Verity Reads Books (lots of them)
In which our heroine attempts to tame the to-read pile
New books read this month: 30*
Books from the to-read pile: 6
Ebooks read: 23
Books from the Library book pile: 1
Non-fiction books: 3
Most read author: Kerry Greenwood (4 Corinna Chapman mysteries)
Books read this year: 300
Books bought: 11 book and 10 ebooks
Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf: 473 (I don’t have copies of all of these!)
Oh dear. Nightshifts strike again. Check out all my book purchases. Whoops.
*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics (6 this month)
New books read this month: 36*
Books from the to-read pile: 12
Ebooks read: 23
Books from the Library book pile: 1
Non-fiction books: 3
Most read author: Jodi Taylor (3 Chronicles of St Mary’s novels, 3 novellas)
Books read this year: 270
Books bought: 1 book and 7 ebooks
Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf: 466 (I don’t have copies of all of these!)
Not bad going this month on the book front – most of the ebooks were bought on holiday when I went on the Jodi Taylor binge, and the 1 actual book was a second hand one.
*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics (6 this month)
New books read this month: 28*
Books from the to-read pile: 12
Ebooks read: 13
Books from the Library book pile: 3
Non-fiction books: 0 (although I have one started)
Most read author: Margery Allingham – sort of – I read one Campion and there was an Allingham short story in a collection that I read as well.
Books read this year: 234
Books bought: 6 (all actual books)
Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf: 459 (I don’t have copies of all of these!)
I was worried that August would be a book buying fest – and actually, in new book terms, I’ve been quite restrained. Of course I bought 12 Chalet School paperbacks to add to/improve my collection, but they don’t count – because I’ve definitely read all of them before!
*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics (4 this month)
New books read this month: 31*
Books from the to-read pile: 17
Ebooks read: 10
Books from the Library book pile: 3
Non-fiction books: 1
Most read author: Mary Balogh and Frances Brody (3 books each)
Books read this year: 206
Books bought: 11 (5 ebooks, 6 books)
Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf: 462 (I don’t have copies of all of these!)
Could have been much worse, considering there were nights in the back end of July! I didn’t buy too much compared to what I can do on nights, but I did read a fair bit. Fingers crossed August doesn’t turn into a book buying-fest!
*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics (2 this month)
New books read this month: 27*
Books from the to-read pile: 9
Ebooks read: 14
Books from the Library book pile: 1
Non-fiction books: 0 (but I have started one)
Most read author: Sarah Morgan (two books)
Books read this year: 175
Books bought: 15 – 11 books and 4 ebooks
Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf: 451 (I don’t have copies of all of these!)
I was doing so well on the purchasing front – and then it got to the end of the month and I got stressed so started bookshop. Not good considering that I haven’t read as much this month as I wanted either. I’ll try and do better in July…
*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics (3 this month)
New books read this month: 35*
Books from the to-read pile: 15
Ebooks read: 17
Books from the Library book pile: 1
Non-fiction books: 1
Most read author: Lorna Hill
Books read this year: 146
Books bought: None (except travel guides which don’t count)
Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf: 452 (I don’t have copies of all of these!)
*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics (1 this month)
New books read this month: 27*
Books from the to-read pile: 12
Ebooks read: 7
Books from the Library book pile: 1
Non-fiction books: 0
Most read author: Jodi Taylor, Jenn McKinlay and Phyllis Matthewman (2 each)
Books read this year: 84
Books bought: 16 (!)
Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf: 464 (I don’t have copies of all of these!)
That shopping spree at Alnwick and some celebratory buying when I got a secondment allied with a bit of series glomming to make a Naughty Month for book buying. And no non-fiction either – although I am still working my way through Lena Dunham, so it’s not like I’ve read nothing but fiction really…
*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics (although none this month)
New books read this month: 30*
Books from the to-read pile: 10
Ebooks read: 11
Books from the Library book pile: 1
Non-fiction books: 1
Most read author: Mabel Ester Allen (and her pseudonyms)
Books read this year: 84
Books bought: 13 actual books and 4 ebooks
Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf: 471
The number of physical books bought this month is the reason that I’ve got an unoffical book buying ban in place at the moment. But at least I managed to get a library book and a non fiction book read – even if only one of each!
*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics (3 this month)
New books read this month: 27*
Books from the to-read pile: 9
Ebooks read: 15
Books from the Library book pile: 0
Non-fiction books: 0
Most read author: Katherine Woodfine (2 books)
Books read this year: 54
Books bought: 7 (including 2 ebooks)
Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf: 449
A day late (sorry!) but here are the February stats – no library books or non fiction this month – but quite a lot of progress really, especially if you consider the nightshift factor. Talking of nights, I restrained myself and didn’t buy any books in the early hours – but I had already bought some earlier in the month!
*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics (2 this month)
New books read this month: 27*
Books from the to-read pile: 9
Ebooks read: 12
Books from the Library book pile: 2
Non-fiction books: 1
Most read author: Lauren Henderson (two Sam Jones novels)
Books read this year: 27
Books bought: 7 – and a subscription to Fahrenheit Press’s releases for the year!
Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf: 436
Another year, another tweak to the monthly stats post! This time I’ve integrated my non-fiction count into the list alongside the library books – they were New Year’s Resolutions last year, but I’m going to try and keep them going in 2016 as I think they add to the variety of what I read.
So a nice mixed bag in January in terms of variety of reading and only four “real” books that jumped straight to the top of the to-read pile pretty much as soon as they arrived.
*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics (4 this month)
Verity Reads Books (lots of them) 