September goal:
I’ll set my goal at 4 books for September.
What I read:
- One of Us Is Lying—Karen McManus
- 4* (Sept 1)
- One of Us Is Next—Karen McManus
- 4* (Sept 5)
- The Cousins—Karen McManus
- 3* (Sept 11)
- Review
- Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly—Anthony Bourdain
- Audiobook
- 4* (Sept 16)
- Review
- Go Set a Watchman—Harper Lee
- 2* (Sept 22)
- The Turnout—Megan Abbott
- 1* (Sept 25)
- Review
- With Malice—Eileen Cook
- 2.5* (Sept 30)
- 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: 20 books
- 3 stars: 8 books
- 2 stars: 2 books
- 1 star: 1 book
- 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
- September – 2336
Reading Goals:
1. Read 36 books – I finished 7 books, and I’m currently 12 books ahead of schedule but I’ve completed my goal. (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
- Oct 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)
- Jul – 2 (YA, mem/audiobook)
- Aug – 2 (2 mem/audiobook)
- Sept – 1 mem/audiobook
4. Read 21 minutes per day – I’ve missed another day. Still, I’ve read 272 of 274 days. Not bad.
I read a lot in September, though quantity did not equal quality. October is also “Poe-tober,” so I’ll focus on some seasonal reads. I’ve hit my goal for the year, but I’ll still set a goal of 4 books this month.
