May’s over, and what a month…
May goal:
I’ll commit to 4 books for May.
What I read:
- One by One—Ruth Ware
- Kindle
- 3.75* (May 5)
- Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever—John McWhorter
- Audiobook (5h 16m)
- 4* (May 12)
- Sounds Like Me; My Life (So Far) in Song—Sara Bareilles
- Audiobook (2h 28m)
- 3.5* (May 16)
- The Final Revival of Opal & Nev—Dawnie Walton
- Kindle
- 3.75* (May 28)
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!
2022 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: 6 books
- 4 stars: 11 books
- 3 stars: 4 books
- 2 stars: 3 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 – 2170, 20h 19m
- February – 1442, 27h 45m
- March – 2066, 20h 53m
- April – 1294, 7h 6m
- May – 1223, 7h 44m
Reading Goals:
1. Read 36 books – I finished 4 books toward my Goodreads Challenge. I’m 10 books ahead of my goal (67%).
2. Decrease my TBR –
- Jan 1: 64 physical / 22 Kindle
- Feb 1: 64/23
- Feb 28: 64/23
- Apr 1: 64/23
- Apr 30: 64/22
- Jun 1: 64/21
3. Read 12 not-novels –
- Jan: 5 (1 development, 3 memoir, 1 nonfiction—and 4 audiobooks)
- Feb: 2 (2 memoir/audiobook)
- Mar: (1 memoir + 2 other audiobooks)
- Apr: (1 nonfiction audiobook)
- May: (1 nonfiction, 1 memoir, both audiobooks)
4. Read 22 minutes per day – The streak is still alive. Counting my 2021 goal of reading 21 minutes per day, I’m on a 258-day streak.
May was full of stress and distractions, so I kept up with my daily reading, but it wasn’t a great month. I’m 42% into a novel, and I also have an audiobook underway. Still, life is a LOT right now, so I’m only going to commit to 4 books and hopefully go over that.
