📚 January- March 2026 Reading Goals Update 📖
I decided to keep track of my goals each quarter again this year. Here are my goals and reading stats for January, February, and March. It has been a great first quarter for reading. Cannot wait to see what I pick up in the next few months! Happy Reading to you all.
🟪 Read 100 Books- 57/100
🟦 Reread at least one book every month- 3/12
📖 Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart #1) by Stephanie Garber
📚 Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
📖 Spear by Nicola Griffith
📚 The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall #1) by Tim Probert
📖Shadow of the Bird (Lightfall #2) by Tim Probert
🟩 Read at least one 2026 release every month- 3/12
❄️ January: 5 books
📚 the witch doesn't drown in this one by Amanda Lovelace- ARC
(release date: March 3rd)
📖 The East Wind (The Four Winds #4) by Alexandria Warwick-ARC
(release date: January 13th)
📚 One World Under Doom by Ryan North- Issues
(release date: February 10th)
📖 Fantastic Four (2025) Vol 1: Save Everyone by Ryan North- Issues
(release date: March 10th)
📚 The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay by Ryan Douglass- ARC
(release date: January 27th)
(release date: February 17th)
(release date: July 14th)
(release date: March 10th)
(release date: February 17th)
☘️ March: 6 books
📖 A Place Between (Lightfall #4) by Tim Probert- ARC
📚 Brume, Volume 2: The Forest of Lost Souls by Jérôme Pélissier and illustrated by Carine Hinder - ARC
(release date: May 5th in the USA)
📖 Castle Swimmer: Volume 3 by Wendy Martin - ARC
(release date: March 17th)
📚 I Hate Fairyland Vol. 9: Back on My Bull Ship by Skottie Young
(release date: March 10th)
📖 Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories by Amal El-Mohtar- ARC
(release date: March 24th)
📚 A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm by Phillip C. Stead- ARC
(release date: April 7th)
🟨 Read at least 5 tomes- 1/5
📖 Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan- 597 pages
🟧 Review every book I read- 57/57
🟥 Read 5 classics- 0/5
🟧 Complete Birdjay's 2026 Reading Challenge- 12/12 ✔️ & 37/40
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2. A book with a pretty cover.
3. A book where the main character is a parent.
4. A book featuring a main character that's older than 20.
5. A book that has zombies.
6. A book with a mentor character.
7. A book that has a vampire or a werewolf.
8. A translated book.
9. A book recommended by a friend.
10. A book that takes place earlier than 1900.
11. A book that features time travel.
12. A book nominated for a Hugo.
13. A classic book.
14. A book that takes place in a Non-Western setting.
15. A cozy book.
16. A book that does not take place on Earth.
17. A book with talking animals.
18. A book written by a woman.
19. A book that has been reviewed on F&L.
20. A book that retells a fairy tale, myth, or legend.
21. A book that's the first entry in a series.
22. A book with more than 3 POV characters.
23. A book with the found family trope.
24. A debut author.
25. A book written by an author of color.
26. A book that's been on your TBR for longer than a year.
27. A book with a non-human main character.
28. A book with over 500 pages.
29. A book that was self or indie published.
30. A standalone book.
31. A book about other books/reading.
32. A book with under 250 pages.
33. A book that was published in 2026.
34. A book where the main character is a woman.
35. A new-to-you author.
36. A book that you've read before.
37. A book with a talking animal.
38. A nonfiction book.
39. A book set in a small town.
40. A book written by an LGBTQ+ author.
🟨 Finish 3 Series- 5/3 ✔️
📚 Fantastic Four (2022) series by Ryan North- Started in 2025
- Read Fantastic Four, Vol 5: Aliens, Ghosts and Alternate Earths and Fantastic Four, Vol. 6: Our World Under Doom in January
📖 The Four Winds series by Alexandria Warwick- Started in 2022
- Read The East Wind in January
📚 A Tale Dark & Grimm series by Adam Gidwitz- Started in 2018
- Read The Grimm Conclusion in January
📖 Once Upon a Broken Heart series by Stephanie Garber- Started in 2022
- Reread Once Upon a Broken Heart and read The Ballad of Never After and A Curse for True Love in January
📚 Khalifa Brothers by Salman Rushdie- Started in 2023
- Read Luka and the Fire of Life in March
🟩 Read 13 retellings- 8/13
📖 The East Wind (The Four Winds #4) by Alexandria Warwick- Retelling of the "Rapunzel" fairytale and the myth of "Eros and Psyche"
📚 The Grimm Conclusion (A Tale Dark & Grimm #3) by Adam Gidwitz- Retelling of Grimm fairy tales
📖 The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay by Ryan Douglass- Retelling of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
📚 Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds- Modern day take on A Christmas Carol
📖 This Wretched Beauty by Elle Grenier- Retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
📚 Spear by Nicola Griffith- Retelling of King Arthur Tales
📖 James by Percival Everett- Reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
📚 Kindred Dragons (Kindred Dragons #1) by Sarah Mensinga- Fantasy inspired by Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
🟦 Read 25 fantasy books- 29/25 ✔️
📖 The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
📚 The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
📖 The East Wind (The Four Winds #4) by Alexandria Warwick
📚 The Grimm Conclusion (A Tale Dark & Grimm #3) by Adam Gidwitz
📖 Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart #1) by Stephanie Garber
📚 Thimble: A New Fairytale by Hannah Birss
📖 The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart #2) by Stephanie Garber
📚 Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel #1) by T. Kingfisher
📖 A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart #3) by Stephanie Garber
📚 Harder Than It Looks (Real Hero Shit #2) by Kendra Wells
📖 Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
📚 Spear by Nicola Griffith
📖 The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall #1) by Tim Probert
📚 Shadow of the Bird (Lightfall #2) by Tim Probert
📖 The Dark Times (Lightfall #3) by Tim Probert
📚 A Place Between (Lightfall #4) by Tim Probert
📖 Earwig and the Witch by Diana Wynne Jones
📚 Brume, Volume 2: The Forest of Lost Souls by Jérôme Pélissier
📖 Castle Swimmer: Volume 3 by Wendy Martin
📚 Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
📖 I Hate Fairyland Vol. 9: Back on My Bull Ship by Skottie Young
📚 Luka and the Fire of Life (Khalifa Brothers #2) by Salman Rushdie
📖 Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher
📚 The Great Ghost Rescue by Eva Ibbotson
📖 Kindred Dragons (Kindred Dragons #1) by Sarah Mensinga
📚 Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories by Amal El-Mohtar
📖 Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen
📚 Jupiter Nettle and the Seven Schools of Magic by Sangu Mandanna
📖 Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion #1) by Adam Gidwitz
📚 A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm by Philip C. Stead
🟪 Read 25 graphic novels- 15/25
📖 Fantastic Four, Vol. 5: Aliens, Ghosts and Alternate Earths by Ryan North
📚 Fantastic Four, Vol. 6: Our World Under Doom by Ryan North
📖 One World Under Doom by Ryan North
📚 Fantastic Four, Vol. 1: Save Everyone by Ryan North
📖 Harder Than It Looks (Real Hero Shit #2) by Kendra Wells
📚 The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall #1) by Tim Probert
📖 Shadow of the Bird (Lightfall #2) by Tim Probert
📚 The Dark Times (Lightfall #3) by Tim Probert
📖 A Place Between (Lightfall #4) by Tim Probert
📚 Brume, Volume 2: The Forest of Lost Souls by Jérôme Pélissier
📖 Castle Swimmer: Volume 3 by Wendy Martin
📚 I Hate Fairyland Vol. 9: Back on My Bull Ship by Skottie Young
📖 Kindred Dragons (Kindred Dragons #1) by Sarah Mensinga
📚 Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen
📖 Jupiter Nettle and the Seven Schools of Magic by Sangu Mandanna
- 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 of Night by Emily Rath
- Mermaid Moon by Susann Cokal
- The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- 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
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🟩 Read 10 poetry collections- 1/10
📚 the witch doesn't drown in this one by Amanda Lovelace
📖 For Every One by Jason Reynolds
📚 These Are the Words: Fearless Verse to Find Your Voice by Nikita Gill
🟨 Buzzword Reading Challenge- Title &
Covers
❄️ January-
Titles- ''Before'' and ''After''
📖 The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart #2 by Stephanie Garber
Covers- Internal Body Parts
📚 Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
💝 February-
Titles- Keyboard Keys
📖 Long Day Down by Jason Reynolds
Covers- Silhouette
📚 Spear by Nicola Griffith
☘️ March-
Words- ''This,'' ''That,'' These," and "Those"- Demonstrative words
📖 These Are the Words: Fearless Verse to Find Your Voice by Nikita Gill
Covers- Action/Movement
📚 I Hate Fairyland Vol. 9: Back on the Bull Ship by Skottie Young
🟧 Read at least 2 C. S. Lewis Books- 0/2
🟥 Read 5 Marvel Comics- 4/5
📖 Fantastic Four, Vol. 5: Aliens, Ghosts, & Alternate Earths by Ryan North
📚 Fantastic Four, Vol. 6: One World Under Doom by Ryan North
📖 One World Under Doom by Ryan North
📚 Fantastic Four (2025), Vol. 1: Save Everyone by Ryan North
📚 January- March 2026 Reading Stats 📖
🟢 Amount of books read in January-March:
❄️ January- 17 books
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💝 February- 18 books
☘️ March- 22 books
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🟡 Favorite Books
🟠 Least Favorite Books
🔴 Page Counts
Total of Pages read in January-March:
📜 1-100: 5
📖 101-200: 20
📔 201-300: 12
📚 301-400: 13
📕 401-500: 6
📗 501-600: 1
📘 601-700: 0
📙 701-800: 0
📒 801-900: 0
💝 February: 3706 pages
☘️ March: 5002 pages
🟣 Star Ratings for January-March
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- 17
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- 28
⭐️⭐️⭐️- 11
⭐️⭐️- 1
⭐️- 0