Reading with a Griffin

📚 July-September 2026 Reading Goals Update 📖

Here are my goals and reading stats for July, August, and September. This second quarter has been an interesting one for reading. I'm looking forward to seeing what I will pick up in the final half of the year! Happy Reading to you all.

🟪 Read 100 Books- 156/100

🟦 Reread at least one book every month- 9/12

🎆 July: Reread 6 ✔️

📖 The Adventure Zone Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📚 The Adventure Zone Vol. 2: Murder on the Rockport Limited! by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📖 The Adventure Zone Vol. 3: Petals to the Metal by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📚 The Adventure Zone Vol. 4: The Crystal Kingdom by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📖 The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5: The Eleventh Hour by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📚 The Adventure Zone, Vol. 6: The Suffering Game by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

🏖️ August: Reread 1 ✔️

📖 The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien by John Hendrix

🍁 September: Reread 2 ✔️

📚 Finding Home Volume 1: The Traveler by Hari Conner

📖 Finding Home Volume 2: The Healer by Hari Conner

🟩 Read at least one 2026 release every month- 9/12

🎆 July: 10 Books ✔️

📚 Letters from the Last Apothecary (Tressport Magic, #1) by Bita Behzadi- ARC

(release date: June 9th)

📖 Most Ardently Yours by Freya Sampson- ARC

(release date: July 7th)

📚 Heartstopper: Volume Six by Alice Oseman

(release date: July 2nd)

📖 In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts by Gwendolyn Kiste- ARC

(release date: September 15th)

📚 Sea of Charms (Spellshop, #3) by Sarah Beth Durst- ARC

(release date: July 28th)

📖 D'ORC Volume 1: The Book of Certain Doom by Brett Bean- ARC

(release date: August 25th)

📚 The Way It Haunted Him by Laura R. Samotin- Audiobook copy from RB Media

(release date: June 9th)

📖 This Is a Door by Daniel Nayeri- ARC

(release date: October 27th)

📚 The Adventure Zone, Vol. 7: Story and Song by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

(release date: July 14th)

📖 Spider-Man: Mighty Mayhem! (A Mighty Marvel Team-Up #4) by Mike Maihack

(release date: July 7th)

🏖️ August: 7 Books ✔️

📚 All Dogs are Good: Deluxe Edition by Courtney Peppernell- ARC

(release date: October 27th)

📖 The Library of Memories by Barbara Perez Marquez and illustrated by Lissy Marlin- ARC

(release date: August 25th)

📚 The Witch Queen (The Crimson Crown Duology, #2) by Heather Walter- ARC

(release date: August 4th)

📖 Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery (Detective Beans #3) by Li Chen- ARC

(release date: September 8th)

📚 Baker (Bastian Brothers #1) by V.L. Locey- Audiobook copy provided by RB Media

(release date: July 30th)

📖 The Pumpkin Bride by Fiona Buttercup- ARC

(release date: September 1st)

📚 I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 10: Monsters Gonna Monster by Skottie Young

(release date: August 11th)

🍁 September: 11 Books ✔️

📖 Castle Swimmer: Volume 4 by Wendy Martin- ARC

(release date: September 8th)

📚 To the Stars and Back, Volume Two by Peglo

(release date: May 26th)

📖 Styx - The River (Goddesses of the Underworld, #2) by Nikita Gill- ARC

(release date: September 15th)

📚 Twig's Traveling Tomes by Gryffin Murphy- ARC

(release date: September 8th)

📖 Disney The Sword in the Stone Vol. 2: Merlin's Tale by Erica Schultz

(release date: September 8th)

📚 Off the Trail (Sanctuary Lake Retreat #1) by Elle Waters- ARC

(release date: September 16th)

📖 Two Truths and a Lie: Fun Facts, Unusual Knowledge, and Trivia to Test Your Wits by Drew Basile- ARC

(release date: September 29th)

📚 We've Been Here the Whole Time!: A Not So Sacred Guide to All Things Native America by Joey Clift- ARC

(release date: October 6th)

📖 Legends & Lattes: The Graphic Novel adapted by Samuel Sattin

and based on the original novel by Travis Baldree - ARC

(release date: October 6th)

📚 All the Sunshine in the World by Caroline Brooks DuBois- Audiobook copy provided by RB Media

(release date: July 28th)

📖 Hollywood, Ending by John Green

(release date: September 22nd)

🟨 Read at least 5 tomes- 3/5

📚 The Witch Queen (The Crimson Crown Duology, #2) by Heather Walter- 542 pages

📖 Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4) by Brandon Sanderson- 1232 pages

🟧 Review every book I read- 156/156

🟥 Read 5 classics- 5/5 ✔️

📚 Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides translated by Anne Carson

📖 The Tempest by William Shakespeare

🟧 Complete Birdjay's 2026 Reading Challenge- 12/12 ✔️ & 40/40 ✔️

🟨 Finish 3 Series- 11/3 ✔️

📚 Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman- Started reading Webcomic in 2017 and started graphic novels in 2019

- Read Heartstopper Volume 6 in July

📖 The Adventure Zone series by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch - Started series in 2020

- Reread the first six volumes and read The Adventure Zone Vol. 7: Story and Song in July

📚 The Crimson Crown duology by Heather Walter- Started duology in 2024

- Read The Witch Queen in August

📖 To the Stars and Back series by Peglo- Started in September 2026

- Read To the Stars and Back Volume 1 & 2 in September

📚 Finding Home series by Hari Conner- Started in 2018

- Reread Volumes 1-2 and read Volumes 3-4 in September

📖 Lewis Barnavelt series by John Bellairs and Brad Strickland- Started in 2024

- Read Books 5-12 in September

🟩 Read 13 retellings- 17/13 ✔️

📖 In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts by Gwendolyn Kiste- Continuation of The Great Gatsby

📚 The Witch Queen (The Crimson Crown Duology, #2) by Heather Walter- Snow White retelling/twisting from the villain's and Snow White character's perspectives

📖 Styx - The River (Goddesses of the Underworld, #2) by Nikita Gill- Greek Mythology focused on Styx and Asteria

📚 Disney The Sword in the Stone Vol. 2: Merlin's Tale by Erica Schultz- Backstory to Merlin from Disney retelling of the King Arthur tales

🟦 Read 25 fantasy books- 86/25 ✔️

📖 Letters from the Last Apothecary (Tressport Magic #1) by Bita Behzadi

📚 Most Ardently Yours by Freya Sampson

📖 The Face in the Frost (Prospero and Roger Bacon #1) by John Bellairs

📚 The Last Delivery by Evan Dahm

📖 Something Rotten (Thursday Next #4) by Jasper Fforde

📚 Sea of Charms (Spellshop #3) by Sarah Beth Durst

📖 Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories edited by Nina Waters

📚 The Adventure Zone Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins by Sarah Beth Durst

📖 The Adventure Zone Vol. 2: Murder on the Rockport Limited! by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📚 The Adventure Zone Vol. 3: Petals to the Metal by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📖 The Adventure Zone Vol. 4: The Crystal Kingdom by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📚 The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5: The Eleventh Hour by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📖 The Adventure Zone, Vol. 6: The Suffering Game by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📚 D'ORC Volume 1: The Book of Certain Doom by Brett Bean

📖 The Way It Haunted Him by Laura R. Samotin

📚 This Is a Door by Daniel Nayeri

📖 The Adventure Zone Vol. 7: Story and Song by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📚 First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5) by Jasper Fforde

📖 The Library of Memories by Barbara Perez Marquez and illustrated by Lissy Marlin

📚 Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama

📖 On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1) by Andrew Peterson

📚 The Tempest by William Shakespeare

📖 The Witch Queen (The Crimson Crown Duology, #2) by Heather Walter

📚 Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4) by Brandon Sanderson

📖 The Pumpkin Bride by Fiona Buttercup

📚 I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 10: Monsters Gonna Monster by Skottie Young

📖 Castle Swimmer: Volume 4 by Wendy Martin

📚 Styx - The River (Goddesses of the Underworld, #2) by Nikita Gill

📖 Finding Home Volume 1: The Traveler by Hari Conner

📚 Finding Home Volume 2: The Healer by Hari Conner

📖 Finding Home Volume 3: The Prince by Hari Conner

📚 Finding Home Volume 4: The Gardener by Hari Conne

📖 Twig's Traveling Tomes by Gryffin Murphy

📚 Disney The Sword in the Stone Vol. 2: Merlin's Tale (The Sword in the Stone #2) by Erica Schultz

📖 The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder (Lewis Barnavelt #5) by John Bellairs and completed Brad Strickland

📚 The Doom of the Haunted Opera (Lewis Barnavelt #6) by John Bellairs and completed Brad Strickland

📖 The Specter from the Magician's Museum (Lewis Barnavelt #7) by Brad Strickland

📚 Legends & Lattes: The Graphic Novel adapted by Samuel Sattin and based on the novel by Travis Baldree

📖 The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge (Lewis Barnavelt #8) by Brad Strickland

📚 The Tower at the End of the World (Lewis Barnavelt #9) by Brad Strickland

📖 The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost (Lewis Barnavelt #10) by Brad Strickland

📚 The House Where Nobody Lived (Lewis Barnavelt #11) by Brad Strickland

📖 The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer (Lewis Barnavelt #12) by Brad Strickland

🟪 Read 25 graphic novels- 46/25 ✔️

📖 Heartstopper: Volume Six by Alice Oseman

📚 The Adventure Zone Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📖 The Adventure Zone Vol. 2: Murder on the Rockport Limited! by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📚 The Adventure Zone Vol. 3: Petals to the Metal by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📖 The Adventure Zone Vol. 4: The Crystal Kingdom by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📚 The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5: The Eleventh Hour by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📖 The Adventure Zone, Vol. 6: The Suffering Game by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📚 D'ORC Volume 1: The Book of Certain Doom by Brett Bean

📖 The Adventure Zone Vol. 7: Story and Song by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and illustrated by Carey Pietsch

📚 Spider-Man: Mighty Mayhem! (A Mighty Marvel Team-Up #4) by Mike Maihack

📖 The Library of Memories by Barbara Perez Marquez and illustrated by Lissy Marlin

📚 Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama

📖 Detective Beans & the Case of the Missing Hat (Detective Beans #1) by Li Chen

📚 Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town (Detective Beans #2) by Li Chen

📖 Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery (Detective Beans #3) by Li Chen

📚 The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien by John Hendrix

📖 I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 10: Monsters Gonna Monster by Skottie Young

📚 Castle Swimmer: Volume 4 by Wendy Martin

📖 To the Stars and Back Volume 1 by Peglo

📚 To the Stars and Back Volume 2 by Peglo

📖 Finding Home Volume 1: The Traveler by Hari Conner

📚 Finding Home Volume 2: The Healer by Hari Conner

📖 Finding Home Volume 3: The Prince by Hari Conner

📚 Finding Home Volume 4: The Gardener by Hari Conner

📖 Disney The Sword in the Stone Vol. 2: Merlin's Tale (The Sword in the Stone #2) by Erica Schultz

📚 Legends & Lattes: The Graphic Novel adapted by Samuel Sattin and based on the novel by Travis Baldree

🟦 Read 26 books in 2026 from my list- 11/26

Newt's Emerald by Garth Nix
Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) by Becky Chamber
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner
S. by J.J. Abrams & Doug Dorst
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive #4) by Brandon Sanderson
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
North is the Night by Emily Rath
Mermaid Moon by Susann Cokal
The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser- Dnfed in September. I really did not like this one at all.
The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
The Herbwitch Princess by Ireen Chau
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart #2 by Stephanie Garber
Wind & Truth (The Stormlight Archive #5) by Brandon Sanderson
The City of Dreaming Books (Zamonien #3) by Walter Moers
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott