Monthly Wrap-Up — August 2025

Books Read – August 2025

Books

1. The Adept (Katherine Kurtz) – reread
2. Harmonic Pleasure (Celia Lake)
3. The Lodge of the Lynx (Katherine Kurtz) – reread
4. A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping (Sangu Mandanna) – ARC
5. Half Magic (Edward Eager) – reread
6. The Shop on Hidden Lane (Jayne Ann Krentz) – ARC
7. Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom (Syne Mitchell) – library
8. The Redemption of Althalus (David and Leigh Eddings) – reread
9. The Secret Christmas Library (Jenny Colgan) – ARC; review scheduled
10. All Night Long (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread (reviewed 2018)
11. River Road (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread (reviewed 2014)
12. Trust No One (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread
13. Secret Sisters (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread (reviewed 2016)
14. Eye of the Beholder (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread (reviewed 2016)
15. Falling Awake (Jayne Ann Krentz) – reread (reviewed 2017)

Audiobooks

• Sweep of the Blade (Ilona Andrews; Graphic Audio ed.) – Hoopla audio
• Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool (Clara Parkes) – Hoopla audio
• Sweep With Me (Ilona Andrews; Graphic Audio ed.) – Hoopla audio

Summary: August was a decent month for me, reading-wise. I completed a total of 18 books, including 8 first-time reads (3 of them ARCs) and 10 rereads. I reviewed 5 of the books I finished this month, although one of the reviews won’t post until later. 5 of the books I reread in August were books I had reviewed in previous years.

Challenges

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

• Goodreads Challenge: 127/140. I am 36 books ahead of schedule! (The total doesn’t count books I read for my job.)
• Audiobook challenge: Listened to 17/12; reviewed 5/12
• COYER Out to Lunch challenge: Read 82/25; reviewed 19/25
• Ilona Andrews series read-along: Read 6; reviewed 2 so far. (I decided to skip the rest of the Edge books and started on the Innkeeper Chronicles in May. I’m caught up on reading the Innkeeper books, but still need to write some of the the reviews.)
• Library Love Challenge: Read 16/12; reviewed 6/12
• NetGalley & Edelweiss Challenge: Read 16/25; reviewed 7/25 (Reviews includes 2 books read prior to 2025, so I still have 2 ARCs from January, 1 from March, 1 from April, 1, 2 from May, 2 from June, 1 from July, and 1 from August to review. I wrote a review for the third ARC from August, but it is scheduled for later in the year.)
• 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 at all. Sigh.

Prioritizing reading and writing time over screen time: This varied. On the whole, I’m still spending more time on my devices than I would like.

Review more of the books I read: This went a lot better this month. I wrote 5 reviews, 4 of which have already posted. The fifth is schedule for closer to the book’s publication date.

Unpack and reorganize my book collection: Um… welp.

Catalog my books: I need to get back to this. At least I catalogued the two physical books I bought this month. Physical Books catalogued so far this year: 133 (a few of which I will probably prune from the collection.)

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

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