Monthly Wrap-Up — July 2025

Books Read – June 2025

Books

1. Stiff News (Catherine Aird)
2. Dangerous Books for Girls (Maya Rodale)
3. Magician’s Hoard (Celia Lake) – reread
4. Carry On (Celia Lake) – reread; reviewed 7/10/2025
5. The Fossil Door (Celia Lake) – reread
6. Three Tales of Gabe and Rathna (Celia Lake) – reread
7. The Blonde Who Came In From the Cold (Ally Carter) – ARC
8. Loving a Lost Lord (Mary Jo Putney) – reread
9. Never Less Than a Lady (Mary Jo Putney) – reread
10. Nowhere Near Respectable (Mary Jo Putney) – reread
11. No Longer a Gentleman (Mary Jo Putney) – reread
12. Sometimes a Rogue (Mary Jo Putney) – reread (reviewed Sept. 2013)
13. Not Quite a Wife (Mary Jo Putney) – reread (reviewed Aug. 2014)
14. Once a Soldier (Mary Jo Putney) – reread (reviewed Nov. 2016)
15. Once a Rebel (Mary Jo Putney) – reread
16. Once a Scoundrel (Mary Jo Putney) – reread
17. Once a Spy (Mary Jo Putney) – reread
18. Once Dishonored (Mary Jo Putney) – reread
19. Once a Laird (Mary Jo Putney) – reread
20. The Murder of Thomas Cardwell (Stephanie Laurens)
21. Rose Daughter (Robin McKinley) – reread

Audiobooks

• Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer) – reviewed 7/24/2025

Summary: July was stressful work-wise, and my anxiety was also up (not a lot, but enough to notice.) I wasn’t sleeping well, so I ended up plowing through rereads. Mostly, I binge-read my way through related two historical romance series by Mary Jo Putney: Lost Lords and Rogues Redeemed. I started several ARCs, but only finished one.

I completed a total of 22 books in July, including 1 ARC, 5 first-time reads, and 16 rereads. I reviewed 2 of the books I finished this month. I didn’t post any reviews of books I read in previous months of 2025 or in 2024 or earlier. Of the books I reread in July, 3 were books I had already reviewed in previous years.

Challenges (year to date)

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

• Goodreads Challenge: 110/140. I am 28 books ahead of schedule!
• Audiobook challenge: Listened to 14/12; reviewed 4/12
• COYER Out to Lunch challenge: Read 69/25; reviewed 16/25
• Ilona Andrews series read-along: Read 4; reviewed 1 so far. (I skipped the rest of the Edge books for now, but I have been reading all the Innkeeper Chronicles books; I just haven’t written the reviews.)
• Library Love Challenge: Read 12/12; reviewed 4/12
• NetGalley & Edelweiss Challenge: Read 13/25; reviewed 6/25 (Reviews includes 2 books read prior to 2025, so I still have 9 ARCs from January through July 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: Days I wrote: 0. My heart wants to get back to it, but I keep not making the time.

Prioritizing reading and writing time over screen time: Meh.

Review more of the books I read: Well, at least I reviewed 2 books, which is better than June’s zero reviews.

Unpack and reorganize my book collection: I haven’t done much of this due to work and other projects. Hopefully in August!

Catalog my books: I plan to catalog as I unpack them, so…

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

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