Will summer ever end?
July goal:
I’ve already finished a book on July 1 (I couldn’t quite finish it to count for June), so I’ll commit to 4 books for July.
What I read:
- Homecoming—Kate Morton
- Kindle / 560p
- Jun 16 – Jul 1
- 3⭐
- Review
- In the Hall with the Knife—Diana Peterfreund
- Kindle / 304p
- Jul 2 – 8
- 3.5⭐
- Review
- Everyone Here is Lying—Shari Lapena
- Kindle / 368p
- Jul 9 – 14
- 2⭐
- Review
- She and Her Cat—Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa
- Kindle / 143p
- Jul 15 – 18
- 3⭐
- Review
- The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers—Samuel Burr
- Kindle / 336p
- Jul 19 – 30
- 4⭐
- Review
In-progress:
- In the Study with the Wrench—Diana Peterfreund
- Kindle
- 47% complete
- Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen—Donald Miller
- Work nerdiness
- 75% done
- I’ll finish this in the next few weeks
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: 1 book
- 4 stars: 8 books
- 3 stars: 9 books
- 2 stars: 4 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 – 1711, 0h
Reading Goals:
1. Read 36 books – I finished 5 books toward my Goodreads Challenge and I’m 2 ahead of schedule.
- Audiobooks: 4
- Kindle: 18
- Physical books: 0
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**a/19
- June 3: TBD**/20
- July 4: TBD†/20
- Aug 4: TBD†/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.
3. Read 24 minutes per day – July 31 was Day 1050 of my reading streak.
I read quite a bit in July. We traveled a couple of weekends (and spent WAY too much time between MD and VA one week), but it’s been too hot to do much.
I have books 2 and 3 in a YA series on my Kindle, which should be quick reads. I also have an audiobook to start, so I’ll commit to 4 books for August.
