Goodreads Reading Challenge 2026 [August]

I finished eleven books in August! That’s quite a feat considering how busy I’ve been. I’ve already jumped into some fall-themed cozy mysteries in preparation for the ‘ber months, and I think I am going to create a reading list specifically for October. I’ll post that later, though.

Here are the books I read in August, along with my rating of each.

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1. Let’s Split Up (Bill Wood)

Rating: 3/5

2. Little Eve (Catriona Ward)

Rating: 4/5

3. A Hollowmere Autumn Mystery: The Lantern Man of Hollowmere (Willow Wisp)

Rating: 2.5/5

4. Exquisite Corpse (Poppy Z. Brite)

Rating: 3/5

5. Where You End (Abbott Kahler)

Rating: 3/5

6. The Bachelorette Party (Camilla Sten)

Rating: 3.5/5

7. The Housemaid’s Secret (Freida McFadden)

Rating: 3/5

8. Murder With a Hint of Pumpkin Spice (Laura M. Drake)

Rating: 2.5/5

9. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Iain Reid)

Rating: 3/5

10. Don’t You Cry (Mary Kubica)

Rating: 3.5/5

11. What Stalks the Deep (T. Kingfisher)

Rating: 4/5

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I am currently reading Deeply Odd (Dean Koontz) and Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng).

Progress: 58/80

Goodreads Reading Challenge 2026 [May]

I read eight books this month! I’m getting back up to my usual speed, which is pretty amazing considering how busy I’ve been.

I’m still on track to finish the challenge, but I don’t know if I’ll be increasing my goal like I had to last year. If things stay this hectic (in a good way this time), then I’ll barely reach 80.

Anyway, here are the books I finished in May, with my ratings.

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1. The Island (Natasha Preston)

Rating: 2.5/5

2. Odd Hours (Dean Koontz)

Rating: 3/5

3. What Moves the Dead (T. Kingfisher)

Rating: 4/5

4. Dead Girls First (Zia Rayyan)

Rating: 3.5/5

5. The Queen (Nick Cutter)

Rating: 4/5

6. The Ghostly Grounds: Murder and Breakfast (Sophie Love)

Rating: 3/5

7. Odd Apocalypse (Dean Koontz)

Rating: 2.5/5

8. The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)

Rating: 5/5

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I am currently reading What Feasts at Night (T. Kingfisher) and The Lying Game (Ruth Ware).

Progress: 33/80

Goodreads Reading Challenge 2026 [April]

I only completed six books in April, but I’m still on track to hit 80 by the end of the year! Here is what I read this month, with my ratings.

1. Stay in the Light (A.M. Shine)

Rating: 4/5

2. Brother Odd (Dean Koontz)

Rating: 2/5

3. Heads Will Roll (Josh Winning)

Rating: 3/5

4. My Husband’s Wife (Alice Feeney)

Rating: 3.5/5

5. The Dead Girls Book Club (Zia Rayyan)

Rating: 4/5

6. Arson, Old Lace, and Murder (Michele Pariza Wacek)

Rating: 3/5

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I am currently reading The Island (Natasha Preston) and Odd Hours (Dean Koontz).

Progress: 25/80