Goodbye 2025!

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This year has felt both slow and quick at the same time - I've been in such a rush to get to Christmas, and now that we're here it definitely feels like it went too quickly. 

I have no idea what any of my stats are - but before I look them up, I'd guess that I watched more movies than last year, but probably watched less shows and read less books, so let's see!

Movies Watched: 510

New TV Shows Started: 16

TV Shows Finished: 9

Books Read: 21

Blog Posts Written: 220

And I was right - I've watched less shows this year than last year, and finished even less! I'm halfway through watching so many different shows that I'm surprised I've even finished 9! That said, I've really enjoyed most of the shows I've started this year and hopefully for next year's post some of them will be included in the finished section!

But all in all, I'm happy with my numbers. Reaching 500 films without rewatches was pretty much the only goal I set for myself and I'm really glad about that because I watched so many great movies.

Next year my goal is the same. Plus the 100 Movies Bucket List I'll be completing throughout 2026 is specific to horror movies so I'm really excited to get watching those!

I was one short of my reading goal and I'm happy with that because I didn't even expect to get that far! The quality of books this year has been quite average so I really hope that picks up next year.

But yes, those are my stats for this year, and I'm excited to start building them up again in 2026!

If you want to keep up with my book reading or movie watching outside of the blog then:

If you're a book person, you can find me on StoryGraph @ 'brialou'

If you're a film person, you can find me on Letterboxd @ 'BriaLouReviews'

Happy new year and here's to an amazing 2026!



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