December goal:
No choice in this month’s reading goal: either I read 6 or I miss my target.
What I read:
- The Fire Next Time—James Baldwin
- 4* (Dec 6)
- Review
- The Little Prince—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- 4* (Dec 10)
- Review
- The Velveteen Rabbit—Margery Williams Bianco
- 4.25* (Dec 17)
- Review
- The Yule Cat—Eldritch Black
- 3* (Dec 24)
- Review
- A Christmas Carol—Charles Dickens
- 4* (Dec 25)
- Review
- Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead—Olga Tokarczuk
- 1* (Dec 30)
- Review
Excuse(s) for Not Reading More: The lack of inspiration continued.
Diversity? A Christmas classic, 2 children’s classics, international lore, social activism letters, and a recent novel.
Star Ratings: Based on the flat stars Goodreads displays in list-view, not the quarter-star system I assign in my reviews.
- 5 stars: 7 books
- 4 stars: 23 books
- 3 stars: 14 books
- 2 stars: 2 books
- 1 star: 2 books
- 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
- November – 1013
- December – 714
Reading Goals:
1. Read 48 books – Technically, I finished. More thoughts on that in my year-end review. (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
- Dec 3 – 71/26
- Dec 31 – 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
- Nov – 1 (nonfiction)
- Dec – 1 (1 social activism)
And that’s a wrap for 2020. I’ll post my year-end review soon, as well as my goals for 2021. My January goal is tentatively 3 books.
