Books read this month: 35*
New books: 28
Re-reads: 7 (5 audiobooks)
Books from the to-read pile: 9
NetGalley books read: 3
Kindle Unlimited read: 4
Ebooks: 12
Audiobooks: 5
Non-fiction books: 3
Favourite book: Dolly All the Time
Books bought: lets gloss over
Most read author: Rachel Reid – four from the Game Changers series
Books read in 2026: 201
Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 587
I am aware that the numbers don’t seem to add up this month – and that’s because there were two Wells books that I reread (for the umpteenth time) which are actual hardbacks, and have already been on my shelves for years so don’t really fit into any of the categories. But that’s why. Usually they do add up because the rereads are either audiobooks or ebooks. But not this time, and possibly the July stats they may not – and the July is because we have Book Con coming up in the middle of the month and if there’s one reason I might end up re-reading things I already own, it’s because a talk about it has inspired me – and all of the Girl’s Own stuff is physical copies. Anyway, aside from that, not a good month for reducing the NetGalley list, but a pretty good one for reducing the actual physical pile (the third over flow pile is significantly smaller than it was!) but I guess reading stuff that I actually bought on Kindle (as opposed to getting a e-proof of) is also something that I should be doing, so I guess I can find a bright side in everything!
Bonus picture: The RSC before The Tempest – on one of the first gorgeous weekends of the year.
*often includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – but not this month!
Verity Reads Books (lots of them) 