Not a great reading month.
April goal:
April’s goal is 3 books. I’m already more than halfway finished with one book, but we have some travel. And I need to find another audiobook to start.
Result:
I managed to hit my goal—just barely.
What I read:
- Beautiful Ugly—Alice Feeney
- Kindle / 320p
- Mar 30–Apr 7
- 1⭐
- Review
- A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell #10)—Deanna Raybourn
- Kindle / 330p
- Apr 8–21
- 4⭐
- Review
- The Lost Bookshop—Evie Woods
- Kindle / 444p
- Apr 26–29
- 3.5⭐
- Review
What I’m reading:
- Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It—Corey Doctorow
- Audiobook 🎧
- Apr 16–
- 52%
- Separation of Church and Hate—John Fugelsang
- Physical
- Dec 21–
- p144 of 283 (50%)
What I abandoned:
- none
2026 Progress
Star Ratings:
Based on the flat stars, not the quarter stars I assign in my reviews.
- 5 stars: 1 book
- 4 stars: 6 books
- 3 stars: 7 books
- 2 stars: 0 books
- 1 star: 1 book
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 0 books
- Not rated: 0 books
Pages Read/Hours Listened:
(Does not include partial books, abandoned books, or edited manuscripts)
- January – 1319p, 8h 45m
- February – 933p, 3h 30m
- March – 1737p, 5h 40m
- April – 1094p, 0m (listened but did not complete)
*Note: Storygraph has a slightly different number because they count what they think I actually read each day based on when I update my progress. I always count the entire book in the month it was completed, even if I read everything but the last page (or listen to everything but the last minute) in the previous month.
Reading Goals:
Read 36 books
I finished 3 books toward my Storygraph challenge.
- Audiobooks: 3
- Kindle: 11
- Physical books: 1
Read 25 minutes per day
April 30 was Day 1688 of my reading streak.
Still underwhelmed. I have a lot of promising fiction on hold but no strong feelings about what to read in the meantime.
May’s goal is 3 books.
As always, you can find me other places to see what I’m reading:
Also, I recommend supporting independent bookstores. My favorite is Old Town Books (they ship!). You can also support my favorite podcast through their Bookshop.org link at KickBezosInTheBalls.org (or pick a local shop of your choosing). And you can never go wrong with your local library!
