Tag: monthly stats

Books read this month: 33*

New books: 16

Re-reads: 17 (7 audiobooks, 10 books)

Books from the to-read pile: 5

NetGalley books read: 4

Kindle Unlimited read: 2

Ebooks: 5

Library books: 0

Audiobooks: 7

Non-fiction books: 1

Favourite book this month: of the new stuff, Thank You for Listening or Husband Material. But all the Lucy Parkers are still great!

Most read author: Lucy Parker because of that London Celebrities reread!

Books bought: Lets not talk about it. It all went a bit wild at conference and because so many summer reads were on sale!

Books read in 2022: 265

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 658

Shall we just christen this the month of the reread? It started with rereading a bunch of the Sadlers Wells books again, then there were a few rereads/relistens of classic crime – including a Miss Marple ! – and ending with all five London Celebrities books. Quite a fun month all in all – what with outings and conference and some lovely reading.

Bonus picture: another picture from my day out on the way home from Bristol.

*Usually includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – although this month it doesn’t!

Books read this month: 29*

New books: 16

Re-reads: 13 (6 audiobooks, 7 books)

Books from the to-read pile: 5

NetGalley books read: 3

Kindle Unlimited read: 1

Ebooks: 6

Library books: 1

Audiobooks: 6

Non-fiction books: 2

Favourite book this month: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Most read author: Kerry Greenwood as I finished the Phryne re-read

Books bought: 13 – 3 books and ten ebooks.

Books read in 2022: 232

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 657

A fairly steady month in reading. I didn’t go too mad with purchases, but we also had a heat wave where it was too hot to concentrate and I’m back in the groove of a night or two in London each week with a social life going on. And then there’s the commonwealth games. So not quite as much read as I expected, but not too bad all in all.

Bonus picture: the Lionesses Mural going up on Thursday evening on Euston Road

*Usually includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – 3 this month graphic novels

Books read this month: 35*

New books: 23

Re-reads: 12 (6 audiobooks, 6 books)

Books from the to-read pile: 11

NetGalley books read: 5

Kindle Unlimited read: 6

Ebooks: 7

Library books: 0

Audiobooks: 6

Non-fiction books: 1

Favourite book this month: Either Lessons in Chemistry or The Unsinkable Greta James – reviews of both to follow

Most read author: Kerry Greenwood – six Phryne Fishers in the reread pile!

Books bought: I don’t really want to talk about it… 5 actual books, 15 ebooks…

Books read in 2022: 201

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 663

 A fun month in reading. Yes there are a fair few rereads in there, but there are also a lot of physical books from the shelf, and I think I’ve reduced the NetGalley list too. Of course a bit of a holiday helped with that by providing some quality reading time! And I think I may be starting to be able to read a bit more stuff that’s not romance or mystery – there are five whole books that definitely aren’t either of those this month, and you can increase that to seven depending on how you characterise women’s fiction.

Bonus picture: look who is on schedule!!! A veritable first.

*Usually includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – this month 2 graphic novels

Books read this month: 33*

New books: 20

Re-reads: 13 (5 audiobooks, 8 books)

Books from the to-read pile: 5

NetGalley books read: 9

Kindle Unlimited read: 4

Ebooks: 7

Library books: 2 (all ebooks)

Audiobooks: 6

Non-fiction books: 2

Favourite book this month: hard to chose this month – because there were a bunch of 5 star books – but I’m going to go with The Young Pretenders.

Most read author: Elizabeth Peters – 5 Vicky Bliss novels on the reread and an Amelia Peabody audiobook!

Books bought: 3 books at the work book sale, 1 book ordered online, 1 pre-order, 1 ebook. Considering the number of books in the Books Incoming post a few weeks back, this surprised me. But when I checked, it was right – three from the book sale, three pre-orders that already got counted in previous months, the Young Pretenders which arrived April after the Books Incoming post (and was a Persephone subscription book anyway so not bought by me) and the Bonnie Garmus which I ordered in April but arrived in May. So that really does just leave the Jenn McKinlay Book Lovers mystery!

Books read in 2022: 166

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 660 – this number never really goes down, but it has gone up by a lot this month because there’s been a bunch of series with new books announced or where I hadn’t added the unread ones to the list, but I also updated it to add some stuff from the to read shelf that wasn’t on there and my new acquisitions…

I’ve been more than usually chatty in this post already, but it really was a good month of reading in May. I read a lot of new releases, and I think I have less books in the NetGalley backlog than I did at the start of the month, even if I didn’t read all the May releases. I’ve managed to be restrained with my requesting for June, so if I can control my virulent re-reading urges, I should be able to reduce the list further in June. Speaking of re-reading, I’ve really enjoyed revisiting the Vicky Bliss books – I think you can expect a Series I Love post soon – and I’ve carried on with the Phryne Fisher re-read too. I’m going to need to try and actually go to the library in June too – as my library card has expired, so if I don’t, the library book list is about to dry up! And I read a fair few actual books in May – but I’m still behind on my goal for that for the year, so a big effort coming in June to try and catch up. All I need to do is get the hammock out and into the garden ready for summer reading now…

Bonus picture: a month in Wisteria. How could I resist doing a mash up when I’ve enjoyed watching it happen so much on my walks from Euston to the office!

*Usually includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels, but for the second month in a row it doesn’t!

Books read this month: 30*

New books: 14

Re-reads: 16 (9 audiobooks, 7 books)

Books from the to-read pile: 6

NetGalley books read: 4

Kindle Unlimited read: 1

Ebooks: 5

Library books: 5 (all ebooks)

Audiobooks: 9

Non-fiction books: 3

Favourite book this month: Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch

Most read author: Ngaio Marsh – six audiobooks

Books bought: about ten, fairly evenly split between preorders and already out.

Books read in 2022: 133

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 633

Another binge-y month to be honest. Whether it was the Roderick Alleyn audiobooks or the continuing Sookie Stackhouse reread or the Phryne Fisher binge, the rereads outnumbered the new books and I’m actually ok about that! We’ll see what happens in May…

Bonus picture: I pass this house on my walk to the office and last week it was in bloom and looking lovely. My dad would tell me that the wisteria is probably undermining the foundations, but it looks so pretty. The rubbish on the street, less so obviously.

*Usually includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels, but for once it doesn’t this month!