75 books. 27,546 pages.
One discerning reader.
THIS YEAR YOU READ
YOU TURNED
YOUR READING PACE
A new book every 5 days, all year long
READING RHYTHM
Longest gap: 13 days
July 24 - August 6
YOUR READING YEAR
April and September were your peak months with 10 books each
THE FEBRUARY SLUMP
Your slowest month of the year
But you came back swinging in April with 10
YOUR TOP AUTHOR
4 books
You completed the entire Neapolitan Novels saga
THE FERRANTE FAITHFUL
Neapolitan Novels
"1,700 pages of friendship as battlefield, Naples as character"
One does not simply read a Ferrante book, one lives it.
— Allie's review of Those Who Leave and Those Who StayThe new living flesh was replicating the old in a game, we were a chain of shadows who had always been on the stage with the same burden of love, hatred, desire, and violence.
— passage from Those Who Leave and Those Who StayYOUR RATING STYLE
You rate 0.42 stars lower than the community average
HOW YOU RATED
No 2-star books. You know what you like.
THE NO 2-STAR ZONE
For you, it's either worth the time
or it's not.
THE ONES THAT MATTERED
When you give 5 stars, you mean it
THE SEVEN 5-STAR READS
MOST LOVED
Mary Renault, 1958
"A reader who wants to be transported, not validated. She'd rather wrestle with alien values than be reassured by familiar ones."
The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.
— from Ordinary GraceFIERCE FAVORITES
Nemonte Nenquimo
"Nemonte, many stars, you are a fierce jaguar warrior. It was an honor and a privilege to hear your story."
"Stories are living beings, as the Waorani people believe."
THE ROMANCE DONE RIGHT
Charlie N. Holmberg
"The romance felt well-earned, more emotionally based than carnal (hear that ACOTAR?) and realistic."
"You don't need a love triangle to evoke sweetness and sorrow."
THE HYPE TEST
BookTok's darling. You weren't convinced.
Felt like a lot of running around with quippy, cringy dialogue and 🌽 scenes with little to no actual plot...
this should have just been a trilogy.
HYPE-RESISTANT
"Allie can smell inauthentic emotion from a mile away"
The sad part is that there were moments of really beautiful writing or evocative imagery.
I am instead left bereft.
THE EPIC
Alchemised
"A rose in a graveyard. Horribly macabre and beautifully intense."
MYTHOLOGY LOVER
Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez
"Really loved that it was inspired by Celtic mythology. My kind of story inspo!"
Greek, Celtic, Roman—you love ancient stories retold
YOUR GENRE UNIVERSE
TOP GENRES
GENRE QUIRKS
117 unique genres. 52 were one-of-a-kind:
You don't stay in one lane
DIVERSE STORIES
Including The Will Darling Adventures trilogy by K.J. Charles
WHAT YOU RATE HIGHEST
Truth over fantasy. Reality over romance.
THE OLD SOUL
You rate older books significantly higher
TIME TRAVEL
126 years of literature in one year
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
Average book: 367 pages
HIDDEN GEMS
Most obscure:
Demons in the Golden Empire
Only 22 ratings on Goodreads
YOUR DISCOVERIES
High-rated books almost no one knows:
THE RANGE
You don't just follow the algorithm
A PERSONAL CONNECTION
A Peace Corps memoir
"Jarringly reminded me of my own service experiences, in Panama and Ecuador."
Who was really helping who here? Who was being changed?
Humanity at the end of the day, is all about connections. About truly seeing each other.
— Allie's reviewIt reminds me of a connection I had made with someone from Ecuador who had little to his name, yet was desperate to leave me with a memento.
He gifted me something more precious than I could have given.
BITTERSWEET
★★★★
"Sad because Beth and Gabriel experienced an intense love and longing for each other that wasn't meant to be."
SPIRIT WORLD
Yangsze Choo
"I enjoyed following Li Lan through the spirit world and discovering more about Chinese folklore."
You rated it higher than the community (+0.19 stars)
SERIES COMMITMENT
Completed This Year:
THE SERIES LETDOWN
Greg Keyes
"The only fitting ending was Aspar's. The characters became dull or too far-fetched."
Eye rolling at the amount of times love interests swayed—
I'm looking at you Sir Neil, and you too callous Anne.
— on The Born QueenWHAT YOU NOTICE
The dialogue between husband and wife felt very contrived—
no one speaks that way.
— on Fates and FuriesTHE SKEPTIC
"Just not believable."
— on Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy)Three words. Devastating.
THE OPTIMISTIC ACTIVIST
"Allie doesn't want sanitized inspiration; she wants truth with teeth."
A stark reminder of the injustice and inequality all too prevalent in this world.
Ultimately, we are the cause. We must also be the cure.
— on Everything Is TuberculosisUNEXPECTED FAVORITE
Dick Van Dyke
★★★★★
Only 637 ratings, but a perfect 5 from you.
Optimism with substance. Joy that's been earned.
SPONTANEOUS FIND
H.G. Parry
"Love the bittersweet ending. It ended up being an interesting read for a spontaneous buy!"
Only 1,741 ratings. You saw something special.
WHO YOU ARE AS A READER
THE VERDICT
Someone who believes in humanity but refuses to be pandered to
YOU WANT BOOKS THAT
THE STANDARD
You'll devour a 4-book Italian saga, a 1958 Greek myth retelling, and a tuberculosis manifesto in the same year—
but ruthlessly 1-star a fantasy sequel that coasts on hype.
"Allie reads like she means it."