In this video I basically said, “okay Goodreads Choice Awards… let’s talk,” and then I dove headfirst into the 2025 nominees to see if the internet actually picked the best books of the year. I bounce through a bunch of categories—Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Romantasy, Young Adult Fiction, Romance, Memoir, Fiction, Debut Novel, and even Audiobook—so it’s a full-on cozy chaos tour of what bookternet has been obsessed with. It’s part reading vlog energy, part awards-season commentary, and part me trying to make sense of how these lists get built in the first place. I react to the nominees, talk through what I think works (and what absolutely does not), and I’m very honest about hype vs. actual reading experience. I also share how I think Goodreads could make the awards better, because some categories feel like they’re fighting for their lives while others are stacked. Then we get into the final voting round reactions and the winners—aka the moment where I’m either nodding like “okay, fair,” or staring into the void like “did we read the same year?” If you like cozy book chats with opinions, this one is for you.