Tag: monthly stats

Books read this month: 28*

New books: 28

Re-reads: 0 (or at least not any I haven’t already counted once here this year!)

Books from the to-read pile: 5

NetGalley books read: 6

Kindle Unlimited read: 5

Ebooks: 10

Library books: 2 (all ebooks)

Audiobooks: 0 (again none that I haven’t already counted this year once!)

Non-fiction books: 3

Favourite book this month: i actually can’t decide between my books of the week this month. It’s been a close one.

Most read author: Simon Brett – what with the Fetherings binge…

Books bought: ummmmm. I don’t think I’m going to count. About a dozen.

Books read in 2021: 325

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 610

I mean I think that eighteen months into this current situation, my brain is about fried for concentration as well as life being really quite busy and stressful. And you can see it in what I’m reading and how much of it. Gosh I miss the beforetimes.

Bonus picture: my orchid, in flower. A hopeful sign.

*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels (6 this month)

Books read this month: 30*

New books: 26

Re-reads: 4 (3 audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 3

NetGalley books read: 6

Kindle Unlimited read: 9

Ebooks: 5

Library books: 3 (all ebooks)

Audiobooks: 3

Non-fiction books: 3

Favourite book this month: Traitor King I think

Most read author: George Bellairs… again!

Books bought: 5 ebooks, 3 real books

Books read in 2021: 296

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 611

A fairly steady month in reading. I’ve fallen behind on adding reviews to my goodreads so my first target for October is to catch up with that. And my next is to try and read some more books from the to read shelf. I’ve done quite well on the NetGalley front this month, so I want to keep that going, but also try and make some progress towards getting that bookcase spread in my journal filled up…

Is my bonus picture another one from my holiday? Why yes. And I’m not sorry about it. It’s the most exciting thing I’ve done in months!

*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels (7 this month)

Books read this month: 30*

New books: 26

Re-reads: 4 (3 audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 2

NetGalley books read: 3

Kindle Unlimited read: 18 (!)

Ebooks: 24

Library books: 2 (all ebooks)

Audiobooks: 3

Non-fiction books: 8

Favourite book this month: If we’re not including Gaudy Night which I read once and listened to on audio twice in August, then it’s Battle Royal

Most read author: George Bellairs -an astonishing 7 Inspector Littlejohn books, because when I make something I can colour in I really commit.

Books bought: 5, of which 3 were preorders

Books read in 2021: 265

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 608

So basically this was the month of murder mysteries, and also one where I want a massive binge of one series. Oh and the (latest) Amelia Peabody re-read is still going, even as I’m still trying to hunt down the Barbara Rosenblatt versions of the final few books in audio, which seem to be impossible to come by in the UK. Very frustrating.

Bonus photo is the updated Littlejohn list after this month’s binge!

*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels (7 this month – six Mindy Kaling essays and the Gordon Corera Kindle single)

Books read this month: 26*

New books: 21

Re-reads: 5 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 3

NetGalley books read: 6

Kindle Unlimited read: 3

Ebooks: 5

Library books: 4 (all ebooks)

Audiobooks: 5

Non-fiction books: 5

Favourite book this month: Bring Your Baggage and Don’t Pack Light by Helen Ellis

Most read author: Ngaio Marsh – four audiobooks

Books bought: 5

Books read in 2021: 202

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 604

Bonus picture: Little Sister is back from China and released from isolation, so we had “Christmas dinner” on Saturday – featuring a flaming pudding, with a background of photos and drawings of baby me…

*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels (2 this month)

Books read this month: 32*

New books: 28

Re-reads: 4 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 5

NetGalley books read: 9

Kindle Unlimited read: 3

Ebooks: 5

Library books: 6 (all ebooks)

Audiobooks: 4

Non-fiction books: 3

Favourite book this month: Tough – because I liked a lot of books this month – a lot of which I haven’t told you about yet-  but maybe The Feast or Malibu Rising or Summer Seekers.

Most read author: Dorothy L Sayers – two audiobooks

Books bought: Eight, plus a few more preorders, and a few preorders arriving too.

Books read in 2021: 202

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 604

A really quite summery month in reading – which fitted some of the weather. I liked a lot of it too, so more coming up on some of the books that I’ve read in the next couple of weeks. May July bring more of the same

Bonus picture: summer tree cover in the park. Sadly no blue sky above them…

*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels (2 this month)

Books read this month: 35*

New books: 29

Re-reads: 6 (all audiobooks)

Books from the to-read pile: 8

NetGalley books read: 5

Kindle Unlimited read: 4

Ebooks: 4

Library books: 8 (all ebooks)

Audiobooks: 6

Non-fiction books: 4

Favourite book this month: Early Morning Riser or Love at First

Most read author: Fairly tight between Laurie R King (Two full length novels and a novella finished and a third novel started), Georgette Heyer (three audiobooks) and Elizabeth Peters (two audiobooks, but they’re longer than the Heyers are!)

Books bought: 16, I think, but really I’m still not really counting. I’m just being nice to myself.

Books read in 2021: 169

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 604

The Georgette Heyer audiobook quest continues, and the Amelia Peabody fixation continues. As mentioned several times this week already, I’m still not good with books that aren’t in a genre where I know it’s going to work out in the end, so rereading old favourites makes total sense. And I only count the ones I’ve reread from cover to cover, not the ones where I just pick them up and dip into my favourite bits.

Bonus picture: Some flowers from my garden, in a border that definitely needs weeding…

*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics/graphic novels (6 this month)