Tag: monthly stats

Books read this month: 33*

New books: 24

Re-reads: 9 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 8

NetGalley books read: 2

Kindle Unlimited read: 12

Ebooks: 2

Audiobooks: 9

Non-fiction books: 2

Favourite book this month: When Grumpy Met Sunshine, I think.

Most read author: Ngaio Marsh or Patti Benning – not sure which gets more on the page count – there are more Patti Bennings but they are all 100 pages or so, the Alleyn books are longer

Books bought: 10 books across ebooks and physical books and three pre-orders

Books read in 2024: 107

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 740

The Patti Benning novellas are just so easy to read and there are so many of them that it’s easy just to go straight on from one to the next and ignore the other stuff on the pile. Still I guess it means that I’m getting value for money out of my Kindle Unlimited subscription right?

Bonus picture: two books behind on the beat-the-to-read pile bookshelf, but I’m still confident…

*includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – including 13 this month! All those Patti Benning novellas plus one graphic novel.

Books read this month: 34*

New books: 22

Re-reads: 12 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 9

NetGalley books read: 2

Kindle Unlimited read: 7

Ebooks: 4

Audiobooks: 12

Non-fiction books: 0

Favourite book this month: Simply the Best by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Most read author: Ngaio Marsh because of the relisten

Books bought: ummm… I think it’s about 20 and a preorder.

Books read in 2024: 72

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 730

A pretty good month all in all, although I didn’t do very well on the NetGalley front. Must try harder in March!

Bonus picture: wisteria season not yet underway!

*includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – including 7 this month

Books read this month: 37*

New books: 27

Re-reads: 10 (7 audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 6

NetGalley books read: 4

Kindle Unlimited read: 12

Ebooks: 5

Audiobooks: 7

Non-fiction books: 2

Favourite book this month: Birder, She Wrote by Donna Andrews

Most read author: Patti Benning because of all those Real Estate Rescue novellas (but also Ngaio Marsh)

Books bought: 14 – including 1 pre order

Books read in 2024: 37

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 730

Ummmm. A few. I’m still not sure I want to count this year!

Bonus picture: another picture from the January holiday!

*includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels -13 including this month

Books read this month: 37*

New books: 30

Re-reads: 8 ( 4 audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 4 (!)

NetGalley books read: 4

Kindle Unlimited read: 11

Ebooks: 11

Audiobooks: 4

Non-fiction books: 2

Favourite book this month: not sure

Most read author: not sure

Books bought: too many to list!

Books read in 2023: 360

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 728

Well here we are at the end of another year and with a month that turned out to be unexpectedly productive. Who could have predicted that because it was also a really, really busy month. I’ll probably have another rejig of the format of this post for next year, I’m not quite sure how yet but I’ve got a month to think about it haven’t I! I’ve also been thinking about my reading goals and aims for the year but that’s a story for another day. I’ve already told you about my favourite books of the year – you can find those links here, here and here. Onwards we go!

Bonus picture: one last Christmasy photo from the walk to work last week in the Twixtmas.

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

Books read this month: 30*

New books: 24

Re-reads: 6 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 5

NetGalley books read: 5

Kindle Unlimited read: 4

Ebooks: 10

Audiobooks: 6

Non-fiction books: 1

Favourite book this month: hard to chose – maybe the latest part of the Fangirl Manga or the new Royal Spyness

Most read author: Probably Elizabeth Peters or Margery Allingham because of the audiobooks…

Books bought: 18 – whoops – 5 books and the rest in ebooks. And one pre order turned up

Books read in 2023: 343

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 711

Not a bad month all in all really. But I think I’m still behind on the 50 states challenge…

Bonus picture: I finished the bookcase!

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

Books read this month: 30*

New books: 23

Re-reads: 7 (including 5 audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 6

NetGalley books read: 7

Kindle Unlimited read: 6

Ebooks: 6

Audiobooks: 5

Non-fiction books: 1

Favourite book this month: either A Christmas to Remember or To Swoon or to Spar.

Most read author: probably Margery Allingham because of the Campion re-listen

Books bought: 5 ebooks, two preorders and think that’s it!

Books read in 2023: 313

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 708

An okish month. It went a bit off course at times, but towards the end I think I was getting my mojo back. Onwards into November and the start of the real run of Christmas reading…

Bonus picture: a houseplant success – I’ve killed one of these before, nearly killed another and yet – this one has got a new shoot coming!!!

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

Books read this month: 31*

New books: 26

Re-reads: 5 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 10

NetGalley books read: 7

Kindle Unlimited read: 5

Ebooks: 4

Audiobooks: 5

Non-fiction books: 3

Favourite book this month: Hard to chose actually – either We Could Be So Good or Maiden Voyages I think.

Most read author: Still Simon Brett as I finished the Mrs Pargeter binge

Books bought: 6 books, 3 ebooks and three pre-orders

Books read in 2023: 283

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 707

Well, it was a slow start to the month, but the two weeks off – with a couple of trips and plenty of reading time sorted it all out. And now we’re into the last quarter of the year and I probably should take another look at that Read the USA list to check what I’m missing and start working on the gaps now…

Bonus picture: the Teide volcano on Tenerife off in the distance from the interior of Gran Canaria.

*includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – including 1 this month

Books read this month: 31*

New books: 24

Re-reads: 7 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 6

NetGalley books read: 6

Kindle Unlimited read: 5

Ebooks: 7

Audiobooks: 7

Non-fiction books: 0

Favourite book this month: Codename Charming

Most read author: Georgette Heyer if you’re counting the Audiobook re-listens, Simon Brett if you’re not – with two Mrs Pargeters.

Books bought: Astonishingly only one ebook, although a pre-order of Codename Charming arrived, and five books – four of which came on one afternoon, mostly in The Works! I’ve added a couple of pre-orders to the list – all stuff that’s coming much closer to Christmas.

Books read in 2023: 252

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 704

I still need to work harder on the non fiction, and some of those long runners of mine are non fiction so it shouldn’t be as hard as I’m finding it. But basically it wasn’t a bad month in reading all in all. Lots of mysteries, a few good romances and reminders of more than one series I had forgotten about!

Bonus picture: I will never be over the Freddie Mercury auction show, so of course it’s another picture from that. This is the last weekend before it all goes under the hammer and I wish I could go back again for another look.

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

Books read this month: 30*

New books: 21

Re-reads: 7 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 11

NetGalley books read: 7

Kindle Unlimited read: 3

Ebooks: 2

Audiobooks: 7

Non-fiction books: 0

Favourite book this month: Really hard to chose – either Seven Year Slip or Business or Pleasure

Most read author: if you don’t count the Georgette Heyers in the audiobook re-reads, then it’s Kate Carlisle – with the latest Fixer-Upper mystery and one of her Bibliophile mysteries

Books bought: 11 ebooks, 10 books and two pre-orders arriving. Oops

Books read in 2023: 221

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 699

I need to do better on the non-fiction front, but apart from that, I’m doing ok on the variety front but perhaps not so much on the purchasing one…

Bonus picture: the Albert Memorial after the Proms the other night. What a sunset. And so much gold leaf…

*includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – including 1 this month

Books read this month: 32*

New books: 22

Re-reads: 7 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 8

NetGalley books read: 6

Kindle Unlimited read: 5

Ebooks: 6

Audiobooks: 7

Non-fiction books:

Favourite book this month: really hard to decide because Once More with Feeling, Mrs Nash’s Ashes and The True Love Experiment were all excellent. But I’m going to go for Mrs Nash’s Ashes because it’s a debut and it was so much fun.

Most read author: Sherry Thomas – all three novels in her Fitzhugh series and one of the novellas too.

Books bought: 5 paperbacks, 8 ebooks bought, 3 preordered paperbacks and one pre ordered ebook arrived.

Books read in 2023: 191

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 693

Quite a satisfactory month in reading all in all. Lots of new books read, I don’t think the physical pile got any bigger (although it also didn’t get any smaller!) and loads of stuff that I’ve wanted to tell you all about. I’m actually not sure how much I have left to write about in the Quick reviews I’ve already written about so many of them. But I’m sure I’ll manage somehow. And of course the major victory here is that I’ve already posted my New Summer Romance Recommendsday – because usually I’ve been very, very bad at getting any summer reading recs out before the summer is nearly over!

Bonus picture: some peonies in the wild that are much more impressive than the plant in my garden. They really are my favourites.

*includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – including 1 this month