I’m about to throw in the towel on 2024 reading. So mediocre.
November goal:
I’ll commit to 3 books this month.
What I read:
- The Thursday Murder Club—Richard Osman
- Kindle / 368p
- Oct 14 – Nov 4
- 3⭐
- Review
- Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?—Julie Smith
- Audiobook 🎧 / 6h 2m
- Oct 11 – Nov 24
- 3.5⭐
- Review
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder—Holly Jackson
- Kindle / 389p
- Nov 19 – 30
- 4⭐
- Review
In-progress:
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks—Rebecca Sloot
- Kindle / Audiobook 🎧
- Started on Kindle, got bored, switched to audiobook
- 60% complete
- The Frozen River—Ariel Lawhon
- Kindle
- 6% complete
Abandoned:
- none
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!
2024 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: 5 books
- 4 stars: 12 books
- 3 stars:14 books
- 2 stars: 5 books
- 1 star: 0 books
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 4 books
- Not rated: 0 books
Pages Read/Hours Listened: (does not include partial books, abandoned books, or edited manuscripts)
- January – 803p, 9h 31m
- February – 593p, 14h 41m
- March – 1034p, 0h (I listened to some but didn’t finish)
- April – 1770p, 0h (no audiobooks)
- May – 1004p, 0h (I listened but didn’t finish)
- June – 850p, 15h 2m (over multiple months/borrows)
- July – 1711p, 0h
- August – 1230p, 5h 30m
- September – 1633p, 4h 53m
- October – 752p, 0m
- November – 1120p, 6h 2m
Reading Goals:
1. Read 36 books – I finished my Goodreads Challenge, and I’ve read 2 extra.
- Audiobooks: 7
- Kindle: 29
- Physical books: 1
2. Decrease my TBR –
- Jan 1: 64 physical / 20 digital
- Feb 4: TBD**/20
- Mar 2: TBD**/20
- Apr 3: TBD**/20
- May 2: TBD**/19
- June 3: TBD**/20
- July 4: TBD†/20
- Aug 4: TBD†/20
- Sept 6: TBD†/20
- Oct 11: 57/20
- Nov 1: 57/20
- Dec 3: 57††/20
* In August, I did a mid-year correction/update on a bunch of stats that were incorrect.
** I purged a LOT of books when we moved, and I’ll be reunited with my books soon!
† My books are unpacked. I’ll do an inventory soon.
†† Inventory happened in September.
3. Read 24 minutes per day – Nov 30 was Day 1172 of my reading streak.
Again, I’ll commit to 3 books. The novel I just started was highly recommended by a reading friend, so I hope I’ll end the year on a high note.
