How is it December 3? I demand an answer! The year has flown by and we’re in the last 4 weeks. Crazy.
My goal for November:
Good grief. I need to read 12 books in the next two months if I’m going to make my goal.
What I read: (Link to my Goodreads 2018 Reading Challenge)
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The Corset Laura Purcell 4* (Nov 1) Review |
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The Songs of Willow Frost Jamie Ford 3* (Nov 18) Review |
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The Way Life Should Be Christina Baker Kline 3* (Nov 24) Review |
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Facing the Sun Carol Beth Anderson 4.5* (Nov 29) Review |
Excuse(s) for Not Reading More: Actually, I think I did ok this month.
Diversity? YA, gothic horror-lite, historical fiction, chick lit-lite.
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: 8 books
- 4 stars: 7 books
- 3 stars: 12 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
- October – 670
- November – 1383 (hey, that’s better!)
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
- October
- 14 short stories
- 10 flash
- November
- 15 short stories
- 5 flash
Reading Goals:
1. Read 40 books – I’m now behind by 4 books. 32/40.
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)
- Nov 1 – 71/21
- Dec 3 – 71/21 (I read/bought 2 physical, 1 digital)
Well, it’s easy to set a goal! I have to finish 8 books this month in order to make my annual goal. There are 28 days left in the month, so that’s 2 books per week. Ack! The good news is that I’m 78% through one and 53% finished with another. I’m not sure what books I’ll read to finish out the month but let’s hope they’re fast reads!
