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Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2020

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78 of 448 pages 416 pages177 pages300 pages (🎧)
★☆☆☆☆★★☆☆☆★★★★☆★★★★☆
272 pages112 pages323 pages (🎧)450 pages (🎧)
★★★★☆★★★★☆★★☆☆☆★★★★☆
384 pages (🎧)552 pages (🎧)382 pages (🎧)416 pages (🎧)
★★★☆☆★★★★☆★★★☆☆★★★★★
448 pages352 pages
★★★★☆★★★☆☆

Total pages: 4,142
Total books: 13 full + 1 partial
Average rating: 3.36 stars

Monthly Motif is a reading challenge hosted by girlxoxo.

March’s theme was sub-genre sound off, or, more specifically, “choose a sub-genre of your favorite genre and read a book from it.” I ended up choosing YA historical fiction and read four books:

I finished a total of 14 books in March, for a total of 44 so far in 2020!

What’s in a Name is hosted by Andrea @ Carolina Book Nook.

In March, I crossed off “an antonym” with Quiet Girl in a Noisy World.

The Audiobook Challenge is hosted by Hot Listens & Caffeinated Reviewer.

I set a goal of listening to 50 audiobooks in 2020, and I listened to 7 in March. I’m now at 32 total for the year!

(The 🎧 on my page count shows all my audiobook listens.)

How did March go for you? Are you doing any reading challenges? Let’s talk in the comments!

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Monthly Wrap-Up: February 2020

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111 of 448 pages 288 pages (🎧)336 pages (🎧)272 pages (🎧)
—★★★★☆★★☆☆☆★★★☆☆
432 pages (🎧)336 pages384 pages (🎧)296 pages (🎧)
★★☆☆☆★★★☆☆★★★★☆★★★☆☆
192 pages (🎧)414 pages336 pages405 pages (🎧)
★★★☆☆★★★★☆★★★★☆★★★☆☆
448 pages (🎧)352 pages (🎧)278 pages
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆★★★★★

DNFs

229 of 544 pages (🎧)

Total pages: 5,109
Total books: 14 full + 2 partial
Average rating: 3.28 stars

  • BEST ADULT: Definitely Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow. I’d give it six stars if I could.
  • BEST YA: Definitely Heartstopper. I need the second volume immediately.

Monthly Motif is a reading challenge hosted by girlxoxo.

February’s theme was seeing red, or, more specifically, “a book with the word ‘red’ in the title or a book with a red-ish cover.” I didn’t expect to struggle with this one, but nothing I really wanted to read in February had a red cover! Eventually, I found How Music Got Free, which worked.

I finished a total of 14 books in February, for a total of 30 so far in 2020!

What’s in a Name is hosted by Andrea @ Carolina Book Nook.

I didn’t cross off any new prompts in February, but I did get another book for “a given/first name.”

The Audiobook Challenge is hosted by Hot Listens & Caffeinated Reviewer.

I set a goal of listening to 50 audiobooks in 2020, and I listened to 11 in February. At 25 total so far this year, I’m already halfway to my goal!

(The 🎧 on my page count shows all my audiobook listens.)

How did February go for you? Are you doing any reading challenges? Let’s talk in the comments!

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Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2020

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259 of 448 pages 557 pages (🎧)432 pages (🎧)162 pages (🎧)
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388 pages (🎧)384 pages303 pages (🎧)320 pages (🎧)
★★★☆☆★★☆☆☆★★★★☆★★★☆☆
208 pages (🎧)256 pages (🎧)336 pages (🎧)336 pages (🎧)
★★★★☆★★★★☆★★★☆☆★★☆☆☆
403 pages (🎧)369 pages (🎧)337 pages (🎧)320 pages (🎧)
★★☆☆☆★★★★☆★★☆☆☆★★★☆☆
345 pages
★★★★☆

DNFs

none in January!

Total pages: 5,715
Total books: 16 full + 1 partial
Average rating: 3.27 stars

  • BEST ADULT: It has to be Stiff by Mary Roach. This book was funny and informative!
  • BEST YA: It was a tough decision, but I think Together We Caught Fire by Eva V. Gibson is the winner. I read most of this book in one sitting because I had to know how everything would end.
  • BEST MG: In December it was Small Spaces, and in January it’s Dead Voices, both by Katherine Arden. I love this series.

2020’s reading challenges are off to a great start!

Monthly Motif is a reading challenge hosted by girlxoxo.

January’s theme was winter wonderland, or, more specifically, “a book set in a truly wonderful place – somewhere you’ve always thought was beautiful, somewhere with a wonderfully rich culture, a snowy setting, or maybe even a magical realm.” I think a lot of books I read could qualify for this, but the first one I used toward the prompt was:

I finished a total of 16 books in January, putting me off to a great start!

What’s in a Name is hosted by Andrea @ Carolina Book Nook.

I crossed off three of the six prompts in January:

The Audiobook Challenge is hosted by Hot Listens & Caffeinated Reviewer.

I set a goal of listening to 50 audiobooks in 2020, and I listened to 14 in January. If I can keep listening at this rate, I’ll have no problem completing this challenge!

(The 🎧 on my page count shows all my audiobook listens.)

How did January go for you? Are you doing any reading challenges? Let’s talk in the comments!

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Monthly Wrap-Up: December 2019

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I’m trying something different for 2020 and, instead of doing a bunch of separate posts about the previous month, I’m just doing one big one!

419 pages (🎧)152 pages296 pages (🎧)357 pages (🎧)
★★☆☆☆★☆☆☆☆★★★★☆★★★☆☆
371 pages (🎧)784 pages (🎧)221 pages (🎧)224 pages (🎧)
★★★★☆★★☆☆☆★★★☆☆★★★☆☆
218 pages (🎧)400 pages (🎧)448 pages (🎧)320 pages (🎧)
★★★★☆★★★☆☆★★★★☆★★★☆☆
392 pages (🎧)450 pages (🎧)222 pages60 of 287 pages
★★★☆☆★★★★☆★★★★★—
262 of 312 pages229 of 305 pages
★☆☆☆☆★★★☆☆

DNFs

8 pages (🎧)32 pages (🎧)9 pages (🎧)24 pages (🎧)

Total pages: 5,898
Total books: 15 full + 3 partial + 4 DNFs
Average rating: 3.06 stars

Fun fact! In 2019 as a whole, I read 47,140 pages!

  • BEST OF THE MONTH: 100%, without a doubt, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty. This was the exact right mix of funny and informative and I loved it.
  • BEST YA: Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy! I read a bunch of Julie Murphy at the end of 2019 and I loved everything, but Dumplin‘ was definitely my favorite.
  • BEST MG: I’m not into spooky stuff, but Small Spaces by Katherine Arden was just the right amount of spooky for me! (Which makes sense, I guess, since it’s middle grade.) This was so much better than I’d expected.

I’m happy to share that I finished all of my reading challenges with plenty of time to spare!

Monthly Motif is a reading challenge hosted by girlxoxo.

December’s theme was last chance, meaning finally getting to any books that you’ve been putting off for one reason or another. I decided to just go with it and see what library holds came in. I ended up reading:

I finished a total of 17 books in December, bringing me to a total of 177 books in 2019.

Popsugar hosts a reading challenge every year.
You can find out more information on their website.

I made the executive decision to forgo one of the Popsugar prompts (a reread of a favorite book) because I don’t like rereading things and I’m an adult, so I can do what I want. I did cross off all of the other prompts, though.

I used the Gilmore Girls book list for help with that prompt, because I legitimately had no idea. I hardly ever watch things.

Romanceopoly is a reading challenge hosted by
Under the Covers and Peace Love Books.

I didn’t think I’d be able to do it, but I did it. All of the romanceopoly prompts are checked off! In December, I checked off:

I also made the decision not to do the photo challenges with this one.

I think this will be the last Killing the TBR update for a while since I’m going to pause this challenge for the foreseeable future, but I did finish Make Me Bad and The Boyfriend App, both of which I’ve had for a while.

How did December go for you? Did you meet all of your goals? Let’s talk in the comments!

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Page Count: November 2019

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Once again, WWW Wednesday is on hold, this time because I was so busy with traveling that I forgot to post this on December 1. So, finally, here is November’s page count. You could say that I went a little crazy with the audiobooks in November, but you know… I enjoyed myself.

320 pages (🎧)368 pages (🎧)304 pages (🎧)288 pages (🎧)
★★★☆☆★★★★★★★★★☆★★★★☆
288 pages (🎧)336 pages (🎧)408 pages (🎧)127 pages
★★☆☆☆★★★★★★★★☆☆★★☆☆☆
400 pages (🎧)339 pages (🎧)153 pages (🎧)438 pages (🎧)
★★★★☆★★★★★★★★☆☆★★★★☆
241 pages (🎧)295 pages (🎧)136 pages343 pages (🎧)
★★★★☆★☆☆☆☆★★★★☆★★★★☆
272 pages (🎧)172 pages348 pages (🎧)52 of 87 pages
★★★★★★★☆☆☆★★★☆☆★★★☆☆
377 pages (🎧)398 pages (🎧)50 of 312 pages76 of 305 pages
★★★☆☆★★★☆☆——
144 pages301 pages (🎧)400 pages (🎧)400 pages (🎧)
★★★☆☆★★★★☆★★★★☆★★★★☆

DNFs

24 pages (🎧)27 pages (🎧)18 pages (🎧)

Total pages: 7,974
Total books: 26 full + 2 partial + 3 DNFs
Average rating: 3.5 stars

How did November go for you? Did you read as much as you hoped?

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Page Count: October 2019

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October was the month when I started listening to audiobooks again! I had so much fun listening to audiobooks while working, and I found that listerning to an audiobook actually makes it easier to concentrate than hearing my coworkers’ 500 conversations does.

last 317 pages318 pages (🎧)602 pages (🎧)304 pages (🎧)
★★☆☆☆★★★★☆★★☆☆☆★★★★☆
288 pages (🎧)336 pages (🎧)448 pages (🎧)240 pages (🎧)
★☆☆☆☆★★★★☆★★★★☆★★★☆☆
226 pages (🎧)96 of 368 pages46 pages368 pages (🎧)
★★★★☆—★★★★☆★★☆☆☆
303 pages (🎧)244 pages (🎧)328 pages (🎧)384 pages (🎧)
★★★☆☆★★★☆☆★☆☆☆☆★☆☆☆☆
464 pages (🎧)308 pages (🎧)311 pages (🎧)25 of 87 pages
★☆☆☆☆★★★★★★★★★☆—
259 pages (🎧)
★★★★☆

Total pages: 6,311
Total books: 19 + 2 partial
Average rating: 2.95 stars

How did October go for you? Did you read as much as you hoped?

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Page Count: September 2019

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Between a long-distance move and starting a new job, I fully expected to read about two books this month, so I’m pretty happy with this total! I’m also happy that I had the highest average rating since November 2018!

432 pages384 pages128 pages128 pages
★★★★☆ ★★★★★★★★★☆ ★★★★☆
80 pages128 pages126 pages112 pages
★★☆☆☆★★★★☆★★★★☆★★★☆☆
first 100 pages
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Total pages: 1,618
Total books: 8 (+ 1 partial book)
Average rating: 3.75 stars

How did September go for you? Did you read as much as you hoped?

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