I am keeping track of the books I read and my sunshine rating here for 2025. I hope to update it monthly when I share my reading update posts. You can always check in on Goodreads to see the most up to date books I’ve read. I am Sarah Parsons. I am reading on the beach in the sunshine, of course!

1. One Big Happy Family by Susan Mallery ☀️☀️☀️

2. Spy School Goes North by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

3. The Christmas Countdown by Holly Cassidy ☀️☀️☀️☀️

4. Natural Selection by Elin Hilderbrand ☀️☀️☀️☀️

5. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough (audio)☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

6. The Christmas Cookie Wars by Eliza Evans ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

7. Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

8. Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

9. The Royals Upstairs by Karina Halle ☀️☀️☀️

10. Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

11. The Women by Kristen Hannah ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

12. Poached by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

13. Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old by Brooke Shields ☀️☀️☀️☀️

14. Fenway and Hattie by Victoria J. Coe (kids)

15. Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

16. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight ☀️☀️☀️☀️1/2

17. The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

18. Spy School Goes Wild by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

19. Let’s Call Her Barbie by Renee Rosen ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

20. A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost (audio) ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

21. Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

22. Husbands and Lovers by Beatriz Williams ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

23. The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson ☀️☀️☀️☀️

24. Big Game by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

25. Sister Stardust by Jane Green ☀️☀️☀️☀️

26. Balto and Togo by Helen Moss (kids)

27. Betting on Good by Wendy Francis ☀️☀️☀️☀️

28. Tree. Table. Book by Lois Lowry (kids)

29. Table Titans Club by Scott Kurtz (kids graphic)

30. Lost and Found by Mei Yu (kids grapic)

31. Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas (kids graphic)

32. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga (kids)

33. Anzu and the Realm of Darkness by Mai K. Nguyen (kids graphic)

34. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

35. The Monster and the Maze by Maple Lam (kids graphic)

36. Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All by Chanel Miller (kids)

37. Misfit Mansion by Kay Davault (kids graphic)

38. Ant Story by Jay Hosler (kids graphic)

39. Lost in the Mountains by Maxwell Eaton III (kids graphic)

40. Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park (kids audio)

41. Invisible Isabel by Sally J. Pla (kids)

42. Unicorn Boy by Dave Roman (kids graphic)

43. The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie (kids audio)

44. The Off-Limits Rule by Sarah Adams ☀️☀️☀️☀️

45. Lost Time by Tasha Mukanik (kids graphic)

46. Olivetti by Allie Millington (kids audio)

47. Battle of the Bookshops by Ali Brady ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

48. The Temporary Roomie by Sarah Adams ☀️☀️☀️☀️

49. One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

50. Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

51. Max in the House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz (kids)

52. Panda-monium by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

53. Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen ☀️☀️☀️☀️

54. Swept Away by Beth O’Leary ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

55. Secrets of Adulthood by Gretchen Rubin ☀️☀️☀️☀️

56. Big Dumb Eyes by Nate Bargatze (audio) ☀️☀️☀️☀️

57. Just Beachy by Wendy Wax ☀️☀️☀️☀️

58. Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

59. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry ☀️☀️☀️

60. Our Last Vineyard Summer by Brooke Lea Foster ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

61. Lion Down by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

62. Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

63. Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

64. Summer Light on Nantucket by Nancy Thayer ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

65. Life is a Lazy Susan of Shit Sandwiches by Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

66. Mansion Beach by Meg Mitchell Moore ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

67. The Sandy Page Bookshop by Hannah McKinnon ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

68. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (kids audio)

69. It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

70. The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

71. The Blue Book by Elin Hilderbrand

72. Confessions of a Grammar Queen by Eliza Knight ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

73. We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

74. In Pieces by Sally Field (audio) ☀️☀️☀️☀️

75. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

76. Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams ☀️☀️☀️☀️

77. The Sherlock Society by James Ponti

78. 10 Rules for Raising a Kid in a High Tech World by Jean M. Twenge ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

79. Tyrannosaurus Wrecks by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

80. The Battle of the Bookshops by Poppy Alexander ☀️☀️☀️☀️

81. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

82. The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore ☀️☀️☀️☀️

83. Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin ☀️☀️

84. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (kids graphic)

85. No One was Supposed to Die at this Wedding by Catherine Mack ☀️☀️☀️☀️

86. A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau ☀️☀️

87. Sandwich by Catherine Newman (audio) ☀️☀️☀️☀️

88. Spy School Blackout by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

89. The Weekend Crashers by Jamie Brenner ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

90. One Night, Two Holidays by Ali Brady ☀️☀️☀️☀️

91. Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Mathew Norman ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

92. A Ferry Merry Christmas by Debbie Macomber ☀️☀️☀️☀️

93. Christmas at the Ranch by Julia McKay ☀️☀️☀️☀️

94. Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

95. The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

96. I’ll be Home for Christmas by Jenny Bayliss ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

97. Holly and Nick Hate Christmas by Betsy St. Amant ☀️☀️☀️☀️

98. A Merry Little Lie by Sarah Morgan ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

99. Merry Little Bookshop by Ali Brady ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

100. Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

This was my biggest reading year yet! I read a lot and enjoyed most of my books! My Goodreads reading challenge goal was 60 books and I surpassed that, but I am not setting a goal of 100 books next year. 100 is a big number and I am proud of it, but I will be happy with my reading life if I read less than 100 books next year.