Time for a wrap-up!
May goal:
I have a little bit of travel planned. I also have a required book for book club. I’m only committing to 3 books this month—life is too lifey right now for more.
What I read:
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- You’ll Be the Death of Me—Karen McManus
- Kindle / 330p
- Apr 30 – May 4
- 3⭐
- Review
- Nothing More to Tell—Karen McManus
- Kindle / 363p
- May 6 – May 10
- 3⭐
- Review
- Horse—Geraldine Brooks
- Kindle / 416p
- May 11 – May 23
- 4⭐
- Review
- Evidence of the Affair—Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Kindle / 88p
- May 24
- 2⭐
- Review
- I’m No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us—Kristin Chenoweth
- Audiobook 🎧 / 1h 9m
- May 25 – May 29
- 3⭐
- Review
- You’ll Be the Death of Me—Karen McManus
Note: I quit linking titles to that big site that funds the rich dude and his space wars with other rich dudes. I’ve linked to Goodreads, but if you’re looking to support independent bookstores, my favorite local shop is Old Town Books (they ship!), and you can support my favorite podcast and a local shop of your choosing through their Bookshop.org link at KickBezosInTheBalls.org. And you can never go wrong with your local library!
2023 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: 1 book
- 4 stars: 7 books
- 3 stars: 11 books
- 2 stars: 5 books
- 1 star: 0 books
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 1 book
- Not rated: 0 books
Pages Read/Hours Listened: (does not include abandoned books, edited manuscripts, etc.)
- January – 1779, 18h 56m
- February – 1682, 20h 1m
- March – 1358, 11h 18m
- April – 1459, 8h 38m
- May – 1421, 1h 9m
Reading Goals:
1. Read 45 books – I finished 5 more books toward my Goodreads Challenge. I’m at 53% and 6 books ahead of schedule.
- Audiobooks: 10
- Kindle: 14
- Physical books: 0
2. Decrease my TBR –
- Jan 1: 64 physical / 23 digital
- Feb 1: 64/23
- Feb 28: 64/23
- Apr 2: 65/22 (birthday gift!)
- May 1: 65/22
- May 31: 65/21
3. Read 6 short story collections/anthologies:
- Jan: 0 (I forgot I set this goal)
- Feb: 1 short story collection
- Mar: 0
- Apr: 0
- May: 0 (I need to get going on this)
4. Read 23 minutes per day – I’m on Day 622 of my reading streak.
The reading rut continues. I completed 5 titles this month, but one was an exceptionally short audiobook, and the other was a novella/glorified short story. I abandoned our book club selection because it was too heavy.
I still haven’t read either of the physical books on my list. I’ve started an audiobook that I’m probably going to abandon in favor of reading the text version, and I’ve also started a novel on my Kindle. I’m setting a goal of 3 books again this month.
