Hooked on Books discussion

Individual Competitive Challenge
August 2025

This is a relatively simple challenge. You will just read books from your TBR. The competitive aspect comes from the fact that you are competing against other members. Each book will be worth points. See the chart below for the point value. There will be badges for the top 3 highest scorers. I will award them at the end of the month. Make sure you update your scores. I will give you an extra day to update your scores. Now go work on those TBRs!

Sample tracking post
Total Points: 4 pts

1. Fortune's Fool | 8/3/25 | 3 pts
2. Give and Hazard All | 8/4/25 | 1pt
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Challenge Rules
📗Books must be a minimum of 100 pages
📗Graphic novels are allowed provided they meet the minimum page requirement
📗Audiobooks are allowed. Please use the default GR book for page numbers. If the default is a large print version, use the next most popular edition.
📗Any book in any language will be accepted as long as it meets the criteria
📗Rereads are allowed

Point System


Graphic Novel Points
Page Count Limit: 100 (Actual page count)
Please use this formula to find your adjusted page count (for points):
#Pgs x 1/4 = Adjusted Page Count
❀If your adjusted page count is less than 100, you will get 0.5 points for the book. If it is 100 or higher see the page point chart above for points.

Theme Bonus
Theme: Dogs
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits.

August badges:

1st place:


2nd place:


3rd place:

Participants

Susan 76
Angie 70
Caraina 119
Trisha 42
Sammy 111
Melanie 205
Michelle 41
C 61
Beth 67
Jenny 19
Jonidyan 37
Shan A 86

TBR Busters: August 1-31, 2025
Theme Bonus
Theme: Dogs
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits


Total Points: 76
1. Great Big Beautiful Life, 416pgs, 8/1/25, 3pts
2. Black Notice, 441pgs, 8/2/25, 3pts
3. The Word is Murder, 400pgs, 8/4/25, 3pts
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 218pgs, 8/5/25, 1pt
5. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, 339pgs, 8/7/25, 3pts
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea, 398pgs, 8/8/25, 3pts
7. You, 464pgs, 8/9/25, 3pts
8. The Poppy Fields, 304pgs, 8/10/25, 3pts
9. Intermezzo, 454pgs, 8/12/25, 3pts
10. The Pull of the Stars, 294pgs, 8/14/25, 1pt
11. Watching You, 320pgs, 8/15/25, 3pts
12. The Hunting Wives, 356pgs, 8/15/25, 3pts +2 bonus pts - Dog howls from inside...sending the beagle into more frenzied bellows...
13. Fractured,388pgs, 8/17/25, 3pts +2 - "There's a three-hundred-year-old yellow Lab."
14. The Dragonian's Witch, 268pgs, 8/19/25, 1pt
15. The Maid's Secret, 336pgs, 8/19/25, 3pts
16. The Alice Network, 503pgs, 8/21/25, 5pts
17. Carrie Soto Is Back, 384pgs, 8/21/25, 3pts
18. The Long Walk, 370pgs, 8/22/25, 3pts + 2 dog pts - "dog escaped from someone's grasp and ran out into the road..."
19. Feel the Bern, 256pgs, 8/23/25, 1pt +2 dog pts - "...he was like a dog with bone. Did dogs actually eat bones?"
20. Girl in the Blue Coat, 309pgs, 8/24/25, 3pts
21. What Does It Feel Like?, 133pgs, 8/25/25, 1pt
22. James, 303pgs, 8/25/25, 3pts +2 dog pts "He's got some dogs, but they're fat and lazy."
23. Homeseeking, 512pgs, 8/28/25, 5pts +2 dog pts, "...mangy dogs rooting around in the gutter for food."
24. The Surrogate Mother, 320pgs, 8/30/25, 3pts

TBR Busters
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2025

Theme: Dogs (2 bp)

Books Read | Total Points: 70
1. The Reef ~ 8/1 | 453 pgs | TBR Jul25 | 3pts
2. Out of Her Mind ~ 8/2 | 289 pgs | TBR Jun25 | 1pts
3. Anxious People ~ 8/3 | 400 pgs | TBR Jul25 | 3pts + 2bp
4. The Passage ~ 8/5 | 1014 pgs | TBR 2019 | 10pts
5. Archangel's Legion ~ 8/6 | 448 pgs | TBR 2019 | 3pts
6. The Memory Police ~ 8/8 | 288 pgs | TBR 2024 | 1pts
7. Kill the Next One ~ 8/9 | 417 pgs | TBR Jul25 | 3pts
8. Jurrasic Park ~ 8/11 | 466 pgs | TBR Jul25 | 3pts
9. The Tainted Cup ~ 8/12 | 410 pgs | TBR Jul25 | 3pts
10. The Collector ~ 8/14 | 754 pgs | TBR 2024 | 7pts + 2bp
11. A Half-Baked Murder ~ 8/17 | 308 pgs | TBR Jul25 | 3pts
12. All Better Now ~ 8/21 | 525 pgs | TBR May25 | 5pts
13. A Jingle Bell Mingle ~ 8/26 | 400 pgs | TBR Jul25 | 3pts
14. The Atlantis Gene ~ 8/29 | 642 pgs | TBR 2024 | 5pts
15. All the Colors of the Dark ~ 8/29 | 597 pgs | TBR 2024 | 5pts
16. The Age of Ra ~ 8/30 | 452 pgs | TBR Jul25 | 3pts
17. She Can Run ~ 8/31 | 327 pgs | TBR 2022 | 3pts + 2bp

TBR Busters: August 2025
Duration: August 1, 2025 – August 31, 2025

Challenge Rules
📗Books must be a minimum of 100 pages
📗Graphic novels are allowed provided they meet the minimum page requirement
📗Audiobooks are allowed. Please use the default GR book for page numbers. If the default is a large print version, use the next most popular edition.
📗Any book in any language will be accepted as long as it meets the criteria
📗Rereads are allowed

Point System


Theme Bonus
Theme: Dogs
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits.

Total Points: 119

1. Myth Academy - A.K. Thorne 8/1/25 | 177 pgs. | 1pt.
2. Carpe Corpus - Rachel Caine 8/1/25 | 256 pgs. | 1pt.
3. Playing Dirty - Kiki Swinson 8/2/25 | 288 pgs. | 1pt.
4. Geisha, a Life - Mineko Iwasaki 8/2/25 | 297 pgs. | 1pt.
5. Incubus - Ann Arensberg 8/3/25 | 322 pgs. | 3pts.
6. God Don't Like Ugly - Mary Monroe 8/7/25 | 432 pgs. | 3pts.
7. Let Me Free You - Alexandria House 8/4/25 | 211 pgs. | 1pt.
8. 23 1/2 Lies - James Patterson 8/5/25 | 448 pgs. | 3pts.
9. Razor - Zahra Girard 8/5/25 | 220 pgs. | 1pt.
10. Tricky Twenty-Two - Janet Evanovich 8/5/25 | 282 pgs. | 1pt.
11. The Ghost Writer - Philip Roth 8/6/25 | 180 pgs. | 1pt.
12. The Orchard Keeper - Cormac McCarthy 8/6/25 | 246 pgs. | 1pt.
13. The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo 8/7/25 | 400 pgs. | 3pts.
14. Finding Peace - Denise Grover Swank 8/7/25 | 234 pgs. | 1pt.
15. Finding Forever - Denise Grover Swank 8/7/25 | 222 pgs. | 1pt.
16. Finding Forgiveness - Denise Grover Swank 8/7/25 | 234 pgs. | 1pt.
17. Dragon Teeth - Michael Crichton 8/8/25 | 320 pgs. | 3pts.
18. Knit Two - Kate Jacobs 8/8/25 | 323 pgs. | 3pts.
19. Riven - Roan Parrish 8/9/25 | 220 pgs. | 1pt.
20. She Can Run - Melinda Leigh 8/9/25 | 327 pgs. | 3pts.
21. Fade Out - Rachel Caine 8/9/25 | 237 pgs. | 1pt.
22. Temptation Ridge - Robyn Carr 8/10/25 | 416 pgs. | 3pts.
23. Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh 8/11/25 | 272 pgs. | 1pt.
24. The Witch - Cheryl Potter 8/11/25 | 208 pgs. | 1pt.
25. Brown Roses - Tope Omotosho 8/12/25 | 409 pgs. | 3pts.
26. Summit Lake - Charlie Donlea 8/12/25 | 338 pgs. | 3pts.
27. It's Better This Way - Debbie Macomber 8/13/25 | 352 pgs. | 3pts.
28. The Cement Garden - Ian McEwan 8/13/25 | 162 pgs. | 1pt.
29. Time After Time - Kay Hooper 8/13/25 | 288 pgs. | 1pt.
30. Yellow Hibiscus - Tope Omotosho 8/14/25 | 422 pgs. | 3pts.
31. Secrets In Her Eyes - Lexie Scott 8/14/25 | 216 pgs. | 1pt.
32. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold - John Le Carré 8/15/25 | 212 pgs. | 1pt.
33. What Lies in the Woods - Kate Alice Marshall 8/18/25 | 336 pgs. | 3pts.
34. Four Aunties and a Wedding - Jesse Q. Sutanto 8/18/25 | 352 pgs. | 3pts.
35. Tempest in a Tea Room - Summer Prescott 8/19/25 | 111 pgs. | 1pt.
36. Teas, Keys, and Mysteries - Summer Prescott 8/19/25 | 134 pgs. | 1pt.
37. The Crow Trap - Ann Cleeves 8/19/25 | 560 pgs. | 5pts.
38. Flirting Lessons - Jasmine Guillory 8/20/25 | 416 pgs. | 3pts.
39. Because of Miss Bridgerton - Julia Quinn 8/21/25 | 383 pgs. | 3pts.
40. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab 8/21/25 | 515 pgs. | 5pts.
41. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou 8/22/25 | 317 pgs. | 3pts.
42. The Seven Year Slip - Ashley Poston 8/23/25 | 336 pgs. | 3pts.
43. Ali Cross - James Patterson 8/23/25 | 320 pgs. | 3pts.
44. Unspeakable - Kevin O'Brien 8/24/25 | 544 pgs. | 5pts.
45. King's Cage - Victoria Aveyard 8/25/25 | 528 pgs. | 5pts.
46. Homeseeking - Karissa Chen 8/26/25 | 512 pgs. | 5pts.
47. Society of Lies - Lauren Ling Brown 8/27/25 | 384 pgs. | 3pts.
48. The Business Trip - Jessie Garcia 8/28/25 | 341 pgs. | 3pts.
49. Dandelion Wishes - Melinda Curtis 8/28/25 | 260 pgs. | 1pt.
50. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure - Alice Kimberly 8/28/25 | 272 pgs. | 1pt.
51. Vampires and Villains - Elizabeth Pantley 8/29/25 | 219 pgs.| 1pt.
52. Sunflowers in a Hurricane - Anne M Faye 8/29/25 | 262 pgs. | 1pt.
53. Rusty - Zahra Girard 8/30/25 | 262 pgs. | 1pt.
54. Payback Is a Mutha - Wahida Clark 8/30/25 | 231 pgs. | 1pt.
55. Dragon Magus #1 - D.B. King 8/31/25 | 302 pgs. | 3pts.

I need help getting through my TBR!

TBR Busters: August 2025
Duration: August 1, 2025 – August 31, 2025
Points: 42

Books I really want to get to:
1. Educated - 8/30/25 - 3 points + 2 points
2. Circe - 8/13/25 - 3 points
3. My Brilliant Friend
4. The Wicker King
5. Oleander
6. Wolfsong
7. A Curious Beginning
8. Pod - 8/18/25 - 1 point
9. All About Love
10. The Book of Longings - 8/10/25 - 3 points +2 points - “Behold, Herod Antipas’s dogs!”

Other books read from TBR:
1. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books - 8/1/25 - 1 point + 2 points - "at dusk a hunting dog bounded out..."
2. Quicksilver - 8/7/25 - 5 points +2 points - “Bring in the dog and let’s be done with this.”
3. Blood in the Water - 8/11/25 - 1 point +2 points - mention of a lost dog.
4. To Clutch a Razor - 8/15/25 - 1 point +2 points - "she lets panting dogs trot alongside her."
5. When the Tides Held the Moon - 8/18/25 - 3 points +2 points - characters often reference being treated like dogs - "They want a dog, not a merman."
6. Murder by Memory - 8/22/25 - 1 point
7. Lucky Day - 8/28/25 - 1 point + 2 points - "walking their dogs, playing catch"
8. Felon: Poems - 8/29/25 - 1 point
9. Meditation for Mortals - 8/30/25 - 1 point
10. Full Speed to a Crash Landing - 8/30/25 - 1 point

In! Only using books added before the end of March this year.

Total Points: 111


1. Le Morte d'Arthur - 10 points
2. Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean - 7 points
3. Twenty Years After - 7 points
4. Anxious People - 3 points + discussion about dogs not liking fireworks + 2 points
5. Brick Lane - 3 points
6. Bethany's Sin - 3 points
7. Musashi - 10 points + "playing with a stray dog" p47 + 2 points
8. So, Anyway... - 3 points + "treading on the family dog" p110 + 2 points
9. Mrs England - 3 points + "A dog barked distantly" p260 + 2 points
10. Freeze Frame - 1 point
11. Blowback - 3 points "He managed to turn the dog over" p166 + 2 points
12. Smoky Joe's Cafe - 1 point
13. The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner - 1 point
14. A Greedy Man in a Hungry World: How (almost) everything you thought you knew about food is wrong - 1 point
15. Fresh Water for Flowers - 3 points + MC inherhits a couple of dogs + 2 points
16. Two Steps Forward - 3 points + p57 "The dogs saw me first" + 2 points
17. Heads You Lose - 1 point + character owns a dachshund + 2 points
18. No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach - 1 point
19. Cast Iron - 3 points
20. The Murder on the Links - 1 point + "You need the dogs, no?" p 17 + 2 points
21. The Night Gate - 3 points + a character has a German Shepherd + 2 points
22. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - 5 points
23. London Fields - 5 points + guy has two dogs + 2 points
24. Little Lord Fauntleroy - 1 point + MC has a dog + 2 points
25. Recipe for Love - 3 points + "With only the dogs for company" p240 + 2 points

TBR Aug 1 - 64 / 2855
DNF = 12
total points : 205
theme : dogs

1 8/1 The Three Lives of Cate Kay Kate Fagan 1+ 2 rubbed puck's head
2 8/1 Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays David Sedaris 1 + 2 dog's death ...
3 8/1 Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 3+ 2 Advised her to get a dog
4 8/2 All That Remains Patricia Cornwell 3 +2 Got anything for the dogs to scent off of?
5 8/3 There Should Have Been Eight Nalini Singh 3 +2 i think we should adopt a puppy
6 8/4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J.K. Rowling 5+ 2 mundungas ...with his droopy basset hound eyes...
7 8/4 The Secret of Shadow Ranch Carolyn Keene 1 +2 aren't there any dogs on the ranch
8 8/5 Cream Puff Murder Joanne Fluke 3
9 8/5 If Two Are Dead Rick Mofina 3+2 yip of puppies from the pet store
10 8/6 Double Shot Death Emmeline Duncan 1+2 sirius was orion's dog
11 8/6 Daughter Kate McLaughlin 3+2 his golden retreiver Lulu
12 8/6 A Charming Deception Tonya Kappes 1
13 8/6 Christmas Cake Murder Joanne Fluke 1
14 8/7 Flat White Fatality Emmeline Duncan 1+2 unclipped Bentley's leash
15 8/7 What the Fireflies Knew Kai Harris 1
16 8/8 No Good Tea Goes Unpunished Bree Baker 3
17 8/8 Scene of the Grind Tonya Kappes 3+2 Pepper bounded out and jumped up on me
18 8/8 Mocha and Murder Tonya Kappes 1+2 Pepper walkked over to the man and smelled his shoes
19 8/8 Freshly Ground Murder Tonya Kappes 1+2 Sassy and Pepper looked so cute in their christmas sweaters
20 8/9 Cold Blooded Brew Tonya Kappes 1+2 Pepper jumped up ...
21 8/9 Decaffeinated Scandal Tonya Kappes 1+2 gave pepper a few scratches
22 8/9 A Killer Latte Tonya Kappes 1+2 it was hard to keep the dogs from barkinbg
23 8/10 The Agathas Kathleen Glasgow 3
24 8/11 Glorious Rivals Jennifer Lynn Barnes 3
25 Murder in a Scottish Shire Traci Hall 3+2 Caught him sneaking bits of sausage to the dog
26 How to Survive a Slasher Justine Pucella Winans 3
27 The Testaments Margaret Atwood 3+2 then i had a bad thought: dogs.oranges are really scented
28 Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money Joe Kenda 1+2 the four-legged partner of this K-9 team was a black German shepherd named Ax 0
29 Blackberry Pie Murder Joanne Fluke 3
30 Double Fudge Brownie Murder Joanne Fluke 3
31 Key Lime Pie Murder Joanne Fluke 3+2 shook her head like a dog coming out of eden lake in the summer
32 Chocolate Cream Pie Murder Joanne Fluke 3
33 Coconut Layer Cake Murder Joanne Fluke 3
34 Christmas Cupcake Murder Joanne Fluke 3
35 Party of Liars Kelsey Cox 3+2 Go back to bed.I'll check on the dogs
37 The Night in Question Kathleen Glasgow 3
38 The Christmas Tree Farm Laurie Gilmore 3+2 ... i would have had the dogs on thier leashes
39 Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder Joanne Fluke 3
40 I'm Thinking of Ending Things Iain Reid 1
41 The Cinnamon Spice Inn Harper Graham (ARC) 3+2 ...scooping the puppy up
42 Pride and Pejudice Jane Austen 3
43 Guidebook to Murder Lynn Cahoon 1+2 after her dog bit me she said ,,,
44 Now That She's Gone Now That She's Gone 3
45 The Marlow Murder Club Robert Thorogood 3+2 is that your dog ?
46 Love, Mom Iliana Xander 3
47 Caramel Pecan Roll Murder Joanne Fluke 1
48 Pink Lemonade Cake Murder Joanne Fluke 1
49 Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home Gregg Olsen 3+2 margot helped betty up onto the couch
50 The Strawberry Patch Pancake House Laurie Gilmore 3+2 can i pet the puppies ?
51 1984 George Orwell 1
52 Murder Your Employer Rupert Holmes 3
53 Kill for Me, Kill for You Steve Cavanagh 3
54 Message in a Bottle Nicholas Sparks 3
55 To All the Boys I've Loved Before Jenny Han 3+2 there will be a puppy under our tree christmas morning , i bet on it
56 Verity Colleen Hoover 3
57 Things We Do in the Dark Jennifer Hillier 3
58 Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies Catherine Mack 3
59 Dear John Nicholas Sparks 1+2 ,the dog surged past me...
60 The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea Sebastian Junger 1
61 Marshmallow Malice Amanda Flower 3
62

TBR Busters: August 2025
Bonus Theme - Dogs

Book/Author - Camping Horror Stories, Volume 2: Strange Encounters with the Unknown by Tom Lyons
Date Read - 8/2/25
Pages - 115
Points - 1

Book/Author - Garters and Gargoyles Lib/E by Nancy Warren
Date Read - 8/2/25
Pages - 238
Points - 1

Book/Author - Mr. Whisper by Andrew Mayne
Date Read - 8/5/25
Pages - 381
Points - 3
Bonus Points - 2
How bonus fits - Theo has an AI robotic dog that he uses for searches

Book/Author - Divided in Death by J.D. Robb
Date Read - 8/8/25
Pages - 365
Points - 3
Bonus Points - 2
How bonus fits - Blaine Bissell created a sculpture that looked like a watch dog crossed with a spider

Book/Author - The Sweet Dead Life by Joy Preble
Date Read - 8/9/25
Pages - 244
Points - 1

Book/Author - When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain -
Date Read - 8/13/25
Pages - 370
Points - 3
Bonus Points - 2
How Bonus fits - Anna adopts a stray dog and names her Cricket

Book/Author - Diamonds and Daggers by Nancy Warren
Date Read - 8/15/25
Pages - 203
Points - 1

Book/Author - Survival! Cave-in by Kathleen Duey
Date Read - 8/17/25
Pages - 158
Points - 1

Book/Author - Murder Dog by Doug Goodman
Date Read - 8/18/25
Pages - 295
Points - 1
Bonus Points - 2
How bonus fits - MC is a Dog

Book/Author - Heartbreak Bay by Rachel Caine
Date Read - 8/19/25
Pages - 335
Points - 3
Bonus Points 2
How Bonus fits - Kezia has a dog named boots that she lets ride in the car with her.

Book/Author - Fear in the Forest: Volume 1 by Ethan Hayes
Date Read - 8/21/25
Pages - 134
Points - 1

Book/Author - Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren
Date Read - 8/23/25
Pages - 228
Points - 1

Book/Author - Fear in the Forest: Volume 2 by Ethan Hayes
Date Read - 8/25/25
Pages - 128
Points - 1

Book/Author - Retributor by Al Halsey
Date Read - 8/26/25
Pages - 270
Points - 1

Book/Author - Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust by Allan Zullo
Date Read - 8/26/25
Pages - 208
Points - 1
Bonus Points - 2
How bonus fits - Dogs were set on the Jewish Prisoners

Book/Author - I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis
Date Read - 8/28/25
Pages - 112
Points - 1
Bonus Points - 2
How bonus fits - Dogs were used in running down Jewish Citizens

Book/Author - Bodie: 1859-1962 by Terri Lynn Geissinger
Date Read - 8/29/25
Pages - 132
Points - 1
Bonus Points - 2
How bonus fits - Dog on the cover

TOTAL POINTS - 41

Points: 61

The Maid's Secret
Icing on the Case
Wires and Nerve
Gone Rogue
A Fatal Yarn BONUS
Night of Secrets
The Fox Wife
Still Pumped from Using the Mouse
Silver Linings
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper BONUS
Assassin of Fire and Sacrifice
Animal Farm BONUS
Five Nights
Read Between the Crimes BONUS
From Fable to Grave
The Baker and the Wolf
Can You Solve the Murder?
The Hitchcock Hotel
A Fateful Sentence BONUS
I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 BONUS
The Dark King and the Eternal Dance
Red Lipstick Kisses and Small Town Wishes BONUS
Wolf Cure
Retreat
Batter Royale
Cajun Kiss of Death BONUS
Captains Courageous
Around the World in Eighty Days
A Christmas Tale of Santa Claus and Grace: A faith-filled novella about the magic of Christmas
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder BONUS

August - TBR Busters

I'll play! I'm always looking for a new impetus to work on my TBR.



1. The Big Bad Wolf (Alex Cross Book, #9) by James Patterson - 1 Aug - 3 pts
2. The Launch Party by Lauren A. Forry - 2 Aug - 3 pts
3. As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3) by Holly Jackson - 3 Aug - 3 pts
4. The Lincoln Myth (Cotton Malone, #9) by Steve Berry - 3 Aug - 3 pts
5. The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice by Alex Kershaw - 4 Aug - 3 pts
6. Black Notice (Kay Scarpetta, #10) by Patricia Cornwell - 5 Aug - 3 pts + 2 bonus p 199: "...our bomb dog detected pipe bombs wired under each of their cars.”
7. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum - 6 Aug - 3 pts + 2 bonus p 73: "...the dog lived for 2 hours and 35 minutes."
8. The Maid's Secret (Molly the Maid, #3) by Nita Prose - 6 Aug - 3 pts + 2 bonus p 15: "Let sleeping dogs lie."
9. Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo by Stephanie Storey - 8 Aug - 3 pts
10. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 10 Aug - 3 pts
11. The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator by Timothy C. Winegard - 10 Aug - 3 pts
12. The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar - 16 Aug - 3 pts
13. Silent Sister by Megan Davidhizar - 19 Aug - 3 pts
14. The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1) by Anthony Horowitz - 19 Aug - 3 pts
15. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch - 20 Aug - 3 pts
16. The Survivors by Jane Harper - 22 Aug - 3 pts
17. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah - 24 Aug - 3 pts
18. Diagnosis: Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries by Lisa Sanders - 25 Aug - 3 pts
19. Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America by Ayaz Virji - 28 Aug - 1 pt
20. Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor - 31 Aug - 3 pts

Running total

1. Olympos 891pgs
2. The Empire of Gold 766pgs
3. All Better Now 528pgs
4.

TBR Buster - Dogs
Duration: August 1-31, 2025

Points: 34

08/03 The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart[528]😘😘😘😘😘
08/04 Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter[350]😘😘😘
08/06 The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan[304]😘😘😘
08/08 The Love Wager by Lynn Painter[315]😘😘😘
08/12 The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak[338]😘😘😘
08/15 Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver[390]😘😘😘
08/18 Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez[416]😘😘😘+😘😘
08/22 The Wedding People by Alison Espach[384]😘😘😘
08/26 book:Husbands & Lovers|199223201] by Beatriz Williams[384]😘😘😘
08/28 Belladonna by Adalyn Grace[409]😘😘😘

TBR Busters: August 2025
Bonus Theme - Dogs

Pages = Pts
100-300 = 1 pts
301 - 500 = 3 pts
501 - 700 = 5 pts
701 - 900 = 7 pts
901+ = 10 pts

Total Pts: 86

1. Twisted Lies 08/01 ~ 530 pgs | 5 pts
2. Atonement Sky 08/02 ~ 400 pgs | 3 pts
3. A Little Too Late 08/03 ~ 259 pgs | 1 pts
4. The Last Thing He Told Me 08/04 ~ 307 pgs | 3 pts
5. Against the Wind 08/04 ~ 397 pgs | 3 pts
6. The Hitman's Guide to Making Friends and Finding Love 08/05 ~ 375 pgs | 3 pts
7. Primal Bonds 08/05 ~ 298 pts | 1 pts
8. Den of Vipers 08/06 ~ 654 pgs | 5 pts
9. Magic Shifts 08/07 ~ 342 pgs | 3 pts
10. The Legacy 08/08 ~ 359 pgs | 3 pts
11. The Rogue Not Taken 08/08 ~ 419 pgs | 3 pts
12. Marriage of Inconvenience 08/11 ~ 506 pgs | 5 pts
13. The Wicked Deeds of Daniel Mackenzie 08/11 ~ 384 pgs | 3 pts
14. Lessons in Sin 08/12 ~ 448 pgs | 3 pts
15. What Was Meant to Be 08/13 ~ 310 pgs | 3 pts
16. The Girl in Red 08/14 ~ 293 pgs | 1 pts
17. Elevator Pitch 08/15 ~ 440 pgs | 3 pts + 2 pts (Grey has a dog)
18. Holding the Reins 08/18 ~ 416 pgs | 3 pts

Kiss My Cupcake 08/19 ~ 368 pgs | 3 pts
The Soulmate Equation 08/20 ~ 360 pgs | 3 pts
The Fake Mate 08/21 ~ 372 | 3 pts
The Rebel King 08/22 ~ 342 pgs | 3 pts
Melt for You 08/22 ~ 342 pgs | 3 pts
Stolen Hearts 08/25 ~ 296 pgs | 1 pt
Wildfire 08/29 ~ 387 | 3 pts
Dating Dr. Dil 08/30 | 3 pts
The Black Wife Effect 08/30 | 1 pt
The Things We Water 08/30 ~ 718 pgs | 7 pts

Hello. I was contemplating joining this challenge because I try hard to get through books on my to be read list but when I see how many others get through in one month it would put me to shame. I am not a fast reader! ~Sue

Sue wrote: "Hello. I was contemplating joining this challenge because I try hard to get through books on my to be read list but when I see how many others get through in one month it would put me to shame. I a..."

If this is too daunting for you, you may want to consider our readathons. We include some fun tasks with those for an added twist each month. You can also earn badges. It is also a great way to help you see how much you read a month and challenge yourself to read more.

1st place (Jack Russell): Melanie 205 pts
2nd place (Siderian Husky): Caraina 119 pts
3rd place (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel): Sammy 111 pts


Sammy has some competition...

i lucked out with all the theme books

Sammy is also running out of books that have been on her TBR long enough! 😆

And now that turf wars is on, it's unlikely I'll even rank for the next few months 😂

But I'm glad I got the spaniel! I used to have a spaniel. Stupidest dog that ever lived, but so sweet!

Guess you need to add to your tbr.

I've added a boatload of freebies recently, but I kinda feel like using books that have only been on my TBR for a week/month is a bit opposite of what this challenge is supposed to be.

But I'm on a book-buying ban this year, so apart from said freebies, there won't be any adding until I can go buy stuff again hopefully next spring!