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.
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.
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 💜
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.
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!
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 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!
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 :)
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 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 :)
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 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 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 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 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 !
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
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.)
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 _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 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.
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.
It's so funny to me how many booktubers "have to own all their books" just to hold them up for 5 seconds in a video, meanwhile Layla is out here borrowing from the library to do this
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.)
wait kayla…. i thought you said you weren’t reading the sunshine court (the spinoff of all for the game) but i see it in the group of covers with foliage at 25:15 💀😭
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 ✨
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
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 👌🫶
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.
as per usual, my most anticipated booktube video of the year. Love seeing your thoughts on your reading trends every year
I had a 3.6 average rating but only 4% five stars 😭 literally devastating. 2025 will be different for us I believe it!!
Always one of my favorite videos of lalamas
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 💜
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.
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!!!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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 :)
Loved the use of globle
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 😑
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 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! 😊
The page count being off only 8 pages from last years is wild, I admire the consistency!
Ahhh I'm so excited!!!! Let me get a snack!!
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.
Great video!! Fascinating wrap-up stats
fellow 3.4 here 😔 i hope this year is better 🤞🏼
i just really need to see these spreadsheets you have to have of all of this!
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 :)
These videos are works of art. Thanks for spending the day 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 😊
Love the use of Globle to show us where you read ❤
i genuinely look forward to this vid all year i love stats soooo much! thank you for always putting so much work into it 💓
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 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 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.
fav video of the year 🎉🎉🎉
I love the stats! I always look forward to my Goodreads stats at the end of the year!
Yaaayyy!! The most anticipated video of the year!:)
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 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 !
I love these videos each year! Thank you for all the time it takes to create ❤
Yesssss I love these stats videos so much 😍
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
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.)
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 ❤
If you’re looking to read more Elif Shafak, please read The Island of Missing Trees!! You would love it!!!!!
Always one of my fav videos that you make. ♥
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!
Ok LOVE that you pronounced thd name Marjan correctly in this video. Thank you Kayla❤
Thanks so much for the correction yesterday Sherry ❤
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)
Amazing video! Happy new year
I love that you used globle to make the countries graphic
whoa our % 5 stars is nearly the same (11%)! Anyway here's to better reading this year for us both 😅
Love this video every year
I also had one of my worst reading years with an average 3.4 rating. Here’s to hoping 2025 is better!
Also I think storygraph can put books in order of length!
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.
I love the cover trends stuff… I had a weirdly high number of birds on covers this year! Xoxox 🎉hny
Hi bestie! I was just looking in my sub box for your new video and it popped up!
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
The Memory Police has torn paper / damage to the cover too, I think :)
Loove the cover trends part!
I’m so excited for you to read things you love so much in 2025.
ugh, I love a stats videos.
Might be fun to do a finding a five star 1925 book video but also…difficult lol
we love stats!
I'd love to know how long these videos in particular take to film
You reading off the names of the countries definitely reminded me of the Animaniacs 😂
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.
31 five stars is still so good 😱
Totally thought you were gonna say “200 videos, which is… round” 😂
my average rating for 2024 was 2.9 😢 hoping for a better reading year for all of us!
Yep
This was my lowest rating year too
Think I need to mood read more rather than planned “themed” stuff
Would you consider moving over to patreon over members? It’s such a better split for creators than yt.
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
There are Rivers in the Sky by Shafak was great!
Looking at your favorites per genre, looks like you should read more historical 👀
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.
It's so funny to me how many booktubers "have to own all their books" just to hold them up for 5 seconds in a video, meanwhile Layla is out here borrowing from the library to do this
yeessss i always love this 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.
moving these books around seems like so much work. how long does filming a video like this take??
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.)
I feel you on the bad reading year. My average rating was 3:39 😢
Out of curiosity, what’s your current Globle streak?
wait kayla…. i thought you said you weren’t reading the sunshine court (the spinoff of all for the game) but i see it in the group of covers with foliage at 25:15 💀😭
Oh gosh I grabbed the wrong cover 😭
My heart broke to see you weren't going to finish the Jurassic Park series, lol.
God I love statistics
kayla get off my throat PLS I havent even finished the goodreads video 😭😭
Just wondering where do you keep these throughout the year? 😂 because it seems like you ALWAYS have the same amount of books on all your shelves.
my average for 2023 and 2024 was 3.3 😭
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