End of the Year Wrap-Up!

 

It's time to say goodbye to 2025! It's been a year packed with tales old and new....well, mostly new. This is the only time during the entire year, which I take a moment to look back and see what stories hit Bookworm for Kids, but before I head into some stats, I have one important thing to do...

This little, simple blog receives more and more views every year, and it never ceases to amaze me how all of you take the time to stop by and peek at my ramblings. I can only hope that a book on here has somehow touched the lives of a young reader you know (or maybe, even you) and led to great adventures and food for thought.

STATISTICS

Just for fun (and I might have an odd sense of fun), I like to jot down some quick numbers for the year and give a brief overview of what types of books have been on Bookworm for Kids.

As usual, Picture Books ruled with over 130 reads.

Chapter Books held their own at around 35.

Middle Grade wasn't too far behind the picture books with around 95 titles.

Young Adult books didn't fall back due to my heavier, real-life schedule (they just take longer to read!) and hit around 30 reads.

Graphic Novels also landed with about 35 titles this year.

I've said this before, and I'll have to say it again... Science Fiction was a bit stronger this past year with more titles available than I've seen...hmmmm...well, since I started this blog around 15 years ago(?) Grief and the loss of a loved one also hung heavier in the theme list, which became so heavy that I simply began to turn these down on sight. Also, Fantasy seemed to fade a bit back, which was a first. Mystery also seemed to have an uptick as well as a little more horror. But that could just be me, since I definitely don't sit in the main flow of new releases and try to steer more into a broader direction. 

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Every year, I now hit my Favorites of the Year list.... but this year, I'm not sure what to do, since there are several categories, which I didn't really have a lot of reads, which stuck out compared to the others. Maybe, it was my reading mood...or maybe, the tales were of such a good quality that they evened each other out. So, instead of fumbling a list together, I'm just going to say it was a great reading year and leave it at that. If you'd like to see which books were read this year, feel free to head on over to my sidebar and check the various books by age. My favorites are in large print...but you'll soon see that not every age category has many of these.

In any case, I hope you found 2025 as exciting and interesting as I did, and I wish you a wonderful slide into 2026!