It’s that time again!
My goal for September:
In September, I’ll set a goal of just 3 books. It would be nice to not fail for once.
I’m already dreading the results.
What I read: (Link to my Goodreads 2018 Reading Challenge)
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Frenchman’s Creek Daphne du Maurier 3* (Sept. 5) Review |
Excuse(s) for Not Reading More: I’m so embarrassed. I don’t even have any excuses.
Diversity? Hard to be diverse when you only read one book.
Star Ratings: I base this on the flat stars Goodreads displays in list-view, not the quarter-star system I assign in my reviews.
- 5 stars: 6 books
- 4 stars: 5 books
- 3 stars: 10 books
- 2 stars: 1 books
- 1 star: 1 books
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 5 books
Pages Read: (does not include abandoned books)
- January – 849
- February – 1122
- March – 1268
- April – 980
- May – 915 (ugh, it gets worse and worse)
- June – 759 (keeping the downward trend alive!)
- July – 1012 (wow, what a jump – that’s actually not so bad)
- August – 720 (and I had already read about half the cat book in previous months)
- September – 284
Coffin Bell Submissions: (I’m going to include this because it takes so much of my time)
- June
- 25 short stories
- July
- 31 short stories
- 2 CNF
- 7 poetry
- 5 flash
- August
- 46 short stories
- 1 CNF
- 1 flash
- September
- 11 short stories
Reading Goals:
1. Read 40 books – I’m now behind by 3 books. Horrifying.
2. Decrease my TBR – As of May, I’m trying to be more ruthless about abandoning books that have been on my shelf for a long time and/or that don’t draw me in quickly when I pick them up.
- Jan 1 – 88 physical / 19 Kindle
- Feb 1 – 89 / 19
- Mar 1 – 80/20 (I purged a LOT of books, but some were previously read and 3 were gifts)
- Apr 6 – 85/22 (It was my birthday and I like to buy books as souvenirs)
- May 1 – 86/21
- June 4 – 81/22
- July 6 – 80/22
- Aug 1 – 82/22
- Aug 31 – 78/22 (I found a discrepancy on my shelves)
- Oct 1 – 69/21 (I pulled out a bunch to donate)
So that was all a big disappointment. But I’m feeling good about this month. It’s Poe-tober! The weather is starting to take on a chill and so is my reading material. Look for new posts this week about the books and other creepy media I plan to consume this month. I’m going to set a goal of 4 books for this month. The one I’m currently reading is pretty good and I’ve already planned a re-read of a YA novel. I need to start making up that deficit if I’m going to reach my goal for the year.
