Total pages read for December 2025 was 1,194.
I finished Stephen Lawhead’s Byzantium. It was something of an epic story covering a lot of territory in its 650+ pages.
Those that were started and finished in the month were Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It was an ugly, unattractive story - but I guess that’s the idea of gothic horror. I also read Dick Eastman’s The Hour that Changes the World, Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Woodrow Kroll’s booklet How the Book was Born.
Also completed was a daily devotional containing excerpts of Watchman Nee’s writings called A Table in the Wilderness.
One book I re-read in the last few days of the year was James Gray’s How to Master the English Bible. Worth re-reading every now and again!
My monthly totals and cumulative average for the year were:
| Month | Total | Cumulative Average |
|---|---|---|
| __________ | _______________ | ____________________ |
| Jan | 299 | 299 |
| Feb | 834 | 567 |
| Mar | 893 | 675 |
| Apr | 555 | 645 |
| May | 582 | 633 |
| Jun | 590 | 626 |
| Jul | 448 | 600 |
| Aug | 1,334 | 692 |
| Sep | 1,928 | 829 |
| Oct | 1,789 | 925 |
| Nov | 1,320 | 961 |
| Dec | 1,194 | 981 |
| Tot | 11,766 | 981 |
My total books read/reread during 2025 was 43. That comprises five re-reads and 38 new reads.