December Wrap Up + My 2025 Reading Goals

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00:00 intro
00:58 2025 goals
03:20 my patreon is now cheaper & better
05:22 december wrap up

[ravenhairedreader]

girl the hair is gorgggg you look incredible!

[carahamelie]

I dont know if you have ever tried your hand at writing poetry... but I think you would be good at it. You have this natural knack and playing with language.

[pleasedtoreadyou]

i set my reading goal to 52 books every year, just so i don't feel pressure when life happens. i tend to get to my goal halfway through the year (i read 114 books in 2024) but i still keep my goal at a book a week. i'm excited about your goal to read even more diversely - i've set this as a goal for myself, too. would love to see content around that.

[aliesbookishlife]

I read 365 books in both 2022 and 2023, but struggled to hit 350 in 2024 so I made my goal 300 for this year! I do want to read 100 manga as part of that.

Idk why I love fourth wing so much, but I just find it so engaging, it has really good humour, and it’s basic but the romance is chef’s kiss!!

[CandyOo]

I read 300+ in 2023 and I had the same goal for 2024 but then I realized I was reading A LOT of things I didn’t like trying not to dnf — didn’t set a goal for 25 but I’m praying for at least 12 5star books!! lol

[NiamhCKennedy]

Looking forward to more Kindle Unlimited context. I've found it hard to find good recommendations recently.

[carolinesch.]

My theory for fourth wing being that hyped is that it lends itself to fandom, fanarts, merch, theories, the amount of side characters, questions etc. in the same way some other fantasy series did, maybe not as big as harry potter but still

[carolineblueskies]

My goals are very similar to last year: 1) Read 45 books overall (was right on time with this last year, so it feels like a good realistic goal given by availability and reading pace) 2) Of those, I want 5 to be nonfiction. It's a genre I just don't tend to pick up on my own, so I've found it helpful to set that goal for myself the past couple years. 3) I did a reading challenge from The Novel Neighbor bookstore last year which I really enjoyed, because it pushed me to pick up some books I wouldn't have otherwise, so I'm going to look up their 2025 challenge.

[KatiesBookNook]

My reading goal is to basically not have a reading goal, no tbrs, no numbers needed to achieve, just reading when i have time and not stressing

[bethwolf]

I feel like you actually hit the nail on the head when you said that theres so much more better romantasy out there than Fourth Wing and Iron Flame. I tink a lot of the hype is coming from people who don’t normally read a lot or don’t normally read this genre. Or are getting back into reading and are discovering romantasy for the first time. I think it also helps that RY writes pretty good battle scenes since she is a military wife. Like, objectively, that is a strength that she has. At least I think the battle scenes are way better than for example ACOTAR.

[brookenicole]

Love the jacket! I’m trying to dive into some suspense books, currently reading the housemaid. Will always love romance but it’s been fun to try something different!

PS. Tried your dnd gel recommendation and I’m hooked!! Got the light and a few colors and base/top coat. AMAZING.

Happy new year!

[NiamhCKennedy]

I always set my goal at 52 and I'm hoping to read more diversely this year within romance. I feel like with short form content everyone just seems to be recommending the same few books over and over.
Some of my favourite books this year have been some of your recommendations!

[cindicleee]

I fourth wing because it was my first fantasy book since like Twilight is high school and helped me realized I like fantasy BUT now that I’ve read more fantasy I think if I reread today I wouldn’t hype it as much! 😊

[elfer]

I didn't read Fourth Wing for a long time because I really didn't like the ACOTAR series and the hype feels the same to me. But I did really like Fourth Wing and I think I can sum my enjoyment up to two things. I've always loved dragons and I'm a sucker for a magical school.

[tierneyhewitt]

Your hair looks incredible! Two of my main goals this year are to diversify my reading. I primarily read contemporary romance but I would love to get into romantasy. I tried reading ACOTAR, and I can tell fourth wing wouldn’t be for me so I would love to hear your favorite romantasy. I will also love to see more videos about KU! I love KU but I also feel like I didn’t use it enough in 2024. My reading goal for 2025 is 50 books because I’m going back to school and I probably won’t have much time to read. Looking forward to all the content you make this year! I will also be subscribing to your Patreon finally and I’m super excited!

[edwardleecaliforniausa]

Good morning Chandler how are you happy Monday morning to you and I hope you having amazing weekend and I loved your vlogs and I enjoy your channel

[fatimej]

I haven’t watched the full video yet, but I just wanted to say that you look great! It can be seen that you’ve lost a lot of weight. I know this was one of your goals so well done!!

[ComeUndun.]

I would love an updated closed-door romance recs video. 💕

[annibtj]

similarly my reading goal is 200 books which i’ve had set as my reading goal for the past 2 years. i’ve got close before but this year i just really am determined to achieve it!!!

[BooksandDiamonds]

I’d personally love to see KU recommendations as I’m a huge KU reader. I get the dislike for Iron Flame. I started listening to a Fourth Wing and just couldn’t finish it. I also remember being confused as to why so many people love the Twilight series because I couldn’t stand that writer. Everyone has different likes, I guess. I find that if everyone is hyping a book, chances are I may not like it. And that’s okay as well. There are sooo many books out there and we can all find ones we love.