The lazy days of summer.
August goal:
August’s goal is 3 books.
Result:
Well, this is embarrassing.
What I read:
- The Keeper (Cal Hooper #3)—Tana French
- Kindle / 496p
- Jul 27–Aug 14
- 4⭐
- Review
What I’m reading:
- The Gilded Blade (The Grandest Game #3)—Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Kindle
- Aug 15–
- 61%
- 107 Days—Kamala Harris
- Audiobook 🎧
- Aug 21–
- 31%
- Separation of Church and Hate—John Fugelsang
- Physical
- Dec 21–
- p144 of 283 (50%)
What I abandoned:
- none
2026 Progress
Star Ratings:
Based on the flat stars, not the quarter stars I assign in my reviews.
- 5 stars: 1 book
- 4 stars: 17 books
- 3 stars: 9 books
- 2 stars: 0 books
- 1 star: 1 book
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 0 books
- Not rated: 0 books
Pages Read/Hours Listened:
(Does not include partial books, abandoned books, or edited manuscripts)
- January – 1319p, 8h 45m
- February – 933p, 3h 30m
- March – 1737p, 5h 40m
- April – 1094p, 0m (listened but did not complete)
- May – 1343p, 2h 36m
- June – 1360p, 4h 25m
- July – 1531p, 7h 52m
- August – 396p, 0m (listened but did not complete)
*Note: Storygraph has a slightly different number because they count what they think I actually read each day based on when I update my progress. I always count the entire book in the month it was completed, even if I read everything but the last page (or listen to everything but the last minute) in the previous month.
Reading Goals:
Read 36 books
I finished 1 book toward my Storygraph challenge.
- Audiobooks: 6
- Kindle: 20
- Physical books: 2
Read 25 minutes per day
August 31 was Day 1811 of my reading streak.
I read faithfully every day, but I’ve been in a weird pattern where it’s going very slowly. My last 3 novels have all been part of (separate) series, so I was excited for them. But I haven’t enjoyed them nearly as much as the others. So it took me forever to finish my single book in August, then I started another (3rd/final in a YA series), expecting it to be super fast, and it’s really dragging.
And I started listening to Kamala Harris’s book about her presidential campaign. It may end up a DNF because I’m not sure I can stand listening to the (spoiler alert) unhappy ending.
September’s goal is 3 books (finish Harris and Barnes, plus something else). And plan Poetober.
As always, you can find me other places to see what I’m reading:
Also, I recommend supporting independent bookstores. My favorite is Old Town Books (they ship!). You can also support my favorite podcast through their Bookshop.org link at KickBezosInTheBalls.org (or pick a local shop of your choosing). And you can never go wrong with your local library!
