Category: Monthly Wrap Up

Um, yeah, so I’m not really sure what happened, but all of a sudden I was constantly reading! I couldn’t stop myself! Not that I’m really complaining, but it was definitely a pleasant surprise. I read a lot of good books this month.

Since I’m 100% certain I’m not going to be able to finish up what I’m reading tonight, here’s what I read in August:

Visually:

No DNF’s this month. However, I will probably be returning Swanson’s “Bloody Crimes” back to the library, unread. I was so excited to see it on the shelf and snatched it up. But I just haven’t been in the mood for it. Maybe someday, but not right now.

Statistically:

• Books Read: 9
• Pages Read: 2,947
• Rating Breakdown:
  * 5/5 – 3
  *4.5/5 – 1
  *4/5 – 1
  *3.5/5 – 3
  *3/5 – 1
• New Authors: 3
• Fiction: 8
• Non-Fiction: 1
• Favorite For the Month: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
• Least Favorite For the Month: Ooh, that’s a toughie, because none of the books I read this month were particularly bad! I guess if I had to choose,  Connected by Kathryn Gayle
• Number of Books I Acquired This Month: 24
• Number of Books I Sent to New Homes This Month: 20

Another month gone by! And a great month of reading it was, if I may say so myself! I read 7 books, that’s the most I’ve read all year in a single month. And they were very good books as well. I hope that this means that the reading slump I’ve been in is now past me.

Visually:

I had no DNF’s this month 🙂

Statistically:

• Books Read: 7
• Pages Read: 2,541
• Rating Breakdown:
• 5/5 – 3
• 4/5 – 3
• 3.5/5 – 1
• New Authors: 5
• Fiction: 7
• Non-Fiction: 0
• Favorite For the Month: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Least Favorite For the Month: Honestly, I can’t pick a least favorite, I enjoyed them all!
• Number of Books I Acquired This Month: 36
• Number of Books I Sent to New Homes This Month: 14

I would really like to know where these months keep going. It’s like I blink and another month is gone. Ahh. Oh well. June was a pretty good month for me.

Visually:

DNF #4:

Statistically:

• Books Read: 6
• Pages Read: 2,310
• Rating Breakdown:
• 5/5 – 2
• 4.5/5 – 1
• 4/5 – 3
• 3/5 – 0
• New Authors: 3
• Fiction: 6
• Non-Fiction: 0
• Favorite For the Month: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
• Least Favorite For the Month: What Alice Knew by Paula Marantz Cohen
• Number of Books I Acquired This Month: 15
• Number of Books I Sent to New Homes This Month: 16

Well, I have definitely had a whirlwind May 🙂 Our trip to Alaska was amazing, we had absolutely GORGEOUS weather the entire time that we were there! In addition to the things we saw, I caught a rare rockfish, I walked on a glacier, I zip lined, and I went whitewater rafting. Talk about knocking some pretty awesome stuff off my bucket list! Anyways, I will write a more detailed post on our trip (with pictures) a little later on – I only have 996 pictures to go through and pick out the best ones … that should keep me busy for a while! (Note to self: never let my husband have the camera on vacation again, I wouldn’t have taken half the pictures he did) For now, I’m just going to do my monthly reading wrap-up. Here goes:

Visually:

Statistically:

• Books Read: 5
• Pages Read: 1,974
• Rating Breakdown:
• 5/5 – 0
• 4.5/5 – 1
• 4/5 – 3
• 3/5 – 1
• New Authors: 2
• Fiction: 5
• Non-Fiction: 0
• Favorite For the Month: The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark
• Least Favorite For the Month: The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson
• Number of Books I Acquired This Month: 8
• Number of Books I Sent to New Homes This Month: 5

Another month gone by. Yikes. I just don’t know where the time seems to be going. Pretty soon I will be winging and then sailing my way toward Alaska!!! YAY!! I need a vacation so bad it’s not even funny. And with the flooding issues that Paducah has been facing this past week, well let’s just say that my husband (being the stormwater and drainage engineer for the city) needs the vacation as well. Anyways, I’m very pleased as to where my reading took me this month. So without further ado:

Visually:

I had my second DNF of the year:

Statistically:

• Books Read: 5
• Pages Read: 1,939
• Rating Breakdown:
  • 5/5 –
  • 4/5 – 4
  • 3/5 – 1
• New Authors: 0
• Fiction: 5
• Non-Fiction: 0
• Favorite For the Month: Breakneck by Erica Spindler
• Least Favorite For the Month: Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (DNF)
• Number of Books I Acquired This Month: 6
• Number of Books I Sent to New Homes This Month: 6

March was another good month for me. I can’t believe that the first quarter of 2011 is already over! It has flown by! Overall, I’ve had a good first quarter reading wise. I’ve also decided to step away from accepting books for review from publishers/authors/publicists. This is actually a great relief for me. And let me just add that I think this was the BEST month reading-wise I’ve had in a VERY long time!!! Anyways, here’s what my reading looked like in March:

Visually:

Statistically:

• Books Read: 6
• Pages Read: 2,387
• Rating Breakdown:
  • 5/5 – 4
  • 4/5 – 2
• New Authors: 3
• Fiction: 6
• Non-Fiction: 0
• Favorite For the Month: The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
• Least Favorite For the Month: Although I enjoyed all of these books, Blood of My Brother by James LePore was my least-liked book for the month
• Number of Books I Acquired This Month: *ducking head in shame*: 43
• Number of Books I Sent to New Homes This Month: *smiling from ear-to-ear, because this number is higher than the amount of books coming in*: 48

February has been a good month. I started a new series and read the first three books! Overall, I’ve had a good reading month.

Visually:

I had my first DNF of the year:

Statistically:

• Books Read: 5
• Pages Read: 1,971
• Rating Breakdown:
  • 5/5 – 2
  • 4/5 – 3
• New Authors: 1
• Fiction: 5
• Non-Fiction: 0
• Favorite For the Month: The Tenth Justice by Brad Meltzer
• Least Favorite For the Month: A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick (DNF)
• Number of Books I Acquired This Month: 17
• Number of Books I Sent to New Homes This Month: 22

I feel as if I started January out pretty solidly. I was able to finish 5 books this month.

Here’s a visual of the books I read (clicking on the individual books will take you to my review).

I read three Patterson books this month, something that I don’t usually do with his books. However, I am close to catching up with this series and I would like to get caught up with a series before I start a new-to-me series (and I’m itching to start a new series!)

Briefly:

• I worked on two series this month – Alex Cross and Taylor Jackson
• I read one author debut (Where Are the Children?)
• Although I had two books that I rated 5/5 this month, I highly doubt either of them will make my Top 10 books at the end of the year.

Statistically:

• Books Read: 5
• Pages Read:  1,869
• Rating Breakdown:
  • 5/5 – 2
  • 4/5 – 1
  • 3.5/5 – 1
  • 3/5 – 1
• New Authors: 0
• Fiction: 5
• Non-Fiction: 0
• Favorite For the Month: Where Are the Children by Mary Higgins Clark
• Least Favorite For the Month: Cross Country by James Patterson