June goal:
Here’s hoping I find my reading groove again in June (I have several books I’m excited about), so I’m setting a goal of 4, including the 2 that are in-progress.
What I read:
- Thunderstruck—Erik Larson
- 3* (Jun 6)
- One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories—BJ Novak
- 3* (Jun 9)
- We Love Anderson Cooper—RL Maizes
- 4* (June 18)
- Review
- The Anthropocene Reviewed—John Green
- 5* (Jun 28)
- Review
2021 Progress
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: 9 books
- 3 stars: 5 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
- May – 634
- June. -1237
Reading Goals:
1. Read 36 books – I finished 4 more books, and I’m currently 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
- Jun 5 – 66/25
- Jul 1 – 63/25
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)
- May – 1 (1 nonfiction/audiobook)
- Jun – all 4! (1 narrative nonfiction, 2 short stories, 1 essay)
4. Read 21 minutes per day – I finally missed a day while we were traveling. (181/182), but I read more minutes overall.
June started off slow—I had already started 2 of these books, and they were both a struggle. But I really enjoyed the 2 books I read at the end of the month. And now I’ve started an audiobook and novel that I’m really enjoying (and I have a couple in the hold queue at the library), so I’m hopeful July will be a good reading month. I’m setting a goal of 3 books, which should be easily attainable.
