Wednesday, October 1, 2025

3rd Quarterly 2025 Reading Goals Update and Stats

  πŸ“š July- September 2025 Reading Goals Update πŸ“–

I decided to keep track of my goals each quarter again this year. Here are my goals and reading stats for July, August, and September. 

πŸŸͺ Read 100 Books- 146/100 ✔️

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

        πŸŽ† July: Reread 2 ✔️

                - Darth Vader- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 1: Imperial Machine by Charles Soule

                Darth Vader- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol 2: Legacy's End by Charles Soule 

 

        πŸ–️ August: Reread 1 ✔️

                - Caught Running by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux
 

       πŸ September: Reread 1 ✔️

                - The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
 
 

🟩 Read at least one 2025 release every month- 9/12

        πŸŽ† July: Read 4 ✔️

                - The Enchanted Greenhouse (The Spellshop #2) by Sarah Beth Durst

                - Brume, Volume 1: The Dragon Awakens by JΓ©rΓ΄me PΓ©lissier and Carine Hinder

                - The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso 

                - Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill  

        πŸ–️ August: Read 5 ✔️

                - Bookends of Life by Sonja Koch and Dalys Finzgar
                 
                - Brigg's Dictionary of Fairies: Banshees, Boggarts and Other Folklore Creatures by Katharine Briggs 
             
                Anywhere with You by Margo Glynn
         
                - I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 8: Happy End Game by Skottie Young
 
                - Daedalus Is Dead by Seamus Sullivan 
 
 
        πŸ September: Read 6 ✔️

                - Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
 
                - Cinder House by Freya Marske
 
                - The Midnight Carnival by Kenny Gould 
 
                - Not Quite By The Book by Julie Hatcher
 
                - The Court of the Dead by Rick Riordan and Mark Orshiro
 
                - J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy by Don Marshall
 
 
 

🟨 Read at least 5 tomes- 6/5 ✔️

                -Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte -650 pages

                -Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson- 1248 pages

                -Katabasis by R. F. Kuang- 560 

 

🟧 Review every book I read- 146/146 ✔️

                - I have reviews for each book on this blog and Goodreads.

πŸŸ₯ Read 5 classics other than the books in my next goal- 13/5 ✔️

                - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

               - Animal Farm by George Orwell

🟧 Complete the Jane Austen Reading Challenge from Canterbury Classics- 8/12

        πŸŽ† July: Read Mansfield Park- DNFed at around 175 pages but I may continue this at another time. I was not a fan of this plot at all.                        

        πŸ–️ August: Read a Jane Austen Inspired Book by Another Author ✔️

                - Mismatched: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Emma by Anne Camlin 

        🍁 September: Read Persuasion ✔️

🟨 Finish 3 Series8/3 ✔️

        - Darth Vader- Dark Lord of the Sith by Charles Soule

                - Reread the first two volumes and read the final 2 for the first time

 

🟩 Read 12 retellings29/12 ✔️

        - My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

        - The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next #3) by Jasper Fforde

        - The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson

        - Mismatched: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Emma by Anne Camlin

        - Daedalus Is Dead by Seamus Sullivan

 

        - Cinder House by Freya Marske

        - The Court of the Dead by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro     

 

🟦 Read 25 fantasy books- 87/25 ✔️

        - The Enchanted Greenhouse (The Spellshop #2) by Sarah Beth Durst

        - Brume, Volume 1: The Dragon Awakens by JΓ©rΓ΄me PΓ©lissier and Carine Hinder

        - Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive #3) by Brandon Sanderson  

        - My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows 

        - The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde  

        - The Book of Lost Hours by Haley Gelfuso

        - Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill


        - The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson 

        - Brigg's Dictionary of Fairies: Banshees, Boggarts and Other Folklore Creatures by Katharine Briggs

        - The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown 

         I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 8: Happy End Game by Skottie Young

        -  Daedalus Is Dead by Seamus Sullivan

        -  Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

        - Conrad's Fate (Chrestomanci #5) by Diana Wynne Jones 

        - Cinder House by Freya Marske

        - The Midnight Carnival by Kenny Gould

        - The Court of the Dead by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro 

        - Lacuna by N. R. Walker 

 

πŸŸͺ Read 25 graphic novels24/25

        - Brume, Volume 1: The Dragon Awakens by JΓ©rΓ΄me PΓ©lissier and Carine Hinder

        - Fantastic Four, Vol. 1: Whatever Happened to the Fantastic Four? by Ryan North

        - Fantastic Four, Vol. 2: Four Stories About Hope by Ryan North

        - Darth Vader- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 1: Imperial Machine by Charles Soule

        - Darth Vader- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 2: Legacy's End by Charles Soule

        - Darth Vader- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 3: The Burning Seas by Charles Soule

        - Darth Vader- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 4: Fortress Vader by Charles Soule

        - Mismatched: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Emma by Anne Camlin 

        - I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 8: Happy End Game by Skottie Young

🟦 Read 25 books in 2025 from my list- 18/25

  1. Run Away With Me by Brian Selznick ✔️
  2. When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley ✔️
  3. Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen ✔️
  4. A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames ✔️
  5. Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett ✔️
  6. The Way of Edan by Phillip Chase
  7. Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood
  8. The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown ✔️
  9. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson ✔️
  10. The Little Liar by Mitch Albom ✔️
  11. The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
  12. Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson ✔️
  13. Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree ✔️
  14. Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan
  15. Emma by Jane Austen
  16. The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
  17. The Dragons of Winter by James A. Owen ✔️
  18. A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher ✔️
  19. Swordheart by T. Kingfisher ✔️
  20. The Library Mule of Cordoba by Wilfrid Lupano ✔️
  21. Aria in the Land of Wonders by Mia Araujo ✔️
  22. The Herbwitch’s Apprentice by Ireen Chau ✔️
  23. The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones ✔️
  24. Darwin’s Watch by Terry Pratchett ✔️
  25. Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett       

🟩 Read 10 poetry collections10/10 ✔️

        - Love by Night: A Book of Poetry by S. K. Williams

        - Bookends of Life by Sonja Koch and Dalys Finzgar

        - The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

Challenges

Here are some challenges I would like to also complete during the year, but I’m not making them goals. 

🟣 Buzzword Reading Challenge- Words & Covers

        πŸŽ† July✔️

               WordsTitles featuring punctuation such as : ; , ) ! ? & 

                        -The Pirates! In an Adventures with Scientists by Gideon Defoe 

 

               Covers- Technology

                        - Darth Vader- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 1: Imperial Machine by Charles Soule 

 

        πŸ–️ August✔️

               WordsWith 

                        - The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson

 

               Covers- Transportation 

                        -Anywhere with you by Margo Glynn

 

        🍁 September✔️

               WordsEvents: party, vacation, birthday, wedding, retreat, prom, midnight, summer, etc. 

                         - Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

 

               Covers- Foliage

                        - The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore 

 

πŸ”΅ Extra Goodreads Challenges

        ~ Challenge 1: January Reader- Challenge 12: December- 9/12

        ~ Challenge 13: Grand Slam

        ~ Challenge 14: Nailed It- 146/100 ✔️

        ~ Challenge 15: Stepped Up    

πŸ“š July-September 2025 Reading Stats πŸ“–

🟒 Amount of books read in July-September: 44 books 

        πŸŽ† July- 17 books

        πŸ–️ August- 16 books

        🍁 September- 11 books 

 

🟑 Favorite Books


🟠 Least Favorite Books

πŸ”΄ Page Counts

        Total of Pages read in July-September:

            πŸ“œ 1-100: 1

            πŸ“– 101-200: 17

            πŸ“” 201-300: 9

            πŸ“š 301-400: 9

            πŸ“• 401-500: 5

            πŸ“— 501-600: 1

            πŸ“˜ 601-700: 1

            πŸ“™ 701-800: 0

            πŸ“’ 801-900: 0

            πŸ““ 901-1000+: 1

        Per Month:

            πŸŽ† July:  5516 pages

            πŸ–️ August:  3805 pages

            πŸ September3572 pages     

🟣 Star Ratings for July- September

        ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- 16

        ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- 19

        ⭐️⭐️⭐️- 7

        ⭐️⭐️- 2

        ⭐️- 0