My reading has picked up! 😀 I’m glad for this because at the beginning of the year I was very indecisive about what books to read and sometimes wasn’t in the mood for the activity, which is okay, but I’m glad that I’ve found stories that held my interest and propelled me to try others.
The spring quarter was good to me, though I was sick for most of it because of allergies, and I found myself consuming less audio books and trying more nonfiction, mainly memoirs and autobiographies. Here are the stats:
Books | Audio books | Comics
Books by month
April
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah ★★★★☆ 1/2
Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice by Colum McCann ★★★★★
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (The Strain, book 1) ★★★★★
May
Mad Ship by Robin Hobb (Liveship Traders, book 2) ★★★★★
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco ★★★☆☆
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, illus. by Jim Dale (Harry Potter, book 1) ★★★☆☆ 1/2
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones (Wintersong, book 1) ★★☆☆☆ 1/2
Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories by Mariana Enríquez ★★★★★
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan ★★★★★
The River by Alessandro Sanna (illus.) ★★★★☆
June
The Fog Diver by Joel Ross (Fog Diver, book 1) ★★★★☆
Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher ★★★★★
Audio books by month
April
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, narr. by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer (Wheel of Time, book 1) ★★★★★ (reread)
May
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan, narr. by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer (Wheel of Time, book 2) ★★★★☆ 1/2 (reread)
The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan, narr. by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer (Wheel of Time, book 3) ★★★☆☆ (reread)
June
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, narr. by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer (Wheel of Time, book 2) ★★☆☆☆ 1/2 (reread)
Comics and graphic novels by month
April
May
I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 1: Madly Ever After by Skottie Young (illus.) ★★★☆☆
Archie, Vol. 1: The New Riverdale by Mark Waid, illus. by Fiona Staples, Annie Wu, and Veronica Fish ★★☆☆☆ 1/2
Jughead, #1 by Chip Zdarsky, illus. by Erica Henderson ★★★☆☆
June
Favorites of the bunch
The Strain
Least liked
Archie, Vol. 1
Did Not Finish
When Mockingbirds Sing by Billy Coffey (progress paused)
Best stories
The Strain
Mad Ship
Things We Lost in the Fire
Best writing
Letters to a Young Writer
Best narration (audio books)
none
Best illustrations (illustrated books & comics/graphic novels)
Archie, Vol. 1
The River
Awesome cover
Reading challenges hits ‘n’ misses
Goodreads Challenge
books read = 36/40
Books I must read this year
books read = 1/8
Mad Ship
2017 Beat the Backlist
books read = 4 | total so far = 4
The Strain
I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 1
Archie, Vol. 1
Brain on Fire
2017 Library Love Challenge
books read = 9 | total so far = 17
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (illus.)
Wintersong
Things We Lost in the Fire
The Dragon Reborn
The River
The Fog Diver
The Shadow Rising
Madness
2017 Read Diverse Books Challenge
books read = 3 | total so far = 4
Things We Lost in the Fire
Brain on Fire
Madness
2017 Horror Reading Challenge
books read = 1 | total so far = 1
The Strain
Classics Club Reading Challenge
books read = 0
2017 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge
Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author.
Things We Lost in the Fire
Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location.
Born a Crime
Read a book published by a micropress.
The River
Read a collection of stories by a woman.
Things We Lost in the Fire
Reading stats
Format
Physical = 11
Audio books = 4
E-books = 3
Genre
Fantasy = 7
Nonfiction = 5
Contemporary = 2
— I counted The River as contemporary.
Horror = 1
Romance = 1
— I placed Wintersong in romance because of how romance heavy it is.
Sci-fi = 1
— The Fog Diver is dystopian and sort of steampunk.
Other = 1
— This is here because it’s hard to categorize Things We Lost in the Fire.
Ownership
Mine (bought before 2016) = 1
New (bought in/after 2016) = 8
Friends/Family = 0
Library = 9
ARC = 0
Author gender
Female = 7
Male = 11
Both = 0
Protagonist gender
Female = 5
Male = 5
Ensemble = 7
**I included the memoirs/autobios in this. Letters to a Young Writer doesn’t have a protagonist.**
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This is such a good idea! i think my target for the end of the year is to start another Robin Hobb series – I’m itching to but haven’t got around to it yet!
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Yes girl! 🙂 Do it!! Lol! The Liveship Traders ones are really good.
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Ah! That’s an inspiring, extensive analysis. 🙂
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