Do you all also have authors where you just loved one book from them and you keep picking up their books but nothing hits the same as that one book?

This is inspired by reading Cinder House by Freya Marske and Joy to the Girls by Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippincott. I loved A Marvelous Light and She Gets the Girl, respectively, but everything else I’ve read from them just isn’t as good as those books.

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As the end of 2025 nears us, I’m interested if others have any “end of year rituals” they like to do to get organized, reflect, & prepare for the coming year! (I am a super over-planner so I love seeing how others get organized)

Here are mine:

1. Add books to my favorites list. I’m picky with what books I consider my “favorites,” so I usually wait until the end of the year to look back at my reading and see what I’d add to the list. Maybe there were some books I LOVED at the time but actually didn’t make much impact on me; maybe there were some I felt whatever about after finishing but I couldn’t stop thinking about later. I usually only end up adding like 0-3 books a year (I do wish it were more 🥲)
2. Plan out next year’s books. I’m chill about the # of books I read each year, but I’ll usually designate some project books I want to get to. This is generally less than10 books a year.

Do others have any sort of rituals? 👀 Could be stuff like cleaning up your bookshelves, creating best-of lists, etc!

I don't know why i easily get influenced by people's reviews about a book i'm reading or interested to read. Specifically negative reviews, they get to me. Even after i finish the book and say gave it 4-5 stars, come across a critical review after and my brain is like....ah well, that makes a lot of sense, let me change my rating. Or if i see a negative review about a book before reading it; i'd look for those points that made the person give it a lower rating.

Anyone else like that?