October goal:
I’ll set a goal of 4 books to keep up with my goal for the year.
A full Poe-tober report will follow later this week.
What I read:
- The Turn of the Key—Ruth Ware
- 4* (Oct 12)
- Review
- Rebecca—Daphne du Maurier
- 5* (Oct 20)
- Review
- Mexican Gothic—Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- 3* (Oct 31)
- Review
- The Yellow Wallpaper—Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- 5* (Oct 31)
- Review
Excuse(s) for Not Reading More: It’s 2020.
Diversity? A classic horror novella, 2 recent novels, and a classic.
Star Ratings: Based 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: 17 books
- 3 stars: 13 books
- 2 stars: 2 books
- 1 star: 1 book
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 0 books
- Not rated: 0 books
Pages Read: (does not include abandoned books, edited manuscripts, etc.)
- January – 1085
- February – 880
- March – 1753 (in part due to an audiobook that I started way back mid-February)
- April – 837
- May – 789
- June – 1333
- July – 1702
- August – 1219
- September – 1309
- October – 1184
Reading Goals:
1. Read 48 books – I’m not sure how, but I’m a book behind again. (my Goodreads Challenge)
2. Decrease my TBR –
- Jan 1 – 77 physical / 22 Kindle
- Feb 3 – 74/22
- Mar 2 – 74/26
- Apr 16 – 73/26
- May 1 – 73/26 (no change)
- Jun 1 – 72/27
- Jul 1 – 72/26
- Aug 6 – 72/26
- Aug 31 – 71/25
- Sept 1 – 71/25
- Nov 2 – 71/26
3. Read 12 not-novels – Nonfiction, poetry, essays, or fiction anthologies all count. (Status: Met goal in September)
- Jan – 2 (pocket quotes, nonfiction zen)
- Feb – 0
- Mar – 2 (vignettes, audiobook/memoir)
- Apr – 1 (audiobook/memoir)
- May – 0
- Jun – 1 (book of speeches)
- Jul – 3 (graphic novel/memoir, social activism, essay)
- Aug – 2 (1 nonfiction, 2 audiobook/memoir)
- Sept – 3 (graphic novel/memoir, audiobook/memoir)
- Oct – 0
Those star ratings indicate an enjoyable reading month, but both 5* books were rereads specifically chosen because I was so sour about other books I’d read. November’s goal is 4 books—otherwise, I won’t make my annual goal.
