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2025 in Books (Part 2): Recommendations and Reviews

Posted on December 29, 2025 by B.C. Johnson

It’s December, so time to show off some of the novels I’ve read this year! For the second time.

My plan this year was simple: read 24 books (double what I read last year), and only pull books I already own but haven’t read yet. One, to actually get to some of the books I’ve been gifted over the past couple decades, and two, because money.

You can read how the first six months went here.

Overall, for the back half of the year, I didn’t remotely reach my goal. Neither in number nor in sticking to only books I already owned. But as they say, it is in how we strive that our soul is revealed or something don’t listen to me I failed.

Alright, here we go:

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2025 in Books (Part 1): Recommendations and Reviews

Posted on July 2, 2025 by B.C. Johnson

It’s July, so time to show off some of the novels I’ve read this year, like a cat stacking up dead lizards on your porch.

Overall, it’s been a solid six months. Almost all bangers.

Alright, here we go:

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Deadgirl: Daybreak Available for Pre-Order

Posted on February 12, 2024 by B.C. Johnson

That’s right, folks, the Kindle edition of DEADGIRL: DAYBREAK can be pre-ordered on Amazon right now and delivered to your device o’choice on February 20th.

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This Year in Books (2016)

Posted on December 31, 2016 by B.C. Johnson

This Year In Books (2016)

So, it’s December 30th, and this fetid colostomy bag of a year has almost gone down. I’ll try not to die before I finish this article, at the very least.

I’ve been doing this “Year in Books” for a while, just running a quick rundown of the books I’ve been running this year. I didn’t read as many books as I normally do, but I also got a lot more writing done and also my son started walking. So I spend most of my time on Toddler Suicide Watch, which cuts into reading and video game time somewhat.

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12 Months of Book: A Summation (2014)

Posted on December 29, 2014 by B.C. Johnson

BC Johnson – Staring down the barrel of 2015 is making me nervous, down to my bones. With the exception of a rough December, 2014 has been a banner year for ‘ole B.C. Johnson. Got my first book back on its feet and at a bigger publisher. Managed to sneak a Hog McMasters story into the CQ Anthology alongside Piers Anthony. Snagged the best dayjob I’ve ever had, in the form of IT guy for a school district.

2013, on the other hand, was as awful as 2014 was sweet. So as long my luck don’t play leapfrog, I guess I might be alright in 2015. It certainly has a Star Wars movie and Avengers 2 coming out, so I guess it can’t be too bad.

Anyway, here’s all the books I read this year: why I read ’em, and if I liked ’em.

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