Blogger Stats Book Tag

Hope you’re not tired of BOOK TAG WEEK!!! yet because… it’s still going.

Well, today’s tag is the Blogger Stats Book Tag, which I found over on Tattooed Book Geek forever ago and totally planned to do way back then but… I didn’t. However, there’s no time like the present, eh?

Anyway, the tag was created by Stuart at Always Trust in Books.

Last 3 books you read

The Adventures of Rama by Milo Cleveland Beach

A children’s picture book based on the epic Hindu classic, the Ramayana. The illustrations are from a 16^th-century Mughal manuscript.

A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

I reread this by audiobook, which is narrated by Roy Dotrice. I enjoy the series and am now rereading the third book, A Storm of Swords.

The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Ryder Hanrahan

It’s the first novel in a grimdark fantasy series about gods at war and how it affects people and places. I’ll post a review soon…ish.

Spoilers or spoiler-free?

I’d rather not be spoiled, unless I want to —

because I do go searching for spoilers sometimes. But I don’t mind spoilers, really. If it’s a book I haven’t yet read, I’ll forget by time I start reading (maybe… most likely); if it’s a book I’m currently reading, then most likely I want to be spoiled if I go looking for reviews or articles about it.

How long have you been book blogging?

Since 2011…

…says my blog’s timeline, but I didn’t start taking it seriously until 2012, I think.

A book you read in one sitting

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

I love this book. It’s about the Waverley sisters who’ve been estranged for a few years and their family’s garden that has an apple tree that bears fruit that foretells the future once eaten. I love the writing and enjoyed the story and couldn’t part from it, so it was completed in one sitting.

Your favorite genre

Fantasy

I love the variety of stories and the magic and the wonder and especially the worldbuilding. I love it when the author so convinces me about their world that I want to visit it myself.

Preferred book size (novella, tome, etc.)

Novels and tomes

I hardly read tomes, lol, but if the series I’ve read were one book, then I’d have read several tomes. I just prefer chunkier stuff so the story and characters have time to develop.

Amount of books on your TBR

Too many

I consider the unread books I own and my Goodreads TBR as two different things. I intend/would like to read all the books I own; I don’t intend to read all the books on my Goodreads TBR. But both TBRs are large, so I won’t bother trying to figure out the number.

A book you DNF’d

Kink: Stories by R.O. Kwon (ed.) and Garth Greenwell (ed.)

I wasn’t feeling it. Wasn’t in the mood. (Trying not giggle here, lol. But I really think I picked it up at the wrong time.)

Recent awards or milestones

Umm…

WordPress just congratulated me for posting content 3 days in a row, so… that’s a milestone, I guess.

Maybe I’ll get another one today for posting 4 days in a row.

Best interaction with an author you enjoy

Marlon James and Nicole Dennis-Benn

Both are Jamaican authors and I met them both (at separate times) and was able to converse a little and get my books signed and take a photo, so that was great. I’m not too big on interacting with authors, but it was pretty cool to meet them and just share that I enjoy their work.

Average number of books you read per month

3 or 4

On a regular month pre-Covid when I had to travel to work and all, I’d average about 3-4. However, if I’m in a good reading mood and am not distracted by TV shows or Sims or visiting people and am working from home because of a pandemic, I can read a bit more, up to 6 or 7, maybe. Can’t remember.

Top 3 publishers

The spreadsheet I use to track my reading and the books I acquire really comes in handy for this.

Macmillan (because of Tor) for fantasy. So far, I’ve bought most of my books this year from them.

Random House — I’ve read mostly their books so far.

Image because I love their comics.

Social media sites your blog uses

Instagram

Other than here, I’m most active there.

Twitter

I hate Twitter, so I hardly use it other than to automatically share what I post on here or promote blog posts that are very interesting or something.

Facebook

I should delete it. I hardly ever use it.

Average amount of time you spend networking

1 hour

However, it can be more if I’m behind on visiting other blogs (and have time to sit and read). I don’t force it, but if I have time after work, I’ll blog-hop for up to an hour. I’ll read posts. I’ll always Like them, and I comment if I have something substantial to say. If I’m behind on posts, then I do a shortcut and catch up on only my top blogs.