Reading with a Griffin: 4th Quarterly 2025 Reading Goals Update and Stats

📚 October- December 2025 Reading Goals Update 📖

I decided to keep track of my goals each quarter again in 2025. Here are my goals and reading stats for October, November, and December.

🟪 Read 100 Books- 200/100 ✔️

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

🎃 October: Reread 2 ✔️

- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

🦃 November: Reread 1 ✔️

- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

🎄 December: Reread 1 ✔️

- Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

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

🎃 October: Read 5 ✔️

- You Are Odysseus by Laura Jenkinson- Brown

- Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse, and the Storm by Charlie Mackesy

- For the Rest of Us: 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate All Seasons by Dahlia Adler

- Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd

- The Way to a Beautiful World by James Norbury

🦃 November: Read 5 ✔️

- The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer

- Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher

- The Nanny's Handbook to Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes (The Parasol Academy #1) by Amy Rose Bennett

- Coffee Stains On My Books by Stefania Lucchetti

- Jane Austen's Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels by Molly Williams

🎄 December: Read 5 ✔️

- Love Notes by Lisa Henry

- Snowed in With You by Rye Cox

- The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty

- Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much by Cynthia Erivo

- Lore Olympus Volume 9 by Rachel Smythe

🟨 Read at least 5 tomes- 11/5 ✔️

-You are Odysseus by Laura Jenkinson- Brown- 726 pages

- Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed- 528 pages

- The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty- 532 pages

- Classic Tales of Christmas edited by Canterbury Classics- 576 pages

- Days Like These: An alternative guide to the year in 366 poems by Brian Bilston- 532

🟧 Review every book I read- 200/200✔️

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

🟥 Read 5 classics other than the books in my next goal- 21/5 ✔️

- The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

- Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

- Dracula Daily: Reading Bram Stoker's Dracula in Real Time with Commentary by the Internet by Bram Stoker and edited by Matt Kirkland

- Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

- The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale by Philip Van Doren Stern

- Classic Tales of Christmas edited by Canterbury Classics

🟧 Complete the Jane Austen Reading Challenge from Canterbury Classics- 11/12

🎃 October: Read Northanger Abbey ✔️

🦃 November: Read a Non-fiction Book About Jane ✔️

🎄 December: Read Emma ✔️

🟨 Finish 3 Series- 11/3 ✔️

- Johnny Maxwell series by Terry Pratchett

- Read the final book in October

- Hooky series by Míriam Bonastre Tur

- Read the final book in October

- Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones

- Read The Lives of Christopher Chant in March, Witch Week in April, The Magicians of Caprona in May, Conrad's Fate in September, The Pinhoe Egg in November, and Mixed Magics in December.

🟩 Read 12 retellings- 38/12 ✔️

- The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw- Continuation of The Little Mermaid fairy tale

- The Sword in the Stone: Arthur's Magical Kingdom by Gabriel Valentin- King Arthur folklore

- You Are Odysseus by Laura Jenkinson- Brown- Greek Mythology: The Odyssey specifically

- The House of Saphir by Marissa Meyer- "Bluebeard" fairy tale

- Hollow (Hollow #1) by Shannon Watters- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

- Medea by Blandine Le Callet- Medea and Jason of the Argonauts myths from Greek Mythology

- The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty- King Arthur from the perspective of Guinevere

- Lore Olympus: Volume Nine by Rachel Smythe- Greek Mythology focused on Hades and Persephone

- Alice with a Why by Anna James- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

🟦 Read 25 fantasy books- 114/25 ✔️

- The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

- The Sword in the Stone: Arthur's Magical Kingdom by Gabriel Valentin

- You Are Odysseus by Laura Jenkinson- Brown

- Johnny and the Bomb (Johnny Maxwell #3) by Terry Pratchett

- Slade House by David Mitchell

- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia #2) by C. S. Lewis

- Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd

- A Witch's Guide to Burning by Aminder Dhaliwal

- Hooky Volume 3 by Míriam Bonastre Tur

- Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles #1) by Anne Rice

- The House of Saphir by Marissa Meyer

- Hollow (Hollow #1) by Shannon Watters

- Dracula Daily: Reading Bram Stoker's Dracula in Real Time with Commentary by the Internet by Bram Stoker and edited by Matt Kirkland

- Tamia and the Memories of the Dragon Vol. 1 by David Braña

- Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher

- Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

- The Nanny's Handbook to Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes (The Parasol Academy #1) by Amy Rose Bennett

- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

- The Pinhoe Egg (Chrestomanci #6) by Diana Wynne Jones

- Rewitched (Rewitched #1) by Lucy Jane Wood

- Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

- Hogfather (Discworld #20) by Terry Pratchett

- The Once and Future Queen (The Lives of Guinivere #1) by Paula Lafferty

- Lore Olympus: Volume Nine by Rachel Smythe

- Mixed Magics (Chrestomanci Short Stories) by Diana Wynne Jones

- Alice with a Why by Anna James

- A Year with Aslan: Daily Reflections from The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

🟪 Read 25 graphic novels- 36/25 ✔️

- Lifetime Passes by Terry Blas

- The Sword in the Stone: Arthur's Magical Kingdom by Gabriel Valentin

- A Witch's Guide to Burning by Aminder Dhaliwal

- Hooky Volume 3 by Míriam Bonastre Tur

- Hollow (Hollow #1) by Shannon Watters

- Medea by Blandine Le Callet

- Tamia and the Memories of the Dragon Vol. 1 by David Braña

- Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

- Always Never by Jordi Lafebre

- Fantastic Four, Vol. 3: The Impossible is Probably by Ryan North

- Fantastic Four, Vol. 4: Fortune Favors the Fantastic by Ryan North

- Lore Olympus: Volume 9 by Rachel Smythe

🟦 Read 25 books in 2025 from my list- 23/25

Run Away With Me by Brian Selznick ✔️
When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley ✔️
Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen ✔️
A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames ✔️
Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett ✔️
The Way of Edan by Phillip Chase- DNFed this twice and will not be finishing it
Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood ✔️
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown ✔️
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson ✔️
The Little Liar by Mitch Albom ✔️
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde ✔️
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson ✔️
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree ✔️
Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan ✔️
Emma by Jane Austen ✔️
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
The Dragons of Winter by James A. Owen ✔️
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher ✔️
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher ✔️
The Library Mule of Cordoba by Wilfrid Lupano ✔️
Aria in the Land of Wonders by Mia Araujo ✔️
The Herbwitch’s Apprentice by Ireen Chau ✔️
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones ✔️
Darwin’s Watch by Terry Pratchett ✔️
Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett ✔️