The first quarter of the year has just ended and my reading is off on a good start. I messed around and read 21 books this quarter, completing approximately half of my Goodreads Reading Goal of 45 books.
I didn’t expect this to happen and certainly didn’t plan for it. But I tend to read more when worried or upset and this quarter had a lot of frustrating ups and downs in my personal life, so maybe that’s why I completed so many books. But anyway, I’m glad the quarter ended on this positive note. Here are the stats:
Books | Audio Books | Comics
Books by month
January
Delicious! by Ruth Reichl ★★☆☆☆
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Rober Langdon, book 1) ★★★☆☆
The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang (Tensorate, book 1) ★★★☆☆
February
Shadow Weaver by MarcyKate Connolly (Shadow Weaver, book 1) ★★★☆☆ 1/2
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward ★★★☆☆
The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark (Fairwick Chronicles, book 1) ★★★☆☆
March
School for Psychics by K.C. Archer (School for Psychics, book 1) ★☆☆☆☆ 1/2
Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi ★★★★★
Flotsam by David Wiesner (illus.) ★★★☆☆
The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb (Tawney Man, book 2) ★★★★★
The Oddling Prince by Nancy Springer ★★☆☆☆
Audio books by month
January
February
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, narr. by Roy Dotrice (A Song of Ice & Fire, book 1) ★★★★★
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien, narr. by a full cast (Lord of the Rings, book 1) ★★★★☆
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey, narr. by Finty Williams (Girl with All the Gifts, book 1) ★★★★★
March
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin, narr. by Roy Dotrice (A Song of Ice & Fire, book 2) ★★★★★
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien, narr. by a full cast (Lord of the Rings, book 2) ★★☆☆☆ 1/2
Comics & graphic novels by month
January
February
Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani (illus.) ★★★☆☆
Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez Gomez (illus.) ★★★★☆
March
Audubon: On the Wings of the World by Fabien Grolleau, illus. by Jérémie Royer, trans. by Etienne Gilfillan ★★★★☆ 1/2
Here by Richard McGuire (illus.) ★★★★★
The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo (illus.) and Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi (illus.) (Dam Keeper, book 1) ★★★★☆
Favorite of the bunch
The Golden Fool
Least liked
School for Psychics
Did Not Finish
Accidental Quarterback by Charles Curtis
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling, illus. by Jim Kay
The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff
The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French
1001 Islands by K.T. Munson
Best stories
The Golden Fool
Kintu
The Girl with All the Gifts
Best writing
Kintu
The Golden Fool
The Girl with All the Gifts
Best narration (audio books)
The Girl with All the Gifts
Best illustrations (illustrated books & comics/graphic novels)
Nightlights
The Dam Keeper
Awesome cover
Reading challenges hits ‘n’ misses
Goodreads Challenge
books read = 21/45
Books I must read this year
books read = 1/8
The Golden Fool
2018 TBR Pile Challenge
books read = 0/12
2018 Library Love Challenge
books read = 15 | total so far = 15
Horror Reads
books read = 1 | total so far = 1
Classics Club Reading Challenge
books read = 0 | total so far = 0
2018 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge
books read = 7 | total so far = 7
A classic of genre fiction
The Two Towers
A comic written and illustrated by the same person
Nightlights
A book about nature
Audubon
A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
Pashmina
The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
Shadow Weaver
A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
The Dam Keeper
A book with a cover you hate
School for Psychics
Reading stats
Format
Physical = 11
E-book = 5
Audio book = 5
Genre
Fantasy = 12
Historical = 2
Contemporary = 1
Horror = 1
Literary = 1
Mystery = 1
Nonfiction = 1
Paranormal = 1
Romance = 1
Ownership
Mine (bought before 2017) = 1
New (bought in/after 2017) = 3
Friends/Family = 0
Library = 15
ARC = 2
Author gender
Male = 10
Female = 9
Both = 0
Unknown = 2
Protagonist gender
Ensemble = 8
Male = 7
Female = 6
Currently reading
Zezee with Books 
Woohoo- brilliant that you read nearly half your yearly target in the first quarter 😀
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Ikr! I’m pretty surprised about it.
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Curious about your take on The Devourers. I started reading it last year. The cover attracted me, first. The writing was good but then the story started leaving a bad taste in my mouth….oh well.
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I’ve heard of similar reactions to the story. I’ll see how it is when I get into it.
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I wish I could be as productive as you with my reading! Recently bought the Black Tides of Heaven but I’ve heard it is just ok. I can see you might’ve thought so as well by your 3 star rating
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I’m surprised I got through so much.
Yea, I thought Black Tides of Heaven was okay. The plot and setting were interesting, but it was a quick read.
My reading experience with the story was also interesting because it’s the first story I’ve read where a gender neutral pronoun, the singular “they,” is used for much of it.
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I knew that the book dealt with gender in a different way but I didn’t know that detail. Sounds interesting! Are you planning on reading the Red Threads of Fortune?
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Oh yes! I didn’t like the end of Black Tides, but it made me curious about how the story would progress from there and what the antagonist will do next.
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21 books- nice! Ooh The Golden Fool. I remember reading those a few years ago. I loved her world. And yay for Game of Thrones. I thought Storm of swords was a TRIP.
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I love Hobb’s world too and love that it keeps expanding and surprising me.
Storm of Swords is interesting. I think I liked it on my first read because we get Jaime’s perspective on things because until then, we only got rumors and speculations about him.
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I’m thinking of doing this. Don’t usually have the habit but I like the idea for some reason today. You’ve read some eclectic reads and you’ve read tons of books. Maybe I should give up tv.
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Yea, totally try it out. You just might like it and you can focus on different stats, whichever ones that work for you.
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Thank you for a really thorough breakdown of your reading stats for the quarter. Yikes – how have we got a quarter through the year already?? You have certainly powered through some hefty reads – I, too, love Robin Hobb’s writing and can see why you chose The Golden Fool as your favourite read:). I hope the next quarter is as productive – though without the turmoil and upset you have endured this last quarter, Zezee…
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Thanks Sarah! I hope next quarter is good to you too.
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I think you can definitely call that progress! The excellent kind too. How we’re already done with the first quarter of the year still blows my mind though. 😮
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Lol. For me, it went by a bit slow, but I’m sure that when summer comes I’ll say half the year has quickly flown by.
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Great reading quarter!
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It certainly was.
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