💕 Lexophile Dosts 💕 August 2025 Reading Challenge

Log only the books you finish or DNF from August 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025. The logging will start and end at midnight whatever time zone you're in. The logging will officially stop at midnight PST August 31. (Pacific Time).

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 (which will be posted by your captain). You will edit this post as you keep reading. You will also be adding the same page counts in the Google sheet that will be shared in your team’s thread.

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 June, log only the pages you’ve read. You can use percentage read (at the point of DNF) for ebooks, actual page numbers for paperbacks and for audiobooks, log pages based on number of hours read (40 pages per hour at normal speed)

You are responsible for tracking your own reading. Please keep an accurate log of the books you finish. We trust you to be honest. And while we understand the spirit of competitiveness, please also remember that the Reading Challenge is designed to motivate you to read more and beat your own personal counts, so you are competing with yourself!

Lastly, have fun! This is not meant to stress you out, or cause a burn out, it's meant to nurture a love of reading. Read what you can, how much you can, when you can!

heavenlybliss (C)
aryapdane
--Priyaa--
LizzieBennet
ssttuuttii
Minionite
DreamofEndless
GumnaamHaiKoii
Amru4krish
LadyWhistledown
Ramya_98
Estelle04

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Or2xCdxnrsMcJ3H1tYYXbBPxPLbEijAr2uE-UX57ZcM/edit?gid=0#gid=0

HB's August 2025 Page Log

1. Are You The One (Chinese) by Kuang Shang Jia Kuang (online) - Continued pages 64-148 - 84 pages

2. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (ebook) - Continued from page 108-252 - 144 pages

3. Reverse by Kate Stewart - Continuing from page 324-622 (ebook) - 298 pages✅ 3.5 stars - slow pace but the separation between the MCs was heart wrenching

4. Does It Hurt? by HD Carlton (ebook) - 432 pages - 3.5 stars✅ Pace was slow but I liked the mystery element.

5. Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver (ebook) - 351 pages✅ - 2 stars - Very badly written, no backstory, inconsistent character traits. Disappointed.

6. Mansions by Whitney Bianca - Continued from Page 125-277 (ebook) - 152 pages✅ 3 stars - This was a re-read, and I actually liked it better the second time, but I wouldve liked it more if there was no cheating involved

7. The Turn Of The Key by Ruth Ware (ebook) (buddy read) - 71 pages

8. Reparation of Sin by Natasha Knight, A Zavarelli - Continued from Page 91-260 (ebook) - 169 pages

9. His & Hers by Alice Feeney (ebook) - 110 pages

Total = 1811 pages

(Buddy reads for Bestie Challenge in Italics)

Total page count = 1811

Shreya's log

1. The High Window | Raymond Chandler | 494 pages
2. Classical Myth An Introduction | Barry B. Powell | 239 pages
3. Harm's Way | John Gilstrap | 354 pages (part of Buddy Read)
4. The Legend of Meneka | Kritika H. Rao | 350 pages
5. Mortal Causes | Ian Rankin | 320 pages
6. Exit Music | Ian Rankin | 471 pages
7. Zero Sum | John Gilstrap | 539 pages
8. In Cold Blood | Truman Capote | 343 pages (part of Buddy Read)

Total - 3,110

Lizzie's August Log

(Buddy reads in Red)

1. That second chance - Meghan Quinn || ebook || 335 pages

2. Brain damage - Freida McFadden || ebook || 400 pages

3. The Simple Wild - K.A. Tucker || Ebook || 402 pages

4. Indigo Ridge - Devney Perry || Ebook || 340 pages

5. Lotus - Jennifer Hartmann || Kindle || 349 pages

6. The devotion of suspect X - Keigo Higashino (translated by Alexander O. Smith) || Paperback || 320 pages

7. The Tenant - Freida McFadden || Paperback || 368 pages

8. The Drowning Woman - Robyn Harding || Libby || 308 pages

9. The Fourth Monkey - J.D. Barker || ebook || 513 pages

10. The Fifth to die - J.D. Barker || ebook || 543 pages

11. The Sixth Wicked Child - J.D. Barker || ebook || 626 pages

12 The Turn of the Key - Ruth Ware || paperback || 384 pages

13. Malice - Keigo Higashino (translated by Alexander O. Smith) || Libby || 287 pages

14. My Contrary Mary || Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows || Hardcover || 333 pages Ongoing - to continue in September

15. If it can’t be us - Erin Cornia || ebook || 349 pages

Total page count: 5857

ssttuuttii Page Log for August 2025

Fandoms (Spider-man, MCU and other Marvel shows / comics)
(Harry Potter)

Blue = complete stories

1. A Thread Back Home - xinfinitude - 51 pages [chp 25-28] ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
2. Easier Not to Think - RueWritesStuff ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
   WHAT DID YOU DO?? - happybirthdaygrandpa ⭐️⭐️1/2
   61 pages
3. every second counts - mikaminato ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
   Johnny Storm Hates Twitter - TheMidnightThief ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
   so let me go towards the morning star (with hope it won’t disappear) - possiblygabe ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
   61 pages
4. Ex-factor - misanopia ⭐️⭐️⭐️
   Poker night - misanopia ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
   The Rhino's Charge - Srae13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
   An Insomniac and an Invasive Father walk into a bar.. - happybirthdaygrandpa ⭐️⭐️
   60 pages
5. Matchstick to a Web - howls_library - 91 pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
   
6. On the Inside - MaroonedPunk - 80 pages ⭐️⭐️1/2
   
7. Who We Are Is What We Do - pandaluna - 395 pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
   
8. The Truth, the Lie and the Memory - pandaluna - 1113 pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
   
9. The Room of Reading - pandaluna - 597 pages - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
   
10. Closer - TheMidnightThief - 98 pages - ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    
11. The Art of Seduction and Other Psychological Warfare Tactics - TheMidnightThief ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    Reed Richards Strict No Avengers Rule - leanybeany ⭐️1/2
    Suspended moments - beespiderr ⭐️⭐️1/2
    First Ever Sleepover - MarryWood ⭐️⭐️1/2
    Romeo save me they're tryna tell me how to feel - Spider_enthusiast ⭐️⭐️1/2
    61 pages
12. the world will pardon my mush - noubit ⭐️⭐️1/2
    Picking Petals Off Wallflowers - Prumery ⭐️⭐️
    61 pages
13. Stupid About You - RueWritesStuff - 60 pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    
14. 5 Times I Failed to Satisfactorily Title This Story + 1 Time I Said Screw It, It’s Just Irondad & Spiderson Being Lovable, Codependent, Stubborn Idiot Geniuses - betterlate ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    More Like a Dad - Sumi00 ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    Not Even a Little - Sumi00 ⭐️⭐️1/2
    Hobbit Hole and Soot Covered Fireplaces - Sumi00 ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
    61 pages
15. We are human after all - yourgaydad - 149 pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    

Total = 2999 pages

Priya's Aug Log

Ramya’s log

1. Daughters of the sun - Ira Mukhoty - 320 pages

2. The Murders in Great Diddling - Katarina Bivald - 424 pages

3. Strong Poison - Dorothy L. Sayers - 320 pages

|| Title || Author || Page Count || Rating ||

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The Wicked King by Holly Black — 352 pages — ★★★★☆

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black — 320 pages — ★★★☆☆

North Wind by Alexandria Warwick — 448 pages— ★★★★★

The Wrong Husband by Maya Alden — 212 pages — ★★½☆☆

-The Unwanted Wife by Natasha Anders — 248 pages— ★★★½☆

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary - In Progress , Buddy reading with Ragazza

First-Time Caller by B.K Borison- In progress

To Be updated

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Total Pages = XXXX

Tiara’s August Log

This month I am not creating a Reading List in advance (my TBR is too long 🤣). I’ll keep on adding books as I finish.

Edit: Completed the following books. Updated the excel sheet as well.

1. The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor - 402 pages

Completed, Read with Book Buddy Bee222

Page count based on Kindle edition

2. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 22h 27m (audiobook) = 624 pages

Completed, count based on paperback edition

3. Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke - 8h 45m (audiobook) = 334 pages

Completed on 31 August, Read with Book Buddy Bee222

Page count based on Kindle edition

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Total pages read = 1360 pages.

LadyWhistledown's Log

Standalone Novels:

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna | 338 Pages

To Rome, With Love - T. A. Williams | 184 Pages

The Orange Grove - Rosanna Ley | 417 Pages

The Hating Game - Sally Thorne | 387 Pages

Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson | 443 Pages

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman | 467 Pages

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree | 318 Pages

Series:

Harry Potter:

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling | 337 Pages
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J. K. Rowling | 366 Pages
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling | 465 Pages
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling | 622 Pages
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J. K. Rowling | 807 Pages
6. Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince - J. K. Rowling | 652 Pages
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling | 672 Pages

Evenfall Witches B&B:

1. In the Company of Witches - Auralee Wallace | 336 Pages
2. When the Crow's Away - Auralee Wallace | 300 Pages

Bane County:

1. Bane County: Forgotten Moon - J. R. Rice | 374 Pages
2. Bane County: Returning Moon - J. R. Rice | 392 Pages
3. Bane County: First Moon - J. R. Rice | 462 Pages
4. Bane County: Hungry Moon - J. R. Rice | 483 Pages
5. Bane County: Last Moon - J. R. Rice | 448 Pages

Fable Series:

1. Fable - Adrienne Young | 367 Pages
2. Namesake - Adrienne Young | 370 Pages

Total number of Pages: 10,007 Pages