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2025 is speeding by and it’s already mid-April!

I realised after having updated the graphics that I shouldn’t have included the 12 days of April in this post. I’m dumb and did not have the energy to change everything, so I will make sure that the next quarterly puts things back on track – post wise.

I’m ahead in my reading, but my watching is not great. And, to be honest I’m not surprised about that, but it’s definitely good to see the problem areas and I intend to set myself a few little goals by the time the next quarterly comes around in July.

For more information about my bingo boards and goals for 2025, check out my A New Year Means New Plans blog post ♥

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READS

I’ve read 27 books so far in 2025 and I’m sort of realising that my board is maybe too easy… It’s only a quarter of the way through the year, but I’ve completed two squares and well on my way to completing several more.

I definitely need to get an ‘I’m Feeling…’ post sorted to bring that square to life!

I knew that the Skulduggery Pleasant square would be hard because I don’t like Phase 2, however, I already own the books for Phase 3 (Derek Landy has me in a chokehold, what can I say?) and it’s only a trilogy and from the blurbs they sound amazing. So, I just need to jump in. I only have two books left in Phase 2, I can do this.

In the next quarter those square will have numbers!

Savings: £60

Rewards: up to £60

I have cashed my rewards in with some cute daisy hoop earrings from Lisa Jewellery and a switch game (I’m not going to promote this as it’s from a certain franchise that was created by a Terf).

Also, I basically spent what I saved. Perhaps I didn’t really think this reward system through either… 🫥

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JANUARY

• The House in the Cerulean Sea; T.J. Klune ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – (buzzword/re-read/backlist (pre ’22)/audiobook/52 book club)
• Shoulder to Shoulder: A Queer History of Solidarity, Coalition and Chaos; Jake Hall ⭐⭐⭐.5 – (non-fiction/audiobook)
• The Vegetarian; Han Kang ⭐⭐⭐.5 (backlist (pre ’22)/52 book club)
• Under the Oak Tree Vol 1. (comic); namu, P, Kim Suji ⭐⭐⭐ – (52 book club)
• Spy x Family Vol.2; Tatsuya Endo ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (backlist (pre ’22)/sequel)
• Somewhere Beyond the Sea; T.J. Klune ⭐⭐⭐ (buzzword/sequel/audiobook)

FEBRUARY

• Magnolia Parks; Jessa Hastings ⭐⭐⭐⭐- (backlist (pre ’22)/52 book club)
• Spy x Family Vol. 3; Tatsuya Endo ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – (backlist (pre ’22)/sequel)
• A Dark and Drowning Tide; Allison Saft ⭐⭐⭐ – (buzzword/audiobook/52 book club)
• Spy x Family Vol. 4; Tatsuya Endo ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 – (backlist (pre ’22)/sequel)
• Solitaire; Alice Oseman ⭐⭐⭐.5 – (backlist (pre ’22)/52 book club)
• Twilight; Stephanie Meyer – (re-read/backlist (pre ’22)/52 book club)

MARCH

• Spy x Family Vol.5; Tatsuya Endo ⭐⭐⭐ – (backlist (pre ’22)/sequel)
• Lumberjanes Vol 1.; Grace Ellis, ND Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Gus A. Allen ⭐⭐ (backlist pre ’22)
• Spy x Family Vol.6; Tatsuya Endo ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – (backlist (pre ’22)/sequel)
• Victorian Psycho; Virginia Feito ⭐⭐⭐.5 – (52 book club)
• Pride and Prejudice; Jane Austen ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – (re-read/backlist (pre ’22)/audiobook/52 book club)
• The Summoning; Kelley Armstrong ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – (52 book club/backlist (pre ’22)/re-read)
• Return to the DallerGut Dream Department Store; Miye Lee (translator: Joosun Lee) ⭐⭐⭐.75 – (buzzword/sequel/audiobook/52 book club)
• The Awakening; Kelley Armstrong ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 – (re-read/backlist (pre ’22)/sequel/52 book club)
• The Reckoning; Kelley Armstrong ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – (re-read/backlist (pre ’22)/sequel/52 book club)
• Because of Miss Bridgerton; Julia Quinn ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – (backlist (pre ’22)/52 book club)
• With Love from the Morisaki Bookshop; Satoshi Yagisawa (translator: Eric Ozawa) ⭐⭐⭐ – (audiobook/52 book club)
• The Complete Darkest Powers; Kelley Armstrong ⭐⭐.75 – (backlist: pre ’22)

APRIL

• Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries; Kate Mosse ⭐⭐⭐.5 – (non-fiction/audiobook)
• Cloistered: My Years as a Nun; Catherine Coldstream ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – (non-fiction/audiobook)
• Kiki’s Delivery Service; Eiko Kadono ⭐⭐⭐.5 – (backlist (pre ’22)/52 book club)

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WATCHES

Like I said in the intro, I’m not doing so great on my watches. I’d be happier with these stats if my watches were more diverse. However, the International films and series are all American.

Out of the seventeen things I’ve watched so far this year, 6 out of the 7 documentaries were American and then 6 out of 8 films have been American, the rest British. It’s so easy to just shove a documentary on when I want to watch something but am finding it hard to decide and/or focus 100%.

The fact that I was doing so well with K-dramas in the last half of 2024 makes me sad that I’ve not completed a single one so far this year.

A definite goal of mine is to diversify my watches and get more drama/film reviews on my blog. I’m concerned that I have much more bookish content and I still want to keep a lot more posts being about visual media rather than reading.

Savings: £30

Rewards: £0

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JANUARY

• Jailbirds (2019) ⭐⭐⭐ – (documentary/international series)
• Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action (2025) ⭐⭐⭐ – (documentary/international series)
• The Body Next Door (2024) ⭐⭐⭐⭐- (documentary/British film or series)

FEBRUARY

• Shrek (2001) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – (award show nominee/re-watch/international film)
• Miranda, series 1 (2009) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – (award show nominee/re-watch/British film-series)
• The Rescuers (1977) ⭐⭐⭐ – (award show nominee/re-watch/international film)
• Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 – (award show nominee/re-watch/international film)
• Leading Lady Parts (2018) – (British film-series)
• Beyonce Bowl (2024) – (letterboxd 2024 year in review/international film)
• Lisa Frankenstein (2024) ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 – (award show nominee/letterboxd 2024 year in review/international film)
• Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (2019) – (British film-series)
• What Jennifer Did (2024) ⭐⭐ – (documentary/letterboxd 2024 year in review/international film)

MARCH

• National Theatre Live: Chewing Gum Dreams (2014) ⭐⭐⭐.5 – (award show nominee/British film-series)
• Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke (2025) ⭐⭐⭐.5 – (documentary/international series)

APRIL

• Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (2025) ⭐⭐⭐.5 – (documentary/international series)
• See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – (award show nominee/British film-series)
• I’m Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders (2024) ⭐⭐ – (documentary/international series)

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Favourite Book: Because of Miss Bridgerton; Julia Quinn – I loved this so much! The romance, the pacing and the characters made for such a fun time ♥ I enjoyed a romance without much conflict between our main couple that ruins the joy.

Favourite Watch: Lisa Frankenstein – Last year I watched Heathers and Lisa Frankenstein was everything I wanted that film to be. This film was funny, over the top and an absolute wonderful time! Sometimes you just have to advocate a women’s wrongs~

Most Interesting Book: Cloistered; Catherine Coldstream – I found this first hand account of such a private Catholic practice to be so incredibly engaging. There’s a lot of information that I might have preferred more depth to, but this was more about the events and personal experiences of Coldstream.

Most Interesting Watch: The Body Next Door was an incredible documentary series that had be gripped. The twists and turns we were taken on were so unexpected. I did not expect the events we saw to occur in a small little Welsh village and have international elements.

Most Disappointing Book: Somewhere Beyond the Sea; T.J. Klune – This one feels wrong to say because I loved the first book so much and the themes of the book are really important. Personally, there was too much of that ‘childish whimsy’ to really make it impactful.

Most Disappointing Watch: While I did rate some low, I wasn’t exactly invested before I went in and had no real expectations.

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Thanks for reading and I hope your goals are being achieved!

I hope you’re having a lovely day and staying safe ❤️