The Goodreads Choice Awards 2025… What Is Going On? 📚 [EP#23]

Let's go over the Goodreads Choice Awards nominees and winners of 2025! Why is the romantasy category so confusing...?

Books Discussed:

Just Friends - Haley Pham

Of Flame and Fury - Mikayla Bridge

The Princess Knight - Cait Jacobs

The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A Parker

When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A Parker

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(09:27) wicked: for good debrief

(16:12) the ballad of falling dragons announcement

(19:15) fiction

(27:18) historical fiction

(31:04) mystery thriller

(34:40) romance

(39:20) romantasy

(47:14) fantasy

(54:29) sci-fi

(56:18) horror

(57:35) debut

(58:51) audiobooks

(59:12) YA fantasy

(01:03:27) YA fiction

(01:05:08) nonfiction

(01:09:17) final thoughts