August goal:
I’ll set my goal at 4 books (I’m now within 15 minutes of finishing that audiobook and 66% into a novel).
What I read:
- No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality—Michael J Fox
- Audiobook
- 4* (Aug 10)
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue—VE Schwab
- 4* (Aug 10)
- The Midnight Library—Matt Haig
- 5* (Aug 14)
- Review
- The Girl in the Letter—Emily Gunnis
- 4* (Aug 21)
- Review
- Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics—Dolly Parton
- Audiobook
- 3.5* (Aug 25)
- The Missing Daughter—Emily Gunnis
- 4* (Aug 26)
- 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: 7 books
- 4 stars: 17 books
- 3 stars: 7 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
- July – 1977
- August – 1970
Reading Goals:
1. Read 36 books – I finished 6 books, and I’m currently 8 books ahead of schedule. (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
- Aug 8 – 63/25
- Aug 31 – 63/26
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)
- May – 1 (1 nonfiction/audiobook)
- Jun – all 4! (1 narrative nonfiction, 2 short stories, 1 essay)
- Jul – 2 (YA, mem/audiobook)
- Aug – 2 (2 mem/audiobook)
4. Read 21 minutes per day – I’ve only missed 1 day all year, back in June. My current streak is 66 days.
August was another amazing reading month! Nothing I’ve been reading is particularly sophisticated or world-changing, but I’m enjoying the escape from reality. I’m feeling good about the next few books I have lined up, though they won’t do much to decrease my TBR since they’re mostly from the library. I’ll set my goal at 4 books for September.
