April goal:
I’ll stay consistent with a goal of 3 books again for April.
What I read:
- When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice—Terry Tempest Williams
- 3* (Apr 7)
- Review
- The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power—Deirdre Mask
- 5* (Apr 22)
- The Naomi Letters—Rachel Mennies
- 5* (Apr 24)
- Review
Star Ratings: Based on the flat stars Goodreads displays in list-view, not the quarter-star system I assign in my reviews.
- 5 stars: 5 books
- 4 stars: 7 books
- 3 stars: 2 books
- 2 stars: 0 books
- 1 star: 0 books
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 1 book
- Not rated: 0 books
Pages Read: (does not include abandoned books, edited manuscripts, etc.)
- January – 1092
- February – 1317
- March – 1508
- April – 656
Reading Goals:
1. Read 36 books – I finished 3 more books, so I’m 3 books ahead. (my Goodreads Challenge)
2. Decrease my TBR –
- Jan 1 – 71 physical / 26 Kindle
- Feb 1 – 68/26
- Mar 1 – 67/26
- Apr 5 – 66/26
- May 1 – 65/26
3. Read 12 not-novels –
- Jan – 2 (nonfiction zen, memoir)
- Feb – 1 (memoir/audiobook)
- Mar – 3 (3 nonfiction/memoirs, 2 of which were audiobooks)
- Apr – 3 (2 nonfiction/memoirs, 1 poetry)
4. Read 21 minutes per day – I still haven’t missed a day (130/130), though I’m counting audiobooks as “reading.”
April wasn’t a great reading month for me, though my numbers don’t represent the 117k-word manuscript I read twice while editing of the book I abandoned 25% through or the additional time spent listening to an audiobook (I’ll finish that in May). I’m hopeful May will be a great reading month, so I’m setting a goal of 4 books.
