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Welcome to our 2025 Summer Reading Challenge!
It will run from June 1st ~ August 31st & can be completed as many times as you want :)
Rules:
* Use a book only once during this challenge
* List Title, Author & Date completed for each category
* Have Fun & Happy Reading!!!

1. A Fantasy or Science Fiction book
2. A book recommended by a Librarian, Family member or Friend
3. A Fairy Tale (or a new twist on a Fairy Tale)
4. A book set in another Time and/or Place
5. An eBook or Audiobook
6. A book from a Series
7. A book with a Green, Yellow or Red Cover
8. A Cozy Mystery or Suspense/Thriller
9. A book from your Want-to-Read List
10. A book by a Favorite or Never Read Author
11. A Non-fiction or a Classic book
12. A New-Release (2025) or a Display shelf book
13. A book of your Choice

My Summer Reading Challenge List
Got very distracted and honestly a book on my list broke me from reading for a while. Will do better next challenge

1. The Chosen by: J.R. Ward (Completed: 7/8)
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3. The Thief by: J.R. Ward (Completed: 7/22)
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5. The Beast by: J.R. Ward (Completed: 6/22)
6. The Shadows by: J.R. Ward (Completed 6/11)
7. The Book of Life by: Deborah Harkness (Completed 7/4)
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10. The King by: J.R. Ward (Completed: 6/5)
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Summer Reading 2025


1. The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves 4★ 10 Jun
2. The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig 4★ 15 Jun
3. The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar 4★ 24 Jun
4. The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett 3.5★ 12 Jun
5. Upside-Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski 4★ 01 Jun
6. How to Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin 4★ 19 Jun
7. House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig 3.5★ 23 Jun
8. The Fury by Alex Michaelides 3.5★ 04 Jun
9. The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick 3.5★ 09 Jun
10. I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong 4★ 20 Jun
11. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 4★ 14 Jun
12. Shanghai Sunset: The Great Adventures of Breeze Lee by Sharon Barnes 4★ 14 Jul
13. The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict 3.5★ 21 Jun

1. The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold 3.5★ 29 Jul
2. James by Percival Everett 4★ 11 Jul
3. Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly 3.5★ 03 Jul
4. Death at a Highland Wedding by Kelley Armstrong 4★ 10 Jul
5. The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict 4★ 20 Jul
6. Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz 4★ 13 Jul
7. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang 4★ 06 Jul
8. No Roast for the Weary by Cleo Coyle 3.5★ 09 Jul
9. The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling 3.5★ 21 Jul
10. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto 4★ 18 Jul
11. Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum by Michael McCreary 3.5★ 25 Jul
12. City & Shadows by Chris Ross 4★ 05 Aug
13. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins 4★ 17 Jul

1. Babel by R.F. Kuang 3.5★ 08 Aug
2. Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani 4★ 26 Aug
3. A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow 4★ 10 Aug
4. The Alienist by Caleb Carr 4★ 20 Aug
5. Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino 3.5★ 14 Aug
6. A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon 4★ 18 Aug
7. The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley 3.5★ 01 Aug
8. None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell 4★ 21 Aug
9. The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman 4★ 25 Aug
10. The Club by Ellery Lloyd 3.5★ 23 Aug
11. The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore 4★ 12 Aug
12. Rage by Linda Castillo 4★ 04 Aug
13. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 4★ 02 Aug

Mariana's 2025 Summer Reading Challenge: June 1st - August 31st:

1. I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong 06.07.2025 4★
2. The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black 08.25.2025 4★
3. Hooked by Emily McIntire 08.27.2025 3★
4. Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff 08.18.2025 4★
5. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 06.01.2025 4★
6. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas 08.29.2025 5★
7. Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 06.05.2025 5★
8. I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell 07.10.2025 3★
9. Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon 08.22.2025 3★
10. The Vanishing Hour by Seraphina Nova Glass 07.23.2025 5★
11. Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks by Drew Ramsey 07.29.2025 4★
12. No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally 08.21.2025 4★
13. Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong 08.19.2025 5★

I’m not gonna list all my books but I have finished the challenge twice and then some.

Got a super late start but here they are

1: The Darkest Part Of The Forest by Holly Black (7-30-25)
2: A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore (8-1-25)
3: The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley (8-19-25)
4: Eragon by Christopher Paolini (8-28-25)
5:Born Of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon (8-2-25)
6: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan (8-1-25)
7: Red Rising by Pierce Brown (8-12-25)
8: You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose (8-23-25)
9: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (8-16-25)
10: The Maze Runner by James Dashner (8-22-25)
11: When Do Fish Sleep by David Feldman (8-2-25)
12: No Place Left To Hide by Megan Lally (8-16-25)
13: Elevation by Stephen King (8-2-25)

bonus book: The Spiderwick Chronicles Vol. 2 by Holly Black & Tony Diterlizzi (8-28-25)

Welcome to our 2026 Summer Reading Challenge!
It will run from June 1st ~ August 31st & can be completed as many times as you want :)
Rules:
* Use a book only once during this challenge
* List Title, Author & Date completed for each category
* Have Fun & Happy Reading!!!

1. A Fantasy or Science Fiction book
2. A book recommended by a Librarian, Family member or Friend
3. A Fairy Tale (or a new twist on a Fairy Tale)
4. A book set in another Time and/or Place
5. An eBook or Audiobook
6. A book from a Series
7. A book with a Green, Yellow or Red Cover
8. A Cozy Mystery or Suspense/Thriller
9. A book from your Want-to-Read List
10. A book by a Favorite or Never Read Author
11. A Non-fiction or a Classic book
12. A New-Release (2026) or a Display shelf book
13. A book of your Choice

Summer Reading 2026

1. Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier 17 Jun
2. We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark 22 Jun
3. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi 09 Jun
4. Red Clay by Charles B. Fancher 29 Jun
5. The Charmed Library by Jennifer Moorman 21 Jun
6. Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan 27 Jun
7. The Atlas of Untold Stories by Sara Brunsvold 16 Jun
8. His & Hers by Alice Feeney 07 Jun
9. What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez 13 Jun
10. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan 25 Jun
11. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer 11 Jun
12. How to Cheat Your Own Death by Kristen Perrin 19 Jun
13. Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez 14 Jun

1. The Thirteenth Month by Elizabeth Hunter 06 Jul
2. Theo of Golden by Allen Levi 07 Jul
3. Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce 10 Jul
4. The Collector of Burned Books by Roseanna M. White 17 Jul
5. Holmes Is Missing by James Patterson 01 Jul
6. The Devil You Know by Freida McFadden 13 Jul
7. Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell 09 Jul
8. The Devil Wears Scrubs by Freida McFadden 12 Jul
9. I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg 15 Jul
10. Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada 03 Jul
11. Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff 02 Jul
12. All Booked Up by Melody Carlson 08 Jul
13. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris 05 Jul

1. Ghost Tamer by Meredith R. Lyons 24 Jul
2. The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens 02 Aug
3. The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang 08 Aug
4. The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club by Julia Bryan Thomas 06 Aug
5. The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County by Claire Swinarski 03 Aug
6. The Unquiet Bones by Melvin R. Starr 26 Aug
7. The Gift by Freida McFadden 21 Jul
8. The Bell Tolls at Traeger Hall by Jaime Jo Wright 04 Aug
9. The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick 19 Jul
10. The Undoing by Shae Wolfe 11 Aug
11. Dream Big: Know What You Want, Why You Want It, and What You’re Going to Do About It by Bob Goff 27 Jul
12. The Bookstore Diaries by Susan Mallery 20 Jul
13. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World by Riley Black 01 Aug

1. A Dagger of Lightning by Meredith R. Lyons 12 Aug
2. Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani 21 Aug
3. A Villains Collection (Fairest of All, The Beast Within & Poor Unfortunate Soul) by Serena Valentino 15~17 Aug
4. The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens 22 Aug
5. A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro 28 Aug
6. Blood Moon by Heather Graham 23 Aug
7. Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson 27 Aug
8. Mrs. Plansky's Revenge by Spencer Quinn 19 Aug
9. Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune 29 Aug
10. The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang 14 Aug
11. Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy. by Bob Goff 24 Aug
12. We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune 16 Jul
13. How to Read a Book by Monica Wood 18 Aug