This weekend kickoffs the official beginning of Summer, which means it's time for my annual #30BookSummer Reading Challenge! Read 30 books between #MemorialDay and #LaborDay. Feel free to join along and post your progress throughout the summer. Open to all ages.

I finished by 60 book goal this week and am in the middle of a reading couple of books so that's a wrap on 2025's reading! It was a great year! I continued my journey in the Cosmere and found a new favorite series in The Dresden Files. I also dug more into personal/spiritual development with books this year. I'll be kicking 2026 off with One Word of course, but also just started the second Mistborn series, and I'm looking forward to reading many more including another #30BookSummer!

And FINALLY… Book #30 of my #30BookSummer Challenge! Mistborn #2: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson. A slower middle book in the trilogy but added depth. It felt like most of this book was the main characters brooding in a broodish city. Lots of talking and less action until the Sanderlanche. But that being said, I’ll be starting book 3 momentarily! Hit my goal again! It’s been an amazing summer of reading!!!

Book #29 of my #30BookSummer Challenge! Star Wars: The High Republic: Tempest Breaker by Cavan Scott. Enjoyed this story that interwove with so many other tales from all 3 Phases of The High Republic.

Book #28 of my #30BookSummer Challenge! Star Wars: The High Republic: Edge of Balance, Vol. 4 by Shima Shinya. Gorgeous visuals in this final High Republic Manga! So much action and emotion on every page!

Book #27 of my #30BookSummer Challenge! Live and Let Die: A James Bond Novel by Ian Fleming. An interesting premise and easier to relate to as it takes place in America... BUT VERY disappointed with the MASSIVE amount of racism is in this book. The shock on many of the pages shook me right out of the story. Are all classic Bond books like this?

Book #26 of my #30BookSummer Challenge! The Success Criteria Playbook: A Hands-On Guide to Making Learning Visible and Measurable by John T. Almarode. Doing some professional learning around one of our School Improvement strategies.

Book #25 of my #30BookSummer Challenge! Challenge! Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library #11: Up to Noir Good by Jan Fields. Always enjoy a fun and cozy Castleton murder mystery.

Book #24 of my #30BookSummer Challenge! Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: The Art of Decluttering Before You Die by Messie Condo. ESSENTIAL reading for everyone who, like me, has years worth of stuff cluttering up their house and garage.

Book #23 of my #30BookSummer Challenge! The Dresden Files, #1 Storm Front by Jim Butcher. So much hype on #Booktok for this one and I loved it! A hardboiled detective story with a noir atmosphere in the vein of Raymond Chandler… but the detective is also a wizard. Deep world but not overwhelming. Looking forward to continuing the series.