Here’s to wrapping up the third quarter of the year! 😀
My reading spiked during this quarter because I participated in several reading events causing me to read a total of 26 books, most of which were new-to-me reads. This quarter also contained my favorite season — summer — so my interest in books received a jolt because I was happier and more eager to participate in my favorite activity. Overall, this quarter was fun and a success. Here are the stats:
Books | Comics | Mangas
Books by month
July
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson ★★★★☆
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith (book 1) ★★★★☆
The Apprentice Witch by James Nicol (book 1) ★★★☆☆
Normal by Warren Ellis ★★★★☆ 1/2
Sick by Christa Wojciechowski (book 1) ★★★☆☆ 1/2
Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb (Liveship Traders, book 3) ★★★★★
Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide by J.K. Rowling (Pottermore Presents, book 3) ★★★★★
Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists by J.K. Rowling (Pottermore Presents, book 2) ★★★★☆
Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies by J.K. Rowling (Pottermore Presents, book 1) ★★★★☆
August
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (Night Angel, book 1) ★★★★☆
Eldest by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle, book 2) ★★★☆☆ (re-read)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (illus.) ★★★★☆
The Journey by Francesca Sanna (illus.) ★★★★★
Where Are You Going, Manyoni? by Catherine Stock (illus.) ★★☆☆☆
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, book 3; Witches, book 1) ★★★★☆
Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames (The Band, book 1) ★★★★☆
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne (Harry Potter, book 8) ★★★☆☆ 1/2
September
The Shining by Stephen King ★★★★★
Comics and mangas by month
August
Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki by Mamoru Hosoda, illus. by Yu ★★★☆☆ 1/2
Birthright, Vol. 1: Homecoming by Joshua Williamson, illus. by Andrei Bressan ★★★★☆
Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, illus. by Fiona Staples ★★★★★ (re-read)
Saga, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan, illus. by Fiona Staples ★★★★★ (re-read)
Saga, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan, illus. by Fiona Staples ★★★★★ (re-read)
Saga, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan, illus. by Fiona Staples ★★★★★
— (vols. 4-6 were reviewed in the same post)
Saga, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan, illus. by Fiona Staples ★★★★☆ 1/2
Saga, Vol. 6 by Brian K. Vaughan, illus. by Fiona Staples ★★★★☆
Favorites of the bunch
The Shining
The Journey
Saga, Vol. 4
Least liked
Where Are You Going, Manyoni?
Eldest
Did Not Finish
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster (progress paused)
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen (progress paused)
The Iliad by Homer, trans. by Robert Fagles (progress paused)
Best stories
The Shining
Saga
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Wolf Children
Best writing
The Shining
Normal
Equal Rites
Best narration (audio books)
n/a
Best illustrations (illustrated books & comics/graphic novels)
The Journey
Wolf Children
Awesome cover
Reading challenges hits ‘n’ misses
Goodreads Challenge
books read = 62/40
Books I must read this year
books read = 1 | total so far = 2
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
2017 Beat the Backlist
books read = 8 | total so far = 12
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki
Equal Rites
Birthright, Vol. 1: Homecoming
Saga, Vol. 4
Saga, Vol. 5
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
The Shining
2017 Library Love Challenge
books read = 5 | total so far = 22
Furiously Happy
Normal
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Journey
Where Are You Going, Manyoni?
2017 Read Diverse Books Challenge
books read = 2 | total so far = 6
Furiously Happy
Wolf Children
2017 Horror Reading Challenge
books read = 2 | total so far = 3
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
The Shining
Classics Club Reading Challenge
books read = 0 | total so far = 0
2017 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge
none completed
Reading stats
Format
Physical = 20
E-books = 6
Audio books = 0
Genre
Fantasy = 18
Contemporary = 2
— I counted The Journey and Where Are You Going, Manyoni as contemporary.
Horror = 2
Historical fiction = 1
— I counted The Invention of Hugo Cabret as historical fiction.
Nonfiction = 1
Sci-fi = 1
Thriller = 1
— I counted Sick as thriller.
Ownership
Mine (bought before 2016) = 6
New (bought in/after 2016) = 14
Friends/Family = 0
Library = 5
ARC = 1
Author gender
Female = 8
Male = 17
Both = 1
Protagonist gender
Female = 5
Male = 9
Ensemble = 11
**I didn’t include Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide.**
Currently reading
Fool’s Errand by Robin Hobb
— I’m buddy-reading this with Emily at Embuhlee liest and am liking it so far. I missed Fitz’s voice and am glad to return to it.
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
— Wow! I’m so hooked on this novel and am speeding through it. I’ve only been reading it for two days and I’m already halfway through. I’m glad I waited until the hype blew pass before picking it up.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
— I was watching the Hunger Games movie while on vacation and it made me want to reread the book.
Zezee with Books 
I *need* to read Homegoing!! Great post!!
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Omg! I’m almost halfway through and it’s so good. I probably could have finished it in a day if I didn’t have so much going on. Highly recommend it.
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I love Terry Pratchett! Glad you liked ‘Equal Rites’. It is one of my favorites and Granny Weatherwax is my favorite Pratchett character.
I’m looking forward to ‘Kings of the Wyld’.
Happy Reading!
~Icky. 🙂
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I’m glad I liked it too. 🙂
Kings of the Wyld was entertaining. Hope it’s good to you too.
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Yesss, enjoy the second Fitz trilogy, ‘Fool’s Errand’ is such a great book 🙂
Glad to see you liked ‘The Shining’ so much as well! It’s one of my favourite Kings.
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Lol yup. Making my way through it. I’m now convinced there’s some strong lovey feelings between the Fitz and the Fool. Curious to see how that plays out.
And The Shining is now one of my favs too.
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Wow! That’s quite a few books on that list! I loved the Hogwart’s Trilogy and Saga! Kings of the Wyld is on my TBR for winter. Good luck for the final quarter!
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Thanks.
Kings of the Wyld was entertaining. Hope it’s good to you too.
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