DAILY TRACKING AND DISCUSSION - Dark Academia and more (Individual) 2025

[Theresa, Readathons]

DAILY TRACKING AND DISCUSSION
2025 Dark Academia, Spooky, Cozy: Individual Readathon
Duration September 26 to September 28, 2025


Welcome to the 2025 Dark Arcademia, Spooky, Cozy reading challenge! Within this thread, you can track your reading habits for the weekend and talk with other participants about books you’re reading and other related topics. Feel free to reserve yourself a post in this thread and continue updating it whenever you add pages/hours/titles to your readathon log. There is no pressure to post in here but we’d love to get a good conversation going to keep up everyone’s reading momentum!

Sample Tracking Log

Friday, September 26:
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Saturday, September 27
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Sunday: September 28
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🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁EDITED TO ADD PROMPTS HERE, as well!🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

Your Prompts
🍁Anything from your TBR
🍁 Dark Academia
🍁 Something Spooky
🍁 A Cozy Mystery
🍁 Fall colors on the cover

[Theresa, Readathons]

Here are some questions to inspire discussion(s), should you choose to answer any of them.

1.) How are your reading challenges going so far? Are there books you are excited about for this readathon? Which one(s)?

2.) Are there annual events in your area that you like to attend for the fall season? What are they?

3.) What is your favorite spooky book from childhood? Are there any favorites from adulthood?

[KSMary]

Reserving my spot!

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Sunday: September 28
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[LinaVer]

Reserving my spot also😊

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Friday, September 26: - working whole day
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All prompts and books I read for them:
🍁Anything from your TBR
🍁 Dark Academia
🍁 Something Spooky
🍁 A Cozy Mystery
🍁 Fall colors on the cover

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Options/ideas for prompts
🍁Anything from your TBR - Bewitched or Lessons in Chemistry (if not finished) or netgalley arcs: Daughter of the Otherworld or The Book of Autumn
🍁 Dark Academia - Arcana Academy (hryced until 18th) or A Separate Peace (200 p) or If We Were Villains (370 p) or The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
🍁 Something Spooky - The Last Life of Prince Alastor or The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
🍁 A Cozy Mystery - Murder at the Vicarage
🍁 Fall colors on the cover - The Act of Ascension or The Foundling or Falling Inn Love

Other fall colored options:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/2...


Notes for myself:
• going to use this for HRCYED: 1) 24-hour non-stop reading 2) any readathon
• might also just read books with the same titles if they suit the genre prompts, as I've wanted to challenge myself like this for a while
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[Charlotte]

Excited for the readathon!!

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[Marie (UK)]

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[JennH, Cheerleader]

DAILY TRACKING AND DISCUSSION
2025 Dark Academia, Spooky, Cozy: Individual Readathon
Duration September 26 to September 28, 2025

Friday, September 26:
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[Rachael]

Planned Reads: Legendborn (L, dark academia) and Good Girls Don’t Die (GGDD, something spooky).

* Fri 26 Sept:
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* Sun 28 Sept:
* Total books completed = . Total pages read =

[TerryJane, Challenges]

👻 DARK ACADEMIA, SPOOKY OR COZY (INDIVIDUAL) - Readathon
Duration: September 26 - September 28, 2025
Progress: x Books | y Pages

Prompts
🍁 Anything from your TBR
🍁 Dark Academia
🍁 Something Spooky
🍁 A Cozy Mystery
🍁 Fall colors on the cover

Friday, September 26
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Saturday, September 27
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Sunday, September 28
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Note: I do not count hours -- only books and pages.

[Alina]

I´m excited! Will do a little research on what I could read for this readathon!

🍁Anything from your TBR
🍁 Dark Academia
🍁 Something Spooky
🍁 A Cozy Mystery
🍁 Fall colors on the cover

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🍁Friday, September 26:
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🍁Saturday, September 27
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🍁Sunday: September 28
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[Susan, Games & Events]

DAILY TRACKING AND DISCUSSION
2025 Dark Academia, Spooky, Cozy: Individual Readathon
Duration September 26 to September 28, 2025

🍁Anything from your TBR
🍁 Dark Academia - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
🍁 Something Spooky - The Haunting of Hill House
🍁 A Cozy Mystery - Cherry Cheesecake Murder
🍁 Fall colors on the cover The Pumpkin Spice Café

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[GailW]

RC: 2025 Dark Academia, Spooky, or Cozy:
Individual FALL Readathon
Duration: September 26 to September 28, 2025
☀ Progress: 0 books, 0 pages

🍁 Anything from your TBR:
🍁 Dark Academia:
🍁 Something Spooky: The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
🍁 A Cozy Mystery: The Impossible Fortune; The Crime at Black Dudley; The Cage
🍁 Fall colors on the cover

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[Samantha]

🍁Anything from your TBR
🍁 Dark Academia
🍁 Something Spooky
🍁 A Cozy Mystery
🍁 Fall colors on the cover

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[Jennifer]

I would like to try this one.

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🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁PROMPTS 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

🍁Anything from your TBR: Baby Proof
🍁 Dark Academia: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
🍁 Something Spooky: The Talisman
🍁 A Cozy Mystery: Etiquette for Lovers and Killers
🍁 Fall colors on the cover: The Picture of Dorian Gray

[Theresa, Readathons]

Discussion questions are now posted in message 2

[Ashley]

sounds fun. going to try to remember to post more about reading for this weekend.

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[Theresa, Readathons]

the Readathon begins on September 26.

[Theresa, Readathons]

My answers to the discussion question from message 3.
1.) How are your reading challenges going so far? Are there books you are excited about for this readathon? Which one(s)?
I'm on track to reach and exceed my 2025 reading goal. My 2025 goal is lower than those from recent years. A lot has been going on in life. I'm planning to listen to Murder on a Girls' Night Out for the readathon. Maybe I can manage more.

2.) Are there annual events in your area that you like to attend for the fall season? What are they?
There are many of events going on nearby. It's unlikely I'll go to any.

3.) What is your favorite spooky book from childhood? Are there any favorites from adulthood?
I remember "Gus Was A Friendly Ghost" from many years ago.
I really liked "Lock Every Door." I read it in 2024.

I have one more comment. I think answering these questions may mean I'm talking to myself, since I am the person who posted them. LOL!
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[JennH, Cheerleader]

1.) How are your reading challenges going so far? Are there books you are excited about for this readathon? Which one(s)?
I'm doing great in meeting my reading goal, but I'm a bit behind in some of my yearly challenges. I'm hoping to check off a few books with this readathon. Fingers crossed. It's a bit of a busy weekend and I'm not sure where I'll find time to squeeze some reading time, but I couldn't miss a readathon!

2.) Are there annual events in your area that you like to attend for the fall season? What are they?
We're looking forward to apple picking and trick or treating.

3.) What is your favorite spooky book from childhood? Are there any favorites from adulthood?
I loved Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by James Howe when I was a kid. As an adult, I don't really read spooky, scary stuff much anymore, but I loved Phantoms by Dean Koontz (I used to be a huge fan of Dean Koontz but haven't read him in ages) and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson.

[E]

HAPPY FALL READATHON! 🍂🍁🍄🎃
Friday, September 26:
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Your Prompts
🍁Anything from your TBR
🍁 Dark Academia
🍁 Something Spooky
🍁 A Cozy Mystery
🍁 Fall colors on the cover
1.) How are your reading challenges going so far? Are there books you are excited about for this readathon? Which one(s)?

My reading challenge is going much better than expected! I have found a great momentum this year for reading even with a few reading slumps here and there. I have also found audio books to be helpful on my commute to work although I am very particular in audiobooks I read since auditory processing is harder for me than physically reading a book. I might use Seed by Ania Ahlborn but @ the pace I'm going at I might finish before this weekend! But I have many spooky books, lined up especially since it's finally fall!

2.) Are there annual events in your area that you like to attend for the fall season? What are they?

I love attending pumpkin patches, haunted corn mazes and driving around to see the leaves. And my bday is Halloween so it's perfect for fall spooky/cozy vibes 🎃

3.) What is your favorite spooky book from childhood? Are there any favorites from adulthood?
I LOVED Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, those terrified me as a kid and I still remember them very vividly! I also liked Series of Unfortunate Events, it triggered nightmares of Count Olaf.

As for present adulthood I love anything Stephen King, Ania Ahlborn, Nick Cutter, Freida McFadden, T. Kingfisher, Stephen Graham Jones...

TBR still TBD...
🎃👻

[JennH, Cheerleader]

E wrote: "HAPPY FALL READATHON! 🍂🍁🍄🎃
Friday, September 26:
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Sunda..."

That's an awesome birthday to have! You must go all out on Halloween. I knew a couple of people whose kids were born on Halloween. The Halloween birthday parties were so much fun!

I discovered T Kingfisher not too long ago. I was apprehensive at first but her kind of horror I can deal with. 😊 And I loved finding out that it was the pen name of Ursula Vernon, whose graphic novels my kids had read.