I began the year well, reading-wise. I read 18 books and enjoyed/liked the majority of them. There were only three that I didn’t like, and only one of the three that I hated — The Stand. But read on to see my stats for this year’s first quarter.
Books | Audio Books | Comics
Books by month
January
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb (Rain Wild Chronicles, book 3) ★★★★☆ ½
The Stand by Stephen King ★☆☆☆☆ ½ [DNF]
Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce (The Immortals, book 2) ★★★☆☆ [reread]
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou ★★★★☆ ½
February
Comet Rising by MarcyKate Connolly (Shadow Weaver, book 2) ★★☆☆☆ ½
Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb (Rain Wild Chronicles, book 4) ★★★★☆
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Nevermoor, book 1) ★★★★☆
Behind the Canvas by Alexander Vance ★★☆☆☆ ½
The Little Red Wolf by Amélie Fléchais (illus.) ★★★★☆ ½
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey ★★★★★
March
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer ★★★★☆
Audio books by month
January
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy (narr.) ★★★★★
February
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (narr.) ★★★★☆
March
The Alienist by Caleb Carr, narr. by Edward Herrman (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, narr. by Alan Sklar (Hannibal Lecter, book 1) ★★★☆☆
Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen, narr. by Saskia Maarleveld (Steampunk Proper Romance, book 1) ★★★★☆
Comics & graphic novels by month
January
February
Baba Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola, illus. by Emily Carroll ★★★☆☆
The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness by Robert Kondo (illus.) & Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi (illus.) ★★☆☆☆
March
Favorites of the bunch
The Little Red Wolf
To Night Owl from Dogfish
Bad Blood
Least liked
The Stand
Behind the Canvas
The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness
Did Not Finish
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
Best stories
City of Dragons
To Night Owl from Dogfish
The Alienist
Best writing
The Snow Child
Dopesick
Bad Blood
Best narration (audio books)
Holidays on Ice
Best illustrations (illustrated books & comics/graphic novels)
The Little Red Wolf
Most fitting book title
To Night Owl from Dogfish
Most unique/impactful story
Dopesick (impactful)
Cover love
Reading challenges hits ‘n’ misses
Goodreads Challenge
books read = 18/50
Books I must read this year
books read = 0 | total so far = 0/8
Read some comics/graphic novels
comics read = 2 | total so far = 2/10
Baba Yaga’s Assistant
The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness
2019 TBR Pile Challenge
books read = 0 | total so far = 0/12
Classics Club Reading Challenge
books read = 0 | total so far = 0/2
Read some horror
books read = 1 | total so far = 1/4
The Stand
Reading stats
Longest book
The Stand = approx. 960 pages (DNF last hundred or so pages)
Shortest book
The Little Red Wolf = approx. 80 pages
Format
Physical = 12
Audio = 5
E-book = 1
Genre
Fantasy = 9
Nonfiction = 2
Contemporary = 1
Historical = 1
Horror = 1
Humor = 1
Mystery = 1
Supernatural = 1
Thriller = 1
Age group
Adult = 10
Middle grade = 6
Children = 1
YA = 1
Protagonist gender
Ensemble = 7
Female = 7
Male = 4
Author gender
Female = 11
Male = 7
Ownership
Mine (bought before 2018) = 2
New (bought in/after 2018) = 2
Friends/Family = 0
Library = 14
ARC = 0
Currently reading
Zezee with Books 
Pretty successful quarter I’d say!
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Yup! It went well.
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I love that you’re keeping track of your stats quarterly. Which reminds me that I need to update my spreadsheet for this year! Looks like you’re having a pretty good year so far, hope it continues!
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Yea gurl. I love me some stats!…when they’re easy to calculate
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Your reading is so diverse! Is there a genre that you don’t read? And you did so well with The Stand. Why did you DNF it so close to the finish? That’s a humongous book though.
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Thank you! ☺️
Gurl that Stand book was frustrating to read. To me, it seemed that the story kept restarting until I was about 600 or so pages in. I didn’t like the majority of characters or how women are protrayed. It was horrible. I don’t like that book. It’s a miracle I made it that far in. And the end sucks (I looked it up on Wikipedia). Have you ever read it?
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Nope. I have only read Carrie and 11/23/69 by King. I tried reading Green Mile but couldn’t get into it. The Stand sounds insane. First of all, that number of pages already scare me lol then it just sounds terrible esp with what you mentioned about the portrayal of women. Have you read any of his other stuff? I’ve watched Mr. Mercedes but never read it.
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His books tend to run long. I’m attempting to read his books in publication order. I read Carrie as well but didn’t like it. ‘Salem’s Lot was good and I consider The Shining a favorite.
Yea, skip the Stand. It’s not worth it.
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I like how you provided stats for the quarter. That’s a cool idea. I love looking at everybody’s end-of-year book stats posts. Doing them throughout the year is interesting. Then you can see how things change.
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Yup that’s my fav part of it – seeing how the stats change.
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I love how varied your reading is. Great progress on your reading goals!
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Thanks! 🙂
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I love how many stats you provided! They were very interesting to read 🙂
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Aww thanks for visiting and reading my post 🙂
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I loved reading this post! It’s great to look back through your stats and see how your reading is going. I’m obsessed with my reading stats. It sounds like you’re having a good reading year, I hope the next quarter is as good (if not even better!). x
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Thanks! It’s great so far. I hope it is going well for you too and will continue.
I like the stats for tracking what I’m doing. It’s great to look back on them at the end of the year.
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Every time I read your posts, I kick myself for being behind on Robin Hobb. I was thinking about it just yesterday and how I need to get back to her books again – I’m taking this as a sign I definitely should! I got through the Queen of the Tearling but was really disappointed by the entire trilogy, so don’t blame you on that one. You’ve had a really good start to the year!
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Lol! Yea, take it as a sign. I think they’re worth continuing with
Lol! Thanks for telling me that about Queen of the Tearling.
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