Tag: monthly stats

Books read this month: 31*

New books: 22

Re-reads: 9 (5 audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 5

NetGalley books read: 6

Kindle Unlimited read: 5

Ebooks: 10

Audiobooks: 5

Non-fiction books: 0

Favourite book: maybe A Murder for Miss Hortense of the new stuff, but I’ve really enjoyed the re-reads too

Most read author: Nicola Upson with the three Josephine Tey books I hadn’t read because they were on offer and Anne Granger with the last two Mitchell and Markbys and the new Campbell and Carter.

Books bought: 4 ebooks, about four book-books and also a pre-order arrived

Books read in 2025: 188

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 795

A pretty solid month all in. The heatwave made it a bit hard to concentrate towards the end of the month and I’m still behind on the new releases but I read a lot of stuff I enjoyed and at least I finished the Mitchell and Markby reread so there’s a fighting chance I might read some more new stuff in July.

Bonus picture: the crowd (and me) outside the Palladium to watch Rachel Zegler so Don’t Cry for Me Argentina from the balcony. I could see her arm and her side profile at best – but I only got there ten minutes before. When I had walked past an hour earlier there were already more than a hundred people in the prime spots and I wasn’t prepared to wait that long!

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

Books read this month: 32*

New books: 13

Re-reads: 19 (5 audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 6

NetGalley books read: 1

Kindle Unlimited read: 6

Ebooks: 13

Audiobooks: 5

Non-fiction books: 0

Favourite book: of the new things that I read, probably On Turpentine Lane.

Most read author: Ann Granger with 14 (!) books (re)read – see below

Books bought: still too many – especially given that I had to buy the Mitchell and Markby‘s because I had borrowed them from a friend when I read them the first time.

Books read in 2025: 156

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 793

After finishing the Ruth Galloway binge last month, I have gone on an even more intensive binge re-reading the Mitchell and Markby books after I bought that one at Baddesley Clinton despite everything else that was demanding to be read. This is why the NetGalley total is so measly – just the one, right at the start of the month before the binge started – and explains the lack of non-fiction too. The good news here (I guess) is that I’ve only got a couple left to read before I’ve finished the series and then I’ll have to read other things. But it probably says something about where my head is at at the moment that I’ve retreated into cosy murder mystery re-reads.

Bonus picture: Despite the re-reading last month, I am ahead of schedule on my beat the TBR pile bookcase. Of course some of this is due to the Elly Griffiths binge – check out all those dark green books – but there’s basically just a lot of murder mystery in my first five months of physical book reading!

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

Books read this month: 30*

New books: 22

Re-reads: 8 (5 audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 10

NetGalley books read: 6

Kindle Unlimited read: 5

Ebooks: 4

Audiobooks: 5

Non-fiction books: 1

Favourite book: Tough – but I’m going to go with The Last Remains because I thought it finished the Ruth Galloway series off so nicely

Most read author: Probably Kerry Greenwood – with three Corinna Chapmans, but it would be tight on page count with the two Elly Griffiths and Sally Smiths’ two Gabriel Vine books.

Books bought: still too many

Books read in 2025: 124

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 789

Lots of stuff going on in the real world too but still pretty solid month in reading all in. Onwards to May!

Bonus picture: House plant progress with a flower coming on a new plant

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

Books read this month: 33*

New books: 24

Re-reads: 9 (9 audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 17

NetGalley books read: 2

Kindle Unlimited read: 3

Ebooks: 1

Audiobooks: 9

Non-fiction books: 0

Favourite book: I mean one of the Ruth Galloways, I just don’t know which one…

Most read author: Elly Griffiths – 12 Ruth Galloway books…

Books bought: still too many

Books read in 2025: 94

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 780

A pretty good month in reading all in, although it has presented a problem or two. A massive, massive binge like I’ve been on with the Ruth Galloway series reduces the options for Books of the Week – because of my rules about repeat authors and later books in series – and that in its turn presents issues for the Quick Reviews, as you could see on Wednesday. But given that I’ve very nearly finished the series now, April should be better on that front. I might even finish a non-fiction book…

Bonus picture: Progress on this year’s Beat the to-read Pile bookshelf – we are ahead of schedule! Reader, it will not last. It never lasts! Also: boy oh boy can’t you see the Ruth Galloway binge impact – in volume and colours.

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

Books read this month: 30*

New books: 20

Re-reads: 10 (9 audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 2

NetGalley books read: 5

Kindle Unlimited read: 10

Ebooks: 3

Audiobooks: 9

Non-fiction books: 1

Favourite book: Hard to decide – either The Favourites or The Crossing Places per my stats page on Goodreads

Most read author: hard to tell because only one book finished for everyone except the Ngaio Marsh and Agatha Christie re-listens, but I did start a second Elly Griffiths book so maybe her?

Books bought: too many

Books read in 2025: 61

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 760

A solid month in the end, although a fair few novellas and audiobook re-listens in there. Onwards to March!

Bonus picture: A relic of my student days is that I am unable to resist a cocktail with Midori in it, even if it comes with googly eyes.

*includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – including 5 this month!

Books read this month: 31 *

New books: 19

Re-reads: 12 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 5

NetGalley books read: 2

Kindle Unlimited read: 8

Ebooks: 4

Audiobooks: 12

Non-fiction books: 1

Favourite Book: Paradise Problem (although the final part of the Fangirl Manga was also really good)

Most read author: excluding the Ngaio Marsh and Kerry Greenwood audiobooks, Diane Mott Davidson and Vicki Delany with two each.

Books bought: Five books and three ebooks

Books read in 2025: 31

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 760

A very busy month in real life, and a set of stats held up by the fact that it’s the start of the new year and audiobook relistens count to the total again. Relatively restrained on the purchasing front – mostly helped by the fact that a lot of what I wanted to read was in Kindle Unlimited.

Bonus picture: my favourite sign from my visit to Bookends at the start of the month

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

Books read this month: 38*

New books: 28

Re-reads: 10 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 6

NetGalley books read: 0

Kindle Unlimited read: 18

Ebooks: 4

Audiobooks: 10

Non-fiction books: 3

Favourite book this month: Cure for the Common Breakup or Christmas is All Around

Most read author: Kerry Greenwood because all 10 of those audiobooks were Miss Fisher mysteries and no other author got on the list more than once because there were a lot of states to tick off…

Books bought: 2 preorders, 6 ebooks, 1 book. Most of the six were to fill in missing states, although Kindle Unlimited did a lot of that work for me.

Books read in 2024: 413

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 756

A month spent frantically ticking off the missing states in the 50 states challenge because that was infinitely more achievable than the idea of me carrying around physical books the whole month to try and finish that challenge, or in fact buying the kindle versions of books on the shelf to do it that way (because that is Defeating The Point). But I got there in the end, and the full list of what ticked off what is coming up in the next few days. All in all, a pretty good year in reading – 413 is my highest ever total, but I’m under no illusions that that’s because of the sheer number of cozy crime novella series I’ve read this year. But I couldn’t have completed the 50 states without them this year, so goodness knows what I’ll do next year if I do it again. I will try and pace myself better if I do it again – the mad dash in December isn’t a lot of fun and it meant I didn’t finish any NetGalley books last month because they didn’t fit the missing states. I need to work on that. I think I have done better at keeping my requests there down, but I always say that and I’m not sure it’s true. Anyway: here’s to a fresh start and a fresh slate in January!

Bonus picture: Goodreads tells me over 100k pages last year. Wowzers.

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

Books read this month: 39*

New books: 32

Re-reads: 7 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 8

NetGalley books read: 5

Kindle Unlimited read: 9

Ebooks: 10

Audiobooks: 7

Non-fiction books: 1

Favourite book this month: Rivals or The Rom-Commers

Most read author: Simon Brett because of the Fetherings binge plus Charles Paris re-listen

Books bought: we will continue to not talk about it, although I did have a clear out of the bookshelves so that has improved things a little despite the amount incoming..

Books read in 2024: 375

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 741

Genuinely a really solid month in reading, mostly, but not entirely down to the holiday. I’m still quite a long way short of my 50 states though, and a fair few books short on the beat the to-read pile challenge in my journal, so I’m not sure I can complete both of them this year. Doesn’t mean I won’t try though…

Bonus picture: After writing about Avenue Q, this is from the night after that Q concert – with two of the stars, Jon Robyns and Simon Lipkin doing a late night show together in the West End. It was also wonderful.

*includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – including 6 this month!

Books read this month: 31*

New books: 20

Re-reads: 11 (6 audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 4

NetGalley books read: 2

Kindle Unlimited read: 8

Ebooks: 5

Audiobooks: 6

Non-fiction books: 2

Favourite book this month: Probably A Dark and Stormy Murder

Most read author: Charlaine Harris, with the Lily Bard reread

Books bought: moving on….

Books read in 2024: 336

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 754

A pretty solid month by figures, but still more than I’d like in novellas rather than actual books because that means it’s not reducing either the physical TBR pile or the Netgalley list. Still in the main they’re coming via KU so at least it means I’m getting value out of that membership!

Bonus picture: is it wrong to be proud of a cake?! Any way, I made this and I was so…

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

Books read this month: 36* which seems like more than I was expecting!

New books: 29

Re-reads: 7 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 13

NetGalley books read: 4

Kindle Unlimited read: 8

Ebooks: 4

Audiobooks: 7

Non-fiction books: 5

Favourite book this month: Kingmaker or the Masquerades of Spring

Most read author: Sheila Connolly – four in the Fundraising the Dead series

Books bought: still not counting, because Kuala Lumpur was… book heavy

Books read in 2024: 305

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 747

A pretty solid month I’m going to say helped a fair bit by those long haul flights right at the start. And now we enter the last quarter of the year heading towards the festive season and all the Christmas books…

Bonus picture: Worrals goes East may have been a terrible book, but it did push me over the 200 book mark for the year. Time to up the target!

*includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels – including 4 this month!