2025 Channel Plans and Reading Goals

[@FineReads]

Oooh, Bookmarks 😍 I will get me one of those 😝 And yay for yearly goals 🥳 great list of authors you have there. Consumerism is a real thing on BookTube 🤣 but I love how easygoing you are about it.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@FineReads lol 😂 I try and be easy going. I am gonna get cooking on merch here real soon

[@esmayrosalyne]

Exciting plans!! Good luck with continuing to read down the owned TBR, you got this :)))

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@esmayrosalyne thanks Esmay!

[@thatsci-firogue]

GGK!!! His prose is beautiful but not dense at all imo. Reads similarly to Robin Hobb or Tad Williams. A smooth experience. I need to give J.V Jones another go, I thought the pacing of the Baker's Boy was so ridiculously quick that I wasn't getting a great grounding which may have been more to do with my mood at the time.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@thatsci-firogue I know I’ll enjoy GGK :)

[@derekb.4292]

Sounds like lots of exciting stuff coming up! Well done with the Read Your Shelf Challenge so far.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@derekb.4292 I’m trying 😂 not sure how well I’m succeeding but progress is progress

[@tomhunter7672]

I must admit that my older sensibilities are at times at odds with your newer generation thoughts and descriptions of books and themes, However, I do appreciate the fact that while you might “reach for what’s cool in the moment”, you do work harder than most booktubers to create a broader TBR. So many popular presenters come across as fantasy genre savants and snobs, but you do seem to keep an open mind(except with The Godfather :)), and that’s along side your realistic energy is what makes your channel unique.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@tomhunter7672 lol 😂 I try and keep an open mind. I would be willing to try the godfather. For some reason the subject matter has never appealed to me though. Thanks for watching

[@therealbookaholic]

Merch?!!!! Let’s go. I have a lot of Tim Powers and need to check him out. Chuck Wendig I think is going to work for me. Great list!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@therealbookaholic it’s definitely the Plan :)

[@christhewritingjester3164]

The read your shelf thing has been something I've been trying to work on and have been able to accomplish since October. I'm going into 2025 with that mindset as well and will be overall buying fewer books until I actually work through my backlog. Now, the wishlists will still be added to, don't get me wrong!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@christhewritingjester3164 nothing wrong with keeping a list :) reading what you have is a great policy

[@Chance.Dillon]

I’m late but I am here. The constant bookshelf adding is the struggle 😂😂

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@Chance.Dillon yeah I need to stop 😂

[@VoyagesIntoImagination]

Friedman's In Conquest Born is possibly the best debut novel I have ever read. It is fabulous.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@VoyagesIntoImagination I will have to check it out

[@safinan8008]

Goodluck for 2025 reading 🎉

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@safinan8008 I appreciate it Safina

[@AFictionalEscapist]

Here for the Wizard merch!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@AFictionalEscapist thanks Kris! Hoping to test it out in Q1

[@brandon5080]

I need to work on Reading My Shelf instead of buying more stuff. I went to the bookstores, bought two new books. Good restraint. Went to the free library books, left three and picked up two (an incredible A+ Middle Grade book I just finished and a Christmas Western I just started) ---And, even though I said I wouldn't do any more book buying this month: I am expecting Empire of the Vampire from Amazon today and putting it on my December TBR.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@brandon5080 reading your shelf is always a great way to save money 😂

[@PreacherReads]

Wendig is great! Highly recommend The Book of Accidents and his Miriam Black novels

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@PreacherReads I have book of accidents on my shelf!

[@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels]

Sounds like some good plans! GGK and Janny Wurts alone will make your year.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels I think so as well!

[@readerinthedesert_SaraBeth]

J.V. Jones is INCREDIBLE!!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@readerinthedesert_SaraBeth that’s what I keep hearing:)

[@Carterofmars]

Take it from a slightly older book nerd. You have to, at some point, start thinking about the physicality of the massive collection you're hoarding. At this point, after a lifetime of collecting, I'm buying ebooks exclusivity. Those that I'm particularly fond of, I'll seek out nice hardcopy editions of, or maybe even first editions, if they're fiscally within reason. The money saved by buying hardcopies as they're released will cover those special acquisitions. Also, think of the logistics of moving from home to home.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@Carterofmars I got 1 move left in me 😂. After that I’m not moving again. But I hear you. I do go through and prune my collection regularly

[@shemiahwalker]

I read james patterson series except two. Science fiction but need the last two of James patterson books.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@shemiahwalker I don’t know if I have ever read Patterson

[@shemiahwalker]

@AndrewsWizardlyReads it's ok

[@fangs1972]

Chuck Wendig has a post ROTJ "Star Wars" trilogy.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@fangs1972 I saw that in his bibliography!

[@shemiahwalker]

My reading goal is read about 2 books. Read my own books that purchased at hpbs. 😊

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@shemiahwalker that’s a great goal :)

[@shemiahwalker]

@@AndrewsWizardlyReads thank you

[@heidi6281]

Hey before you pick up Under Heaven by GGK let me know!! It is free in my hoopla audiobook!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@heidi6281 of course!!!!

[@Already-Overbooked]

Same 150 books and if I can get to 500 subs I would probably shit a brick.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@Already-Overbooked you got this

[@CurlyHoward42]

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[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@CurlyHoward42 I’ve DNF his series twice