My 2025 Book Awards! 🏆 | WORST Book, Best Plot Twist & Most UNHINGED Character! 😱📚

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The Goodreads Choice Awards were my biggest disappointment of 2025, so I decided to create my OWN book awards! Welcome to the inaugural WHAT MICHAELA READS CHOICE AWARDS where I'm giving out trophies (metaphorical ones - I forgot to order actual trophies 😅) for the WILDEST categories! 🎉

From the best plot twist that actually shocked me to the book that made me cry like a Victorian child (yes, really!), I'm covering ALL the bookish moments that defined my 2025 reading year! Plus I have some SPICY takes on S.A. Cosby that might ruffle some feathers... 👀

Fair warning: I have a rule that I can only mention each book ONCE across all categories, which made this SO much harder but way more fun! And S.A. Cosby fans... maybe skip ahead a few minutes 🙈

📚 BOOKS MENTIONED:
🌸 Bloom - Delilah S Dawson
🔪 Too Old For This - Samantha Downing
😭 Body of Lies - Joe Callahan (Kat & Lock Series Book 4)
💧 The Last List of Mabel Beaumont - Laura Pearson
🌀 Perfume & Pain - Anna Dorn
💀 The Missing Half - Ashley Flowers
🏠 The Butcher's Daughter - David Demchuk
🌊 Somewhere Beyond the Sea - TJ Klune
🧩 The Fellowship of the Puzzlemakers - Samuel Burr
🏥 Ward D - Freida McFadden
🔍 Not Quite Dead Yet - Holly Jackson
🐑 The Lamb - Lucy Rose
👻 Bathita - Kylie Lee Baker
⚱️ King of Ashes - S.A. Cosby (DNF!)
💔 Razorblade Tears - S.A. Cosby (Controversial Take!)
💄 Murder in the Dressing Room - Holly Stars
🏚️ Human Remains - Joe Callahan
🎭 Play Nice - Rachel Harrison
🔪 The Butcher - Jennifer Hillier
👿 The Last Party - A.R. Torre
🎄 Christmas Corpse - Mona Marple
🧛‍♀️ Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab
👑 The Midnight King - Tariq Ashkanani
⚖️ The Widow - John Grisham
🎪 Homicide at the Haunted House - Beth Dolgner
📖 Charlie Donlea Books (4 books total - on screen!)

⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro: What Michaela Reads Choice Awards!
01:15 - Best Plot Twist That Actually Surprised Me
02:24 - Most Unhinged Character (And I Love Them For It!)
03:12 - Book That Made Me Cry Like a Victorian Child
04:38 - Book That Felt Like a Fever Dream
05:22 - Most Satisfying Ending
06:45 - Book That Ruined My Week
08:02 - Most Devastating Last Line
09:18 - Comfort Read That Actually Comforted Me (TWO!)
11:35 - Biggest BookTok Scam
13:10 - Most Disappointing Read of the Year
15:23 - Cover vs Content Catfish (TWO COVERS!)
17:45 - A DNF I Do NOT Regret (S.A. Cosby Fans Warning!)
19:20 - A Book I Wish I DNF'd (More S.A. Cosby!)
21:50 - Book I Bought for the Cover (No Regrets!)
22:48 - Plot I'm STILL Thinking About Months Later
23:35 - Scariest Book I Read in 2025
24:20 - Darkest Book I Read in 2025 (TWO!)
26:55 - Shortest Book That Packed a PUNCH
27:50 - Longest Book That Earned Every Page
28:40 - Most Underrated Gem
30:15 - Book That Surprised Me
31:42 - Book That Changed My Reading Taste
32:50 - Favorite Author Discovery of 2025
34:05 - Wrap Up & Final Thoughts

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN! I want YOU to create your own book awards! Pick ANY of these categories (or make up your own!) and drop your winners in the comments! Let's celebrate our reading years together! 📚✨
Which category are YOU most excited to hear about? And S.A. Cosby fans... are we still friends?! 😅

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