Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2020

259 of 448 pages	557 pages (🎧)	432 pages (🎧)	162 pages (🎧)
—	★★★☆☆	★★☆☆☆	★★★★☆
388 pages (🎧)	384 pages	303 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:

• The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

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:

• 4 letters or less (twice!)
• a given/first name
• one of the 4 natural elements (water, air, fire, earth)

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.)

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Monthly Wrap-Up: December 2019

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 pages	296 pages (🎧)	357 pages (🎧)
★★☆☆☆	★☆☆☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆
371 pages (🎧)	784 pages (🎧)	221 pages (🎧)	224 pages (🎧)
★★★★☆	★★☆☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆
218 pages (🎧)	400 pages (🎧)	448 pages (🎧)	320 pages (🎧)
★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆
392 pages (🎧)	450 pages (🎧)	222 pages	60 of 287 pages
★★★☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★★★	—
262 of 312 pages	229 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:

• A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
• The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
• Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (which had been on my TBR since 2012)

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.

• a book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie

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:

• warriors way (DNF, but I tried)
• london street
• mayfair (DNF, but I tried)
• mystery #1
• mystery #3
• military mews (DNF, but I tried)
• bad boy circus

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.

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Page Count: November 2019

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 pages	343 pages (🎧)
★★★★☆	★☆☆☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆
272 pages (🎧)	172 pages	348 pages (🎧)	52 of 87 pages
★★★★★	★★☆☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆
377 pages (🎧)	398 pages (🎧)	50 of 312 pages	76 of 305 pages
★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆	—	—
144 pages	301 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

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Page Count: October 2019

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 pages	318 pages (🎧)	602 pages (🎧)	304 pages (🎧)
★★☆☆☆	★★★★☆	★★☆☆☆	★★★★☆
288 pages (🎧)	336 pages (🎧)	448 pages (🎧)	240 pages (🎧)
★☆☆☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆
226 pages (🎧)	96 of 368 pages	46 pages	368 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

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Page Count: September 2019

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 pages	384 pages	128 pages	128 pages
★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★★★☆
80 pages	128 pages	126 pages	112 pages
★★☆☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆
first 100 pages
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Total pages: 1,618
Total books: 8 (+ 1 partial book)
Average rating: 3.75 stars

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Page Count: August 2019

I definitely read less in August than I have in previous months, but I’m actually pretty proud of the amount of reading I got done considering everything else that was going on in my life!

238 pages	224 pages	112 pages	112 pages
★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★☆☆☆	★★★☆☆
334 of 384 pages	99 of 337 pages	368 pages	112 pages
★★★☆☆	★★☆☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★☆
112 pages
★★★★☆

Total pages: 1,711
Total books: 9
Average rating: 3.00 stars

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Page Count: July 2019

I feel like I say this every month, but how is it possibly time for another one of these wrap-up posts? July went by so quickly and I just can’t believe it’s already over.

208 pages	208 pages	68 pages	224 pages
★★★☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★★★
288 pages	304 pages	224 pages	80 pages
★☆☆☆☆	★★★★★	★★★☆☆	★★☆☆☆
read to page 50	read to page 238	300 pages	121 pages
—	—	★★★☆☆	★★☆☆☆
224 pages
★★★☆☆

Total pages: 2,537
Total books: 12 (+ 2 partial books)
Average rating: 2.92 stars

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