Betty (dudes22) publishes a 2025 List

Hi – My name is Betty and I joined LT in 2008 and I’ve been doing the Category Challenge since 2010. My husband and I live close to the coast in the tiny state of Rhode Island. Our son and daughter also live in RI so we can see them fairly often. Our grandchildren are scattered – one grandson In Maine, one in Florida and our granddaughter is in North Carolina. I like to quilt, and I have a thread over in the Needlearts Group and this year my goal is to finish 16 quilts for my great-nieces/nephews before next Christmas. If you’d like to stop by occasionally and see what I’m working on, here’s where I am: https://www.librarything.com/topic/366865#n8708391

I’d like to make some progress on my TBR pile this year and also read some of the Book Bullets I’ve taken since I’ve been on LT. There are two books I’m going make year-long reading – one is The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St Clair and the other is The Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holde. Kac522 mentioned that she had been reading it monthly in 2024 and I thought that sounded like a good way to read the book.

2. Tickers & Covers & Book Bullets;







Book Bullet Reading Tracking:

BBs 2012: 0 of 6
BBs 2013: 0 of 7
BBs 2014: 0 of 10
BBs 2015: 0 of 13
BBs 2016: 0 of 19
BBs 2017: 0 of 15
BBs 2018: 0 of 19
BBs 2019: 0 of 51
BBs 2020: 0 of 50
BBs 2021: 0 of 81
BBs 2022: 0 of 51
BBs 2023: 0 of 68
BBs 2024: 0 of 63

Year-Long Reads


Currently Reading:


Recently Read

Small/Independent Publishers:



In 2024, I started following a YouTuber who talks about books from small/independent publishers. A publisher is considered a small or independent publisher if, in general, they have less than $50 million in sales or are publishing less than 10 books a year. Indie presses tend take chances on new voices and innovative writing that large houses would never consider. When I decided to use this as a theme for my RL book club for 2025, I thought I’d incorporate it here as the main focus of my 2025 challenge.

Audio Books



Over the past couple of years, I’ve gotten into listening to books while I drive or when I walk. It’s allowed me to fit in another 12-13 books a year which is a good thing.

Series



I have a number of series I’m reading and I’m always hoping to make progress on them. I might even binge read some this year in an effort to catch up.

Other Fiction



Other fiction reads which were not published by a small press.

Non-Fiction



I’m hoping to make some progress with non-fiction titles that have been languishing on my shelves and the 2 year-long reads mentioned above.

Year-long reads:
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St Claiar
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden

Bingo Dog



I think the Bingo Dog has some squares that will be challenging for me this year, so we’ll see how it goes.

AlphaKit



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Challenges



I’m not sure how many other Cats or Kits I’ll do so I’ll just include this one overall category to keep track.

MysteryKit

ColorCat

CoverCat

RandomKit

NatureKit

I saw this while reading The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass and it made me think of LT:

“We each have our own book spaces inside us, and they do not match up perfectly. Nor should they.”



Now I'm open...

Extra - just in case.

That’s a lot of BBs! I suppose it’s a good thing I haven’t been tracking mine too closely. And small presses is such a great category. I’ll be watching what you’re reading here with interest.

Good luck with it all. BBs... oh dear. I expect you'll hit me with a few.

Happy reading, Betty!

Happy reading and quilting, Betty!

Happy New Thread! I especially like the small press/indie publishers idea.

Excellent plan, it covers so much! Happy reading in 2025.

>13 Charon07: - >14 majkia: - >15 susanj67: - >16 MissWatson: - >17 LadyoftheLodge: - >18 VivienneR:: Thank you all for the kind words. It's nice to see the enthusiasm for small presses. I'm looking forward to starting the new year.

Happy reading in 2025, Betty.

Enjoy your reading in 2025!

>3 dudes22: I also enjoy reading small indie publishers. I have found some great reads hidden in there.

>20 pamelad: - Thanks, Pam.

>21 Tess_W: - Thanks, Tess.

>22 lowelibrary: - I'm looking forward to finding those gems. I'm going to go leave you a message with the YouTuber that talks about indie books in case you're interested. I'm never sure if that's something I should mention in an open post.

Great pictures. Good reading in 2025.

All very interesting categories especially >3 dudes22:. I wonder which Youtuber you found? I watch a lot of Booktube and also love finding more from independent and international publishers.

>25 JayneCM: - I've posted you a message with the name.

Making room on my shelves and Kindle for the BBs you hit me with in 2025!

>27 DeltaQueen50: - I'm sure you'll be returning the favor.

I look forward to following you again next year Betty. The BB category is a good one!

I've already told you I'm looking forward to your emphasis on small presses in 2025. I've hung my star on your thread.

>29 clue: - Thanks, Luanne. I look forward to following you too. (In case I didn't say so on your thread. I lose track of who I've visited and who I haven't)

>30 RidgewayGirl: - Hi Kay - I've been looking through my TBR pile to see what I have and what I want to read that I don't have.

Great reading plans! I really like the idea of the yearlong reads. I tried it this year with A History of Western Music and, after a good start, dropped out altogether, but I'll try again in 2025.

>32 MissBrangwen: - Thanks for stopping. I hope I can keep up with it.

I've added the link in post #1 to my quilting thread in the NeedleArts group. There's nothing much there right now but my plans for the year, but in case you occasionally want to stop by and see what I'm doing, I thought I'd post a link.

Hi Betty, just starting your thread and wishing you a Happy New Year!

>35 lsh63: - Thanks, Lisa. Looking forward to watching your reading too.