We’re finally moving on to the last parts of the End of Year Survey for 2025! These sections are more about blogging and what we have to look forward to in the year ahead. If you missed Part 1 of the wrap up, you can find it HERE and if you’re curious to check out my previous year wrap-ups, you can check them all out below! ⬇️

This survey was originally created by Jamie @The Perpetual Page Turner.

New favourite book blog/bookstagram/YouTube channel you discovered in 2025?

I was kind of disappointed in myself for not engaging with more creators in 2025. That said, there were a few people who I had the chance to connect with though, and its been such a delight to make new bookish friends! 💜 The final two creators on this list are creators I really enjoy (especially Emily!) but I’m definitely more of a lurker on their pages, lol.

• Emma @ Pages of Emma
• Charlotte @ Bewitching Books, Ravenous Reads
• Veros @ Dark Shelf of Wonder
• Mackenzie @ mackenziespocket
• Isabella @ The Inkboundreader
• Emily @emilysreadingera
• Sam @samfallingbooks

Favourite post you wrote in 2025?

Ach, I’m really bad at choosing favourites of any kind, so I’m just going to share a few posts—mostly Let’s Talk Bookish posts—that I enjoyed writing. I hope you enjoy reading them 🙂

Favourite bookish-related photo you took in 2025?

I was surprised to find myself even more active on bookstagram in 2025—although admittedly still not nearly as much as many other bookstagrammers/bloggers. That said, I’m happy with the posts that I made. I wish that I was more consistent with posting because I’d often post a few pictures only to drop off completely, but maybe 2026 will be my year! 🤭 This is one my favourite posts of 2025, I think maybe it’s all the purple, lol.

^{Please ignore Sylvia Plath in this #BlackHistoryMonth bookstack. I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t even notice the book in there until like months after. I thought I’d grabbed a very different book. 🤦🏻‍♀️}

Also, if you want to follow me over there I’m @dinipandareads!

Best bookish event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, etc.)?

Just like in previous years, I attended zero bookish events this year. 🥺 One day I’ll attend one!

Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2025?

While buddy reads have continued to be a massive highlight for me in 2025—shout out to Leslie and Charlotte for all the buddy reads we did last year! But I think one of the best moments in my blogging life in 2025 was becoming a co-host of Let’s Talk Bookish. 💜 When Aria asked me to be co-host at the end of 2024 I was shocked because ME?! Haha. I’m beyond honoured and I hope that I’m doing this weekly discussion meme justice. I hope things continue to run smoothly in 2025 🙂

Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year?

I’ve mentioned this several times in many posts throughout the year and in my wrap-ups as well, but the biggest challenge I faced was my reading life in general in 2025. 😂 That’s such a broad scope but honestly, it wasn’t the reading year that I thought it would be. As a mood reader, our global geopolitical situation had me feeling wrecked—especially because it’s so closely tied to my work—and it was just not great for my overall mental health. As a result, my reading really suffered. I found it difficult to find books that I really connected to emotionally, but ones that also held my attention. Yes, I did have some great reads, and I surprisingly read more last year than previous years. That said, if I have to be honest, very few books have really stood out to me—even the ones I enjoyed reading at the time and gave good ratings to. It’s not great when you can hardly remember the books you read, right? I’m hoping that 2026 will play a different tune!

Most popular post this year on your blog (whether it be by comments or views)?

Something happened towards the end of 2025 where my blog started getting thousands of views from China, and apparently, this happens when they’re scraping your site for AI. 😭 In the last two months of the year, my blog garnered over 580,000 views, which is absolutely ridiculous—and it sucks because it means nothing and it also skews my insights terribly! I hope that never happens to me again—I don’t even know how it happened to me in the first place?!—but thankfully, things seem to have gone back to normal now. All that’s to say, I don’t really know what the answer is to this prompt but according to my stats my most popular post over the past year is this post: #TopTenTuesday: Say Hello to My Chonky Friends!

Post you wished got a little more love?

This is another tough one because I’m just glad people are still coming to my blog at all, lol. 😂 But as with every year, I notice that my book reviews always get the least number of views and engagement. While I didn’t write a whole bunch of reviews in 2025, here are some that I really enjoyed writing:

Best bookish discovery (book-related sites, bookstores, etc.)?

I’ve been trying to think if I made any bookish discoveries and sadly, I don’t think I have… 🥺

Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of the year?

Answering this prompt was a bit of a *womp womp* moment for me because out of the five challenges I set in 2025, I only managed to complete one. 😮‍💨 I’m terrible with these reading challenge things but I still participate in them anyway, lol. I was one book away from completing my GR challenge as well, and to be honest, I feel like I did. There were some discrepancies in my Notion tracking that made it seem like I’d read much more, which I know isn’t true, but I do think I got at least 150! But anyway… Considering how poorly my overall reading year was, I think I still did pretty well. I’ve never managed to complete the Popsugar before, and this was as close as I’d ever got, so I’m quite happy with that.

✅ 2025 Year in Aeldia — Completed
❌ Goodreads Reading Challenge — 149/150
❌ Buzzword Reading Challenge — 11/12
❌ Beat the Backlist Bingo — 22/25
❌ Popsugar Reading Challenge — 31/40

One book you didn’t get to in 2025 but will be your number one priority in 2026?

Book you are most anticipating for 2026 (non-debut)?

2026 debut you are most anticipating?

Series ending/sequel you are most anticipating in 2026?

One thing you hope to accomplish or do in your reading/blogging life in 2026?

One thing I really hope happens in 2026 is me finding my reading groove again. I feel like I’ve been in such a slumpy weird reading mood for months now and it’s starting to really bug me. It takes so long to find something that manages to keep my attention or make me feel something. I really miss those days when I could immediately (or at least almost immediately) fall in love with whatever I’m reading. It’s been so long since I felt that… 🥲

A 2026 release you’ve already read and recommend to everyone (if applicable)

I’ve only read one 2026 release so far and while I know it’ll be fun for some, I wouldn’t recommend it to everyone! So, for this, I’m sharing an ARC I have for a 2026 release that I’m really looking forward to: Behind Five Willows by June Hur. A Pride and Prejudice inspired romance set in historical Korea? Aah, I can’t wait! 😍

And that, my friends, is a wrap on the End of Year Survey for 2025. What a year it was… I’m looking forward to seeing what 2026 has in store! What 2026 releases are you looking forward to? What didn’t you manage to read in 2025 that you want to prioritise this year? Are you joining any reading challenges or have you set a specific blogging goal for yourself? I hope 2026 will be an amazing year for all of us! Stay happy, healthy, and safe, everyone! 💜

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