May goal:
I’m hopeful May will be a great reading month, so I’m setting a goal of 4 books.
What I read:
- The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck—Sarah Knight
- Audiobook
- 4* (May 8)
- Review
- To the Bright Edge of the World—Eowyn Ivey
- 3* (May 18)
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: 5 books
- 4 stars: 8 books
- 3 stars: 3 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
Reading Goals:
1. Read 36 books – I finished 2 more books, and I’m currently 1 book 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
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)
4. Read 21 minutes per day – I still haven’t missed a day (165/165), despite a heavy workload and short trip.
May was rough for my reading. I’m keeping at it, but I’ve hit a rough patch of books I don’t adore, which means I often read 21 minutes and then quit for the day. In addition to the 2 books I completed, I’m about half-way through a short story collection and almost 70% through another 400+ page book that got off to a very slow start. I’m also doing the final read of the 117k-word manuscript I edited. 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.
