!! Even though I’ve watched all your content so I’ll know almost everything I’m still excited 🎉
i genuinely look forward to this vid all year i love stats soooo much! thank you for always putting so much work into it 💓
My favorite end of the year content!
If it’s any consolation to a meh reading year in 2024, 2025 is going to be a phenomenal release year.
My average was 4.05 stars. 17% was 5 stars.This year I'm thinking the average might go lower because I'm planning on branching out more & I'll be ok if it does go lower. I'm starting out the year with the alphabet challenge. Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass is my A pick. & Then I'll do some prompts from the 52 book club & will attempt to do both of your challenges throughout the year. Along with my yearly goal of watching 100 films I'll be pretty busy 😊
Yesssss I love these stats videos so much 😍
I only read 44 books in 2024 & almost half of them were rereads 🥴 I was just craving familiarity & comfort in stories I knew I would love, because my brain wasn‘t capable of anything outside of work. Sigh. Here‘s to a better reading year for us all in 2025!
Only 44?! I read the same amount and was so happy and proud of myself! It’s almost one a week, you should be proud, all reading is worth celebrating 🎉
@ it‘s true, I guess I compared it to my previous years where I always read over 100.. but you‘re right, I should still be proud 😬
@@TheSunriseInsidethat makes sense, but honestly work takes up so much time and energy so any energy you can put into reading outside of work is great ❤
Love the use of Globle to show us where you read ❤
I love the stats! I always look forward to my Goodreads stats at the end of the year!
I loooooove these videos!!!
I read 143 books and only had 15 5 stars reads. Most of which were rereads so really on 8. I'm so strict with giving things 5 stars that I hardly ever give them out
I love these videos each year! Thank you for all the time it takes to create ❤
Yaaayyy!! The most anticipated video of the year!:)
The page count being off only 8 pages from last years is wild, I admire the consistency!
fav video of the year 🎉🎉🎉
I agree I felt 2024 was a little lacklustre when it came to new releases.
I did read the Raven Cycle for the first time in 2024 so that was definitely my highlight! 😊
yayy I love these stats/ book pile videos!
Also, one of my favorite videos of yours (that I rewatch sometimes) was "Reading 117 pages each day" (I think for a month?) which I think was your average at the time. I'd love for you to recreate that with your current average of 224 pages per day :)
I was curious about my progress in reading all of the books that I own. I own 442 traditionally published books (that are not cookbooks, tutorial books, or school textbooks. Adding that is closer to 600 total) and I have read 291 of those 442. This is progress! Last time I checked I had read less than half of the books I owned!
Always one of my fav videos that you make. ♥
Ok LOVE that you pronounced thd name Marjan correctly in this video. Thank you Kayla❤
Thanks so much for the correction yesterday Sherry ❤
Amazing video! Happy new year
I only read 24 books this year (the most I have read since I was a kid) and I kind of feel grateful for it because since I don’t always have time to read a bunch, I am very picky with what I do read and read from recommended by people I know have the same taste or by looking through lots of reviews to see what people liked and didn’t like to see what matches my taste. My average rating was 4.3 and I had 9 5 star reads. I also don’t really buy books so it limits to what I already own, can easily thrift, or get from the library.
Oooh you enjoyed Woodworm! Layla is pure genius
Love this video every year
I _love_ seeing all this data, it's somehow so soothing! I'm making an effort to read more internationally, so seeing all those countries on the globe was great. (Ireland mentioned 🙌)
Here's hoping 2025's 'loved' pile is at least equal to the 'disliked' pike again!
I get questioned all the time cause I work a lot and do some college classes. But audiobooks (I have about 3 hour commute 5 days a week), and i read on my pgonw and physically during lunch.
It's definitely doable
Would you ever do a sit down video (members or not) where you go through and show us your systems of how/when you track your reading?
I wish you would have considered continuing Mistborn at least till era 1 trilogy but I can understand if a long fantasy series doesn’t appeal to you much. Hope you try out more Sanderson stuff this year without taking the stress of committing into the cosmere universe but just for his fun magic systems and characters.
Loved it! You missed I Who Have Never Known Men in the translated books, it's originally French.
I wonder when your 5 ⭐️s are published. Are there are more highly rated stories released during a certain month/ time during the year? Your taste is very cool though so probably not! 😅 love your videos !
What about the Shadow of the Wind? Are planning on continuing The Cemetary of Forgotten Books? It's not on the series graphic and I'm curious.
I'm surprised you don't lan on continuing Mistborn, since it's one of your favourites, but I also kinda get it. My fave part of that series are the ball scenes and I think book 2 is the weakest instalment in thes series. It's a political fantasy, which I normally enjoy a lot. Sanderson isn't that good at it though. He shines with the world-building.
The other books in the Dead Djinn Universe (series A Maser of Djinn belongs to) are mostly short stories btw. One might be a novella. I thought they were pretty fun. You might actually enjoy them. They are weird and take no real time at all to read (this is coming from a very slow reader. I woudn't physically have the time to read the amount you do even if I read 10 hours a day.)
If you’re looking to read more Elif Shafak, please read The Island of Missing Trees!! You would love it!!!!!
I love that you used globle to make the countries graphic
I also had one of my worst reading years with an average 3.4 rating. Here’s to hoping 2025 is better!
Strongly recommend continuing with Parable of the Talents! I thought it was a big step up from Parable of the Sower (4 star vs. 5 star for me)
Hi bestie! I was just looking in my sub box for your new video and it popped up!
whoa our % 5 stars is nearly the same (11%)! Anyway here's to better reading this year for us both 😅
Also I think storygraph can put books in order of length!
ugh, I love a stats videos.
Loove the cover trends part!
The Memory Police has torn paper / damage to the cover too, I think :)
I’m so excited for you to read things you love so much in 2025.
I was surprised that you had so many moons on book covers. I found very few moons among my random physical tbr when searching to fill a prompt.
31 five stars is still so good 😱
I love the cover trends stuff… I had a weirdly high number of birds on covers this year! Xoxox 🎉hny
I'd love to know how long these videos in particular take to film
Yep
This was my lowest rating year too
Think I need to mood read more rather than planned “themed” stuff
we love stats!
Might be fun to do a finding a five star 1925 book video but also…difficult lol
my average rating for 2024 was 2.9 😢 hoping for a better reading year for all of us!
The Sunshine Court (flower cover pictures) is book 1 in a second trilogy following Jean’s character in The Foxhole Court series by Nora Sakavic. Was that an error or did you read that? Because you said you’d read the last book in TFC earlier in the video.
IM SO EARLY. God I LIVE for this video every year
God I love statistics
We have the same average rating for 2024! But the bad thing is, I had ONE five star out of the 40 books I read.
Totally thought you were gonna say “200 videos, which is… round” 😂
You reading off the names of the countries definitely reminded me of the Animaniacs 😂
Would you consider moving over to patreon over members? It’s such a better split for creators than yt.
Looking at your favorites per genre, looks like you should read more historical 👀
There were actually 366 days last year so your average was 223 pages a day. I did the math to see my average amount of books per day and had to fix it myself.
Im not jealous of people who read more than me because I understand that some people have reading as their primary hobby while my time is split between books, video games, and TV shows/movies (etc.)
There are Rivers in the Sky by Shafak was great!
Wait what OUT is part of a series?!? When? I legit had to go look soon as I saw this. I love that book had no idea
I don’t think it is though
@ I didn’t see it was either but she had it as a series so maybe that was a mistake. O well
moving these books around seems like so much work. how long does filming a video like this take??
Out of curiosity, what’s your current Globle streak?
yeessss i always love this video!!
I feel you on the bad reading year. My average rating was 3:39 😢
My heart broke to see you weren't going to finish the Jurassic Park series, lol.