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2025 Personal Challenge: 26-50 > 30 Books Minimum: Tonka's 2025 Reading Journey

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message 1: by Tonka (last edited Mar 09, 2025 11:58AM) (new)

Tonka (tonkadella) | 13 comments šŸ† The Ultimate Challenge


ā„ Read min of 30 books in total this year
ā„ Conquer at least one 500+ page book


message 2: by Tonka (last edited Sep 08, 2025 12:57PM) (new)

Tonka (tonkadella) | 13 comments 2025 Progress:


January
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase

February
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson Circe by Madeline Miller None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell The Midnight Hour by Eve Chase

March
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) by James Islington

April
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1) by Elodie Harper

May
The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2) by Elodie Harper The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

June
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

July
The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3) by Elodie Harper Hera by Jennifer Saint The Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya Bergman

August
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

September
Boudicca's Daughter by Elodie Harper


message 3: by Tonka (new)

Tonka (tonkadella) | 13 comments Haven't had time over the past two weeks to read and get back to The Will of the Many which I’ve been really enjoying reading! I'm about halfway through the book and hopefully, I can finish it in the next 3 days.


message 4: by Tonka (new)

Tonka (tonkadella) | 13 comments But this book is helping me tick off one of my goals for this year: conquering at least one 500+ page book (with 630 pages)


message 5: by Tonka (new)

Tonka (tonkadella) | 13 comments I finished The Will of the Many and started The Kite Runner on April 2, 2025


message 6: by Tonka (new)

Tonka (tonkadella) | 13 comments Started reading The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper, already pulled in by the setting and characters.


message 7: by JennH, Cheerleader (new)

JennH | 919 comments Hi Tonka! Looks like you are making good progress on your goal. Yay for checking off the goal of reading at least one 500+ page book so early in the year! Quite an accomplishment because those big books can be daunting. I hope that there have been a lot of spectacular books in your reading journey so far this year! Happy reading!


message 8: by Tonka (new)

Tonka (tonkadella) | 13 comments Hi! Thank you so much!!
that message made me happy! 😊
It definitely felt good to check off that 500+ page book goal early in the year. But June has been Summer busy, so I’ve been slowly chipping away at one book Hamnet whenever I can find the time, even I love it so much I am taking loooong time with it


message 9: by JennH, Cheerleader (new)

JennH | 919 comments Tonka wrote: "Hi! Thank you so much!!
that message made me happy! 😊
It definitely felt good to check off that 500+ page book goal early in the year. But June has been Summer busy, so I’ve been slowly chipping ..."


Aw, I'm glad my message made you happy.

I really enjoyed Hamnet, too! It really stuck with me.


message 10: by Tonka (new)

Tonka (tonkadella) | 13 comments Yes, I absolutely loved Agnes and the writing style in Hamnet.

At the halfway point of the year already! I’m happy to say I’m staying on track with my goals. Even Summer has definitely been summering for me and my reading pace has slowed down a lot, but I’m still feeling good about it overall.

I just finished The Wolf Den trilogy and it’s easily become one of my favorite reads of the year so far!


message 11: by Tonka (new)

Tonka (tonkadella) | 13 comments šŸ“– Halfway through The Tarot Reader of Versailles and completely hooked! Beautiful, immersive writing and such a compelling dual narrative. Loving the way Adelaide’s story unfolds through Caitlin’s journal, this book is so magical, Can’t wait to see where it goes next!


message 12: by Tonka (new)

Tonka (tonkadella) | 13 comments September - cannot wait to start theBoudicca's Daughter My august books really did not land for me.


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