Monthly Wrap-Up — September 2025

Books Read – September 2025

Books

1. Light in Shadow (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread
2. Truth or Dare (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread
3. When All the Girls Have Gone (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread (reviewed 2016)
4. Promise Not To Tell (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread
5. Untouchable (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread (reviewed 2018)
6. The Vanishing (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread (reviewed 2020)
7. All the Colors of Night (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread
8. Lightning in a Mirror (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread
9. Deep Waters (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread
10. The Awakening (Nora Roberts) – reread
11. Claiming the Tower (Celia Lake)
12. The Becoming (Nora Roberts) – reread
13. The Enchanted Greenhouse (Sarah Beth Durst) – library book
14. Murder at Somerset House (Andrea Penrose) – ARC

Audiobooks

• The Windsor Knot (SJ Bennett) – reread; library (Hoopla)
• All the Queen’s Men (SJ Bennett) – reread; first time in audio; library (Hoopla); currently reading

Summary: September was kind of rough emotionally due to aging-parent issues. That, combined with over two weeks spent visiting both sets of parents (and other members of my family), affected my reading, both in terms of available time for reading and in my choice of books. I did a lot of rereading (for comfort and anxiety management), but I did manage to read a few new-to-me books as well.

I completed a total of 15 books in September, including three first-time reads (one ARC, one library book, and one preorder) and 12 rereads. I reviewed none of the books I finished this month. I did post one review for a book I read earlier this year. I had reviewed three of books I reread in previous years; the titles are linked above.

Challenges

Here’s the breakdown of my reading challenges this year so far:

• Goodreads Challenge: 144/140. I finished the challenge! I’m debating whether to increase my yearly goal. I kept it low because I wanted to write more, but so far I haven’t been writing.
• Audiobook challenge: Listened to 18/12; reviewed 5/12
• COYER Out to Lunch challenge: Read 94/25; reviewed 20/25
• Ilona Andrews series read-along: Read 6; reviewed 2 so far. (I skipped three of the Edge books. I’m caught up on reading the Innkeeper Chronicles, but need to write the reviews.)
• Library Love Challenge: Read 18/12; reviewed 6/12
• NetGalley & Edelweiss Challenge: Read 18/25; reviewed 8/25 (Reviews include 2 books read prior to 2025; I still have a lot of ARCs from this year to review.)
• Robin’s Recs: Read 3/6; reviewed 1/6.

Click here to see a detailed list of my challenge reading.

Other Goals and Resolutions

Writing: None.

Prioritizing reading and writing time over screen time: Um… not as much as I’d like.

Review more of the books I read: Well, this goal went quite badly this month.

Unpack and reorganize my book collection: Nope.

Catalog my books: Also nope. Physical books catalogued so far this year: 133 (a few of which I will probably prune from the collection.) Number is from August

Click here for the full list of my 2025 goals and resolutions, excluding challenges.

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