RAINBOW READERS 🌈Reading Challenge Team JUNE 2025🏳️‍🌈

Captain's Note - Please don't chat in this thread until all the team members have reserved a post for their logs! Additionally, please tally your total page numbers in your post to save me the time of calculating them.

Reserve a post for your log in this thread. Log only the books you finish or DNF from June 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025.

Log books within 3 days of finishing / DNFing them. Please DO NOT log pages that you intend to read or page counts of books that are in your TBR. ONLY FINISHED PAGES SHOULD BE LOGGED!

Add the book title/ author/ format and page count to the post you have reserved in your team’s thread. You will edit this post as you keep reading. You will also be adding the same page counts in the Google sheet.

Wherever possible, please use Amazon’s page counts for logging pages. For ebooks and audiobooks, use Kindle page counts. For paperbacks and hardcovers, use paperback page counts. If you cannot find the book on Amazon, you can use other legitimate sources.

For online fiction, use word count divided by 300 to log pages.

If you DNF, or if you are continuing a book from May, log only the pages you’ve read. You can use percentage read (at the point of DNF) for e-books, actual page numbers for paperbacks and for audiobooks, log pages based on number of hours read (40 pages per hour at normal speed)\

If you are participating in the Pride Prose Challenge, reserve a post in the Pride Prose Reviews thread where you will need to post your reviews for the Queer themed fiction you've read. In addition, please log your Pride theme pages in the same excel sheet (different tab). Note that your Queer themed pages will also count towards the Reading Challenge.

Shirsha
Heavenlybliss (Team Captain)
Queen0fdarkness
ssttuuttii
DMGThings
Sambhavami
nutmeg7
Minionite
Clochette
foreverlazy
LizzynDarcy
So-so
Swetha-Sai

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z8Y_73276JpdrHM7p0MfukA5Xu_LyQ3Hlsj6rh2rYIU/edit?usp=sharing

HB's Reading Log - June 2025

Book - Author - Pages

1. Betrayed by Dr. Rebecca Sharp - (Continued from May)Page 275 - 322 - 47 pages✅ 3 stars - typical romance plot

🏳️‍🌈2. Hani and Ishu's Guide To Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar (Pride Month) - 278 pages

🏳️‍🌈3. God of Fury by Rina Kent (Pride Month Buddy Read) - 522 pages✅ - 3 stars - started off too slow and smutty but it got better later on

4. All The Dangerous Things by Jenika Snow - from page 95-287 - 192 pages

Total = 1039 pages

Shirsha's page log: June 2025

Name of the book - name of the author - number of pages

[LGBTQIA+ themed books and fanfictions are written in red, a colour of the rainbow flag]

1) My Reluctant Soulmate (a fanfiction of SOTUS) - MimiLuna - 19,194/300 = 64 pages

2) Murder in Mahim - Jerry Pinto - 152 pages (paperback) - DNF

3) The Magic of the Lost Story - Sudha Murthy - 157 (audiobook)

4) Shonku Samagra (a Bengali science fiction book) - Satyajit Roy - 71 pages (ebook) - incomplete

5) The Henna Wars - Abida Jaigirdar - 224 (paperback) - incomplete

6) Too Bright to See - Kyle Lukoff - 192 pages (ebook)

Total number of pages = 860 pages

Pages of LGBTQIA+ themed books = 632 pages

Pages of non-LGBTQIA+ themed books = 228 pages

Nutty’s book log

ssttuuttii Page Log for June 2025

Fandom (Spider-man, MCU and other Marvel shows / comics)

Blue = complete stories
Green = complete stories that I'm re-reading (and thus not rating since I don't remember my first impressions of them)
🏳️‍🌈 = Pride theme

1. are you ready yet? - webss312 - 790 pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
   
2. Pockets of belonging - Bergen - 115 pages [chp 7-13] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
   
3. Pause/Unpause - huff18 - 43 pages [chp 4-6] ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
   
4. A Thread Back Home - xinfinitude - 20 pages [chp 21-22] ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
   
5. 🏳️‍🌈 your heart it looks just like mine - strangersea - 5 pages [chp 6] ⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. Avengers React! - letdogethelp - 43 pages [chp 4-5]
7. The ways we are the same (I wish we were different.) - Manwiththemagic - 21 pages [chp 6] ⭐️⭐️⭐️
   
8. From The Same Star - Sara (stillctrsara) - 137 pages
   
9. Cracks in the Soul - Sara (stillctrsara) - 519 pages
   
10. Hardly Coincidence - Sara (stillctrsara) - 273 pages
    
11. 🏳️‍🌈 Jabberwocky - applepride - 78 pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    
12. Didn't Have A Dime (But I Always Had A Vision) - OllieCollie ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    The Chaotic Felid Trip To S.I (With Peter Parker) - littleLover_fandoms ⭐️1/2
    67 pages
13. How to Mess with the Avengers (and Rhodey) - webss312
    alien robots aren't fidget toys - webss312
    the space we share - webss312
    A "Happy" Medium - webss312
    66 pages
14. Come Down in Circles (And Guide Me to Love) - 221BroadwayIron - 68 pages [chp 1-8 only. DNF because I don't like kid fics.]
15. 🏳️‍🌈 Who Needs Peter Parker Anyway - mauvera ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    🏳️‍🌈 One Hell Of A Distraction - mauvera ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    🏳️‍🌈 An Unconventional Holiday Romance - mauvera ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    96 pages
16. 🏳️‍🌈 He's Mr. Perfectly Fine - howls_library - 41 pages [chp 23] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    
17. 🏳️‍🌈 the wide smile, the low-down glow - miniature_pineapples - 80 pages ⭐️⭐️1/2
    
18. 🏳️‍🌈 the spider-man she was interested in wasn't a man at all - miniature_pineapples ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    🏳️‍🌈 why does spider-man call uncle johnny babygirl? and other pressing questions - miniature_pineapples ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    🏳️‍🌈 peter parker's many, many issues - miniature_pineapples ⭐️⭐️1/2
    66 pages
19. 🏳️‍🌈 'Wonderful Tonight' is their wedding song - misanopia ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    🏳️‍🌈 With one condition - misanopia ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    🏳️‍🌈 What's with these homies who be dissin' my boy - misanopia ⭐️⭐️
    🏳️‍🌈 I'm bisexual, Steve - mishahsim ⭐️⭐️1/2
    🏳️‍🌈 Stuck On You - nikolaithunderthighs ⭐️⭐️1/2
    81 pages
20. the curious case of an over-caffeinated Michelle Jones - tvfanatic97 ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    birthday blues - tvfanatic97 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    62 pages
    
21. 🏳️‍🌈 The Sassy Intern and Spider-Man: Far From Peace (With Great Power Comes Great Sarcasm) - ClosetParleyScorbuss - 111 pages ⭐️⭐️1/2
    
22. Love is a Bridge - Taramayus - 119 pages
23. 🏳️‍🌈 A Not So Quiet Christmas - wensbat ⭐️⭐️
    🏳️‍🌈 No hay nada mejor que casa - misanopia ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    🏳️‍🌈 Teenagers Scare The Living Sh*t Out of Me - reluctantlyryn ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    🏳️‍🌈 Ankles - reluctantlyryn ⭐️⭐️1/2
    🏳️‍🌈 day drunk into the night, wanna keep you here - evaiswritingg ⭐️⭐️
    62 pages
24. laugh lines - iovewords ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    Pretty Shrimpy for a Nine Year Old - paralleling ⭐️⭐️1/2
    The F*ck-Up Files - Isnt_it_pretty_to_think_so ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    Adonis' Rebirth - Srae13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    62 pages
25. Some Kid - roanokezephyr ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    dumb screenshots of youth - whoglowsthere ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    62 pages

Total = 3104 pages

SoSo's Page Log June

1. Poseidons Gold – Lindsay Davies – 538 pages
   
2. Last Act in Palmyra - Lindsay Davies - 418 pages
3. Time to Depart - Lindsay Davies - 384
4. A Dying Light in Cordoba - Lindsay Davies - 418 pages
5. Three Hands in the Fountain - Lindsay Davies - 304
6. Twor for Lions - Lindsay Davies - 400 pages
7. One Virgin too many - Lindsay Davies 340 pages
8. Ode to a Banker - Lindsay Davies - 370 pages
9. A Body in the Bath House - Lindsay Davies - (not ready) - 158 pages
   

Total: 3.330

Lights out - Navessa Allen (KU - 455 pages)

Lick - Stage Dive (1) - Kylie Scott (Paperback - 321 pages)

Inferno - Luna Mason (KU - 474 pages)

Vow of Deception - Rina Kent (KU 288 pages)

Reserved Log post for June. Apologies for the late update here. I was out on sudden vacation with no access to laptop to make the needful changes.

1. The Art of Giving by SleeplessNxghtsDrunk on You by borathae, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 60
2. An Antithesis of the Main Character Syndrome by melodyoficeandfire Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 61
3. Stray Right Into My Heart by Unnieunnie, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 62
4. My Secretary by Penguinberryfest, Unconqu3red, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 78
5. Muzzled Wolves by depozyt, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 78
6. Hold me by SparklepoxRestraint by Overbeforeitbegan
7. and Click and Preview by GeomeunNabi
8. and Midnight Calls by borathae
9. and Stormy Nights by borathae, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 80
10. Trifles and Trinkets by FlexIcon
11. and I Want You Forever by borathe, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 85
12. Engraved in Your Heart by Unconqu3r3d, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 94
13. Eye of a Behoarder by XiuChen4Ever, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 95
14. Did You Really Save Me byDw4ekk1ya, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 110
15. With Uncertain Wings by XiuChen4Ever, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 207
16. Switched by Xiutty, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 251
17. Rebirth, Fanfiction/Aff, pages - 1017
18. Bite by Unconqu3r3d, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 1179
19. The Knot Box® by fanserviced, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 124
20. Bound by Trust by Yourlittlegoddess
21. and wrap myself inside your arms by vmonk
22. That’s What Makes Me The Best by SuperBaekTrash, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 105
23. The Adventures of Junmyeon's Litte Shit by Chuuyaks, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 128
24. Unfair by CX99, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 96
25. Danger Line by 185cmbaekhyun
26. and A Penchant for Peacocking by Kainnuendo, Fanfiction/Ao3, pages - 90
    
    

sambhavami's page log

Shobuj Dwiper Raja - Kakababu - Sunil Gangopadhyay - 128
Heart Lamp - Banu Mushtaq - 240
Morphology of the Folktale - Vladimir Propp et. al. - 158
Mahabharat - Bishnupada Chakraborty - 157

Krishna Vasudeva - Bani Basu - 265 (will continue from here next month)

Total Pages: 948

I've started my reading/listening with three Colin Cotterill 'crime' (audio-)books (famous for his Dr. Siri novels). As I adore Cotterill's narration and writing style, I tried the 3 novels about the adventures of the female Thai crime reporter Jimm Juree and her family who live in southern Thailand. (I'll tell more in the "Pride Prose" part.)

1. Colin Cotterill: Killed at the Whim of a Hat -Kindle print version 385 pages

2. Colin Cotterill: Grandpa, there's a Head on the Beach - Kindle print version 337 pages

3. Colin Cotterill: The Axe Factor - Kindle print version 303 pages

Val McDermid is more known for the "Wire in the Blood" TV series done after her book series with DCI Carol Jordan and clinical psychologist and profiler Dr.Tony Hill (which I've all read). Now, being in the pride month, I turned to her 'decennies' series (this year, 1999 will be published), where crime and history are combined featuring Allie Burns, an investigative reporter...and lesbian (more about that in the "Pride Prose" part).

4. Val McDermid: 1979 - Kindle print version 408 pages

5. Val McDermid: 1989 - Kindle print version 430 pages

I like to read youth books, so I looked for youthbooks dealing with people of the LGBTQIA+ community...and found

6. Kacen Callender: Felix Ever After - Kindle print version 368 pages (more about this in the "Pride Prose" part)

7. Kacen Callender: Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution - print version 363 pages (a review with quotes in the "Pride Prose" part)

and 8. Alice Oseman: Loveless - Kindle print version 499 pages (see "Pride Prose")

9. Jonathan Kellerman: Over the Edge - Kindle print version 452 pages (Pride review see https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/166997026)

10. Scott Turow: Suspect - book 449 pages (review in the Pride Prose thread )

11. Jen Beagin: Big Swiss - e-book 337 pages (bisexual woman getting into a se*ual relationship with a Lesbian)

pages in total: 4331