2024… over!
December goal:
Again, I’ll commit to 3 books.
What I read:
- The Frozen River—Ariel Lawhon
- Kindle / 432p
- Dec 2 – 12
- 4⭐
- Review
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks—Rebecca Sloot
- Kindle & Audiobook 🎧 / 75 p & 7h 30m (approx)
- Nov 6 – Dec 16
- 3⭐
- Review
- What I Ate in One Year (and related thoughts)—Stanley Tucci
- Audiobook 🎧 / 4h 36m
- Dec 20 – 31
- 3⭐
- Review
In-progress:
- none
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: 13 books
- 3 stars: 16 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
- December – 872p, 12h 6m
Reading Goals:
1. Read 36 books – I finished my Goodreads Challenge, and I’ve read 5 extra.
- Audiobooks: 9
- Kindle: 30
- 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
- Jan 1: 59/20 (2 Christmas gifts)
* 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 – Dec 31 was Day 1203 of my reading streak.
Time for the 2024 reading report and 2025 goals!
January always starts with a reread of Zen and the Art of Happiness, which is short, so I’ll set a goal of 4 books for the month.
