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Welcome to Mariana’s Magical Adventures! :)

WELCOME!! I'm so glad you're here! This is my running log of books I have read, along with any other literary posts I'd like to share! Starting it all off is the Summer Reading Challenge that I participate in with HOCO's Friends of the Library Book Club AKA Coffee Chat.

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

1. A Fantasy or Science Fiction book
I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong 06.07.2025 4★
2. A book recommended by a Librarian, Family member or Friend
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black 08.25.2025 4★
3. A Fairy Tale (or a new twist on a Fairy Tale)
Hooked by Emily McIntire 08.27.2025 3★
4. A book set in another Time and/or Place
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff 08.18.2025 4★
5. An eBook or Audiobook
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 06.01.2025 4★
6. A book from a Series
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas 08.29.2025 5★
7. A book with a Green, Yellow or Red Cover
Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 06.05.2025 5★
8. A Cozy Mystery or Suspense/Thriller
I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell 07.10.2025 3★
9. A book from your Want-to-Read List
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. A book by a Favorite or Never Read Author
The Vanishing Hour by Seraphina Nova Glass 07.23.2025 5★
11. A Non-fiction or a Classic book
Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks by Drew Ramsey 07.29.2025 4★
12. A New-Release (2025) or a Display shelf book
No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally 08.21.2025 4★
13. A book of your Choice
Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong 08.19.2025 5★

I'm a little behind on posting, but here are my most recent reads/challenge completions.

Mariana's 2025 Banned Books Reading Challenge:

1. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 09.24.2025 4★
2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 09.19.2025 5★
3. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 10.01.2025 4★

Happy Hallo-Reads 2025 Challenge:

1. Lightlark by Alex Aster 10.04.2025 4★
2. Nightbane by Alex Aster 10.06.2025 4★
3. Angelic by Kelley Armstrong 10.10.2025 3★
4. One by One by Freida McFadden 10.14.2025 4★
5. Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent 10.14.2025 5★
6. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 10.18.2025 3★
7. The Watchers by A.M. Shine 10.16.2025 5★
8. A House at the Bottom of a Lake by Josh Malerman 10.13.2025 3★
9. Riding the Bullet by Stephen King 10.13.2025 4★
10. This Is Not a Ghost Story by Andrea Portes 10.18.2025 5★
11. Dead Trees Give No Shelter by Wil Wheaton 10.20.2025 4★
12. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 10.26.2025 5★
13. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness 10.29.2025 5★

Mystery, Murder or Mayhem:
1. I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells 10.11.2025 4★
2. Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant 10.18.2025 4★
3. A Potion to Die For by Heather Blake 10.31.2025

Ghouls, Goblins or Cursed Objects:
1. Far Far Away by Tom McNeal 10.30.2025
2. The Ghoul Next Door by Lisi Harrison 10.30.2025
3. Goblin Secrets by William Alexander 10.31.2025