2025 Netgalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge

 

I participated in this challenge in 2023 and 2024 and plan to do it again in 2025.  It is being hosted by Socrates Book Reviews.  I was able to review 94 books in 2024 between Netgalley and Edelweiss and this challenge is always great way to keep myself accountable and on top of reviews.

I currently have 40 outstanding ARCs on my TBR right now, 14 of those are 2025 releases.  

I'm going to shoot for Platinum again this year.  I haven't been able to get to 100 Netgalley reviews in a year quite yet.  I do review for other sources but they aren't all on Netgalley and Edelweiss.

I'll link my reviews below as I post.  To keep myself accountable, I'll be posting my tentative TBR based on release dates and approvals as the year goes on.

January - Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon (12/10/24)
2. Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire (1/7/24)
3. Breath of the Dragon by Shannon Lee and Fonda Lee (1/7/25)
4. Let's Call a Truce by Amy Buchanan (1/14/25)
5. Vow of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes (1/14/25)
6. Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher (11/26/24)
7. A Language of Dragons by S.F. Williamson (1/7/25)
8. Babylonia by Costanza Casati (1/14/25)
9. An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson (9/17/24)
10. The Soccer of Success by Ciaran McArdle (1/28/25)
11. Lightfall by Ed Crocker (1/14/25)
12. Penitence by Kristin Koval (1/28/25)
13. Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray (2/4/25)

February Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict (2/11/25)
2. The Kiss Lottery by Ilsa Madden-Mills (2/11/25)
3. Get Lost With You by Sophie Sullivan (2/11/25)
4. Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley (11/12/24)
5. A Dragon of Black Glass by James Rollins (2/18/25)
6. The Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton (2/25/25)
7. Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven (3/4/5)
8. Heart of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes (2/25/25)

March Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (3/4/25)
2. The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow (3/11/25)
3. Transmentation Transience by Darkly Lem (3/18/25)
4. The Deathly Grimm by Kathryn Purdie (3/25/25)
5. The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara (3/18/25)
6. A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (4/1/25)

April Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Where Shadows Meet by Patrice Caldwell (4/1/25)
2. The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey (11/1/22)
3. Their Monstrous Hearts by Yigit Turhan (4/8/25)
4. Heartwood by Amity Gage (4/1/25)
5. Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (3/4/25)
6. The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton (4/1/25)
7. Bat Eater and other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker (4/29/25)

May Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. My Grandma and Grandpa Rock! by Pat Benetar and Neil Giraldo (9/9/25)
2. Big Dumb Eyes by Nate Bargatze (5/6/25)
3. Tequila Wars by Ted Genoways (5/6/25)
4. The Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg (11/1/22)
5. The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North (5/13/25)
6. A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen (1/30/24)
7. Lessons in Heartbreak by Karla Sorensen (5/20/25)
8. Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts (5/27/25)

June Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. A Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBride (5/27/25)
2. Sunshine and Spice by Aurora Palit (9/10/24)
3. The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark (6/3/25)
4. Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare (6/3/25)
5. Pretty Good Science Jokes by Steve Mockus (8/26/25)

July Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. An Irish Summer by Alexandra Paige (7/1/25)
2. A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (7/15/25)
3. The Code for Love by Anne Marsh (7/29/25)
4. Of Flame and Fury by Mikayla Bridge (7/15/25)
5. In the Veins of Drowning by Kalie Cassidy (7/15/25)
6. The Golden Age of Magic by Luanne G. Smith (7/1/25)
7. The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw (7/22/25)
8. Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (
9. The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant by Liza Tully (7/8/25)

August Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Angel Down by Daniel Kraus 7/29/25
2. The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen (8/5/25)
3. The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan (8/12/25)
4. Mistress of Bones by Maria Z. Medina (8/5/25)
5. Woven from Clay by Jenny Birch (8/12/25)
6. Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher (8/19/25)
7. Break Me Down by Anna Downes (8/19/25)
8. The Executioners Three by Susan Dennard (8/26/25)

September Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley (9/2/25)
2. The Summer War by Naomi Novik (9/16/25)
3. To Clutch a Razor by Veronica Roth (9/16/25)
4. The Maiden and her Monster by Maddie Martinez (9/9/25)
5. An Introvert's Guide to Life and Love by Lauren Applebaum (9/16/25)
6. The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell (9/16/25)
7. Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross (9/2/25)

October Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher (9/30/25)
2. A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal (9/23/25)
3. Daedalus is Dead by Seamus Sullivan (9/30/25)
4. The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill (9/30/25)
5. Mirage City by Lev AC Rosen (10/7/25)
6. The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens (10/7/25)
7. The Witching Moon Manor by Stacy Sivinski (10/7/25)
8. The Genius Bat by Yossi Yovel (10/7/25)
9. Red City by Marie Lu (10/14/25)
10. The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong (10/14/25)
11. Same by Hannah Rosenberg (10/21/25)
12. The Crimson Throne by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis (10/7/25)

November Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Fallen City by Adrienne Young (11/4/25)
2. Witchlight (sample) by Susan Dennard (11/4/25) 
3. Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree (11/11/25)
4. Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland (11/11/25)
5. Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story by Jeffery Kluger (11/11/25)
6. Single Dad Dilemma by Karla Sorensen (11/18/25)
7. The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers (11/18/25)
8. I Know I Should Exercise, But...: 44 Reasons We Don't Move and How to Get Over Them by Diana Hill and Katy  Bowman
9. The Moorwitch by Jessica Khoury

December  Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher (12/1/25)
2. Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson (12/9/25)
3. The Twin Paradox by Charles Wachter (8/23/20)
4. Through the Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire (1/6/26)
5. The Swan's Daughter by Roshani Chokshi (1/6/26)

12/26/25 Update:

I've successfully reviewed all of my 2025 Netgalley ARCs!!! I don't think I've ever done that before.  I even caught up on a few backlog items and got in one for next year.  I might be able to squeeze in one more 2026 ARC before the end of the year but I'm reading and listening to non-ARCs right now for other reading challenge prompts.

It looks like I'm at 95 Netgalley titles for 2025, but some of the books I reviewed were for both the ARC and ALC version so I posted over 100 actual reviews on Netgalley.