Year three of my One Woman Book Club is in the books, and what a year of reading it was!
The 2025 One Woman Book Club was a little different from the first two years. This year, instead of simply including each month's book pick in a monthly reading roundup, I dedicated a full post to each book, sharing not only my thoughts about the titles but also a full-length summary. You can browse through all of my One Woman Book Club Reviews here. There are spoilers in each full review, but they're clearly labeled and easy to skip.
For this year's book club, I decided to do something different to really wrap things up -- a recap post! For this, I'm going to give a very brief, one-to-two sentence review of each month's pick and whether or not I would recommend it. For full reviews, simply click on each heading.
This was a magical book to start the year. It was a lovely story told in alternating yet interconnected timelines. It also had some pretty fascinating literary history in it, which I definitely enjoyed. Recommend!
This was a fun rom-com. It was a quick and easy with with Pretty Woman vibes. Recommend.
This novel exceeded my expectations. I love this author's books, and this one was such a rewarding read. I especially liked the underlying themes of breaking generational curses. Recommend!
This novel is on my best books of the year list. It is a historical fiction with a magical twist that sent me down a research rabbit hole to learn all I could about Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot. Recommend!
If I had to choose a least favorite book club pick, this would be it. In my opinion, too much detail went into the villain, while the "hero" was under-developed and felt a bit dumb at times. That said, it did have a good twist though that I didn't see coming. That's just not enough for me to recommend it, unfortunately.
This is one of my favorite reads this year. It was a very bittersweet story about a family reuniting, forgiveness, and healing. Recommend!
I enjoyed this book overall, but I do have mixed feelings. I felt like the Cuban Revolution was an afterthought even though it played a really big part in what was happening. The "happy ending" was very delayed and honestly not all that happy, and for this to be a romance story there was a lot of time spent on the "in between" times.
This one is by one of my favorite authors, but I found myself disappointed. I felt like it was missing something; maybe I was unfairly comparing it to The Paper Magician? Final verdict: meh.
Sci-fi isn't usually my thing, but I enjoyed this one. It is satirical but oddly relevant. I know it's not for everyone, but I definitely recommend it for fans of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
This one was such a good book about love and redemption. The dual timeline was expertly woven together to tell this bittersweet story. Recommend.
This was a near-perfect historical fiction set in a time period that I'm not all that familiar with. There's also a mystery to solve. Recommend.
What a book to end the year on. If I had to sum this one up in just one sentence it would be this: ghosts in the attic! This one was crazy with one of the most bizarre endings I've read. Recommend!
To everyone who read along with me this year, thank you! I hope you enjoyed this year's picks as much as or more than I did!
As the One Woman Book Club continues to grow and evolve, I'm looking for new ways to expand on it and get as much value from the club as possible. Blogging about books isn't exactly new territory for me, but it's always been a bit of a side focus. I think that's going to change in 2026, not just with the One Woman Book Club but also with my reading-based content overall.
Speaking of my One Woman Book Club, be sure to check back on January 1st to see the 2026 One Woman Book Club schedule.
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