Challenge: 50 Books discussion

Happy New year! I hit my goal early September in 2021 I always start with a 52 book goal ( avg 1/week) with the format of audio vs ebook/book being almost 50/50. While my book count is relevant I tend to focus more on my page and Listening hour count.

My focus this year ( at least on the ebook/book side) is to get through the backlog on my late mom's old Kindle. The battery is starting to wear down and I dont want to buy a new tablet/kindle just to read her library.
I need to figure out how to move those books to my library so that I don't have to split my time between reading tablets.
There are titles that will stretch my preference/comfort zone so we will see if that slows me down.

link to the 2022 list with access to my reviews. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'm sorry for you that your mom is no longer around to read her library, but I would imagine it's at least a little fun and heartwarming to read them for her. My mom's official to-read list would last her to the age 110, I think (she actually has it calculated), and she continues to add to it, so we often joke about how I'll inherit it from her :)

Happy reading!

Jan - 6books

Ebooks 3 books 853 pp
The Watchmaker's Daughter by C.J. Archer 295pp
The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado 325 pp Prime First Reads
Rosemary Rememberedby Susan Wittig Albert 233pp lib

Audio 3 books 33.5 hrs
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith 11.5 of 32.5 hrs ( 21 hrs read in 2021)
Death Come Quickly by Susan Wittig Albert 11 hrs
Fire and Ice (J.P. Beaumont #19) by J.A. Jance 11 hrs

good start for the year.....

Feb 5 books
E-book 3 bk 1053 pp
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 552pp moms kindle
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 481pp lib

Reference
Zentangle Basics: A Creative Art Form Where All You Need is Paper, Pencil & Pen by Suzanne McNeill 20 pp lib

Audio 2 bk 22.5 hrs lib
Murder at Half Moon Gate by Andrea Penrose 12.6 hr
The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy 9:50 hrs

March 5 books

e-book 2 bk 1095pp
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris 341 pp moms kindle
Echoes by Maeve Binchy 754 pp moms kindle


Audio 3 bk 33.6 hr lib
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny 12 hr
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary 9.6 hr
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult 12 hr

Q1 Totals
# books :16 Avg/week: 1.15 +2 DNF
# pages 3001 Avg/week: 231pp
# hrs: 89.6 Avg/week: 6.9 hrs
ahead of last year and goal....
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

In addition:
DNF ( both ebooks)
The Four Winds which I could not get into- I was getting annoyed pretty early on which is probably more on me but I could not see finishing.
Confessions of a Curious Bookseller - I keep trying to read a bit more then I get irritated with the tone and writing style but as I got this as a First read I have made several attempts to get through....

April 6 books

E-book 3bk 956pp
Backyard Starship by J.N. Chaney 585pp GRgaw
Ark by Veronica Roth 35pp prime SS
Fae Trials by Sofia Daniel 338pp prime


Audio 3 bk 22.75 hrs LIB
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey 6.75
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz 9 hrs
Game On: Stephanie Plum #28 by Janet Evanovich 7 hrs

May 4 books

E-book 1bk 327 pp
Tahira in Bloom by Farah Heron 327 pp Prime First Read

Audio 3 bk 38.25hrs all lib
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clintonand Louise Penny 15.75 hr
The Hollywood Spyby Susan Elia MacNeal 11.5hr
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn 11 hr

June
E-book 3 bk 697 pp
The Orchardistby Amanda Coplin 597pp mom's kindle
Randomize by Andy Weir 28 pp prime
Summer Frost by Blake Crouch 72 pp prime

Audio 3 bk 32 hrs all lib
French Braid by Anne Tyler 9 hrs
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card 13.5
Arrowood by Mick Finlay 9.5 hrs

Q2 Totals
# books : 16 appx 1.2/wk
4 ebooks +3 ss-># pages 1982 Avg/week: 152 pp
9 audio -> # hrs:93 Avg/week: 7.15

Mid year totals 32 + 2 dnf avg/wk 1.2
11 ebook +4 SS -> # pages 4983 Avg/week: 192pp
17 audio -> # hrs: 182.6 Avg/week: 7 hrs

in comparison to last year at this time:
overall book count is about the same; page (-170pp) and hour (-5) counts are a little lower due to short stories and dnfs etc

July 6 bks
E-Book 1125 pp
Out of the Shadows by Dana Fraedrich 434pp
The Braque ConnectionEstelle Ryan 330 pp
also reread The Dante Connection to refresh my memory 361 pp

Audio 36.75 hrs
Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich 7.25hrs
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult 21 hrs
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 8.5 hrs

Aug 6 books

ebook 2 bk 915 pp
Secret Lives by Diane Chamberlain 487 pp moms kindle
The Hunt Club by John Lescroart 428pp moms kindle

audio 4 bk 41.75 hrs
Run Rose Run by James PattersonDolly Parton 10.5 hrs
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams 11.25 hrs
Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz 10 hrs
Upgrade by Blake Crouch 10 hrs

September 4 bk+ 9 ss

Short stories 9 375 total pages
I decided to take advantage of Amazon Prime Reading offering of 2 short story series.
A Point in Time Series- historical fictionesque collection of stories about the pivotal moments.
Naomi's Gift by Martha Hall Kelly 53 pp
A Wild Rose by Fiona Davis 35 pp
Ash Wednesday by Paula McLain 35 pp
Landing by Olivia Hawker 33 pp
We Are Bone and Earth by Esi Edugyan 36 pp
Alison's Conviction by Thomas Keneally 35 pp

The Forward Collection - Scifi authors tell stories of emerging technology ( I read 3 of them in April and June)
Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin 38 pp
You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles 54pp
The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay 56 pp

e-book 2 bk 719 pp
The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen 401 pp
River Bones by Mary Deal 318 pp

Audio 2 bk 25.5 hrs
A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn 12.5 hrs
Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas 13 hrs

Q3 Totals
# books : 16 + 9 Short stories appx 1.2/wk
7 ebooks + 9 SS ># pages 3134 Avg/week: 241.5 pp
9 audio -> # hrs:104 Avg/week: 8.3


2022 YTD
total cnt: 57: (44+ 13 SS )+2 dnf
18 ebook + 13 SS -> # pages 8117 Avg/week: 208 pp
26 audio -> # hrs: 286.6 Avg/week: 7.33 hrs


In comp to last 4 years
book count ( 2021:60; 2020:43 2019: 52 2018:51) and
pg count (2021:9656; 2020 : 7597 2019:9325 2018: 7926)
and hrs e( 2021: 341.5; 2020:248 2019:218 2018:359)

Oct 4 books +1 SS

ebook 625 pp
The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly 358 pp
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 260 pp moms kindle

audio 25 hrs
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd 13.5 hrs
by Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs 10.5 hrs
The Marriage of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King 1 hrs

Nov 5 bks

ebook all on Mom's kindle 1147 pp
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 505 pp
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear 321 pp
Christmas Crazy by Kathi Daley 321 pp

Audio all from the libary 23.2 hrs
A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King 10.5 hrs
The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny 12.7 hrs

Dec finished 3 books

ebook 1029 pp
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah 479pp
I also ready 550 pp of Go Tell the Bees that I Am Gone ( not to mention skimming through several hundred pgs of Written in My Own Heart's Blood to refresh my memory on some storylines)

Audio 40.5 hrs
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn 10.25 hr
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult 15.25 hrs
I listened to 15 hrs of The Overstory

Q4 totals
12 books + 1 SS 1/wk
6 Ebooks -> 2801 pp 215pp/wk
6 Audio + 1 SS 89.7 hrs 6.9hr/wk

https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_i...

2022 Totals
total cnt: 70: (56+ 14 SS )+2 dnf
24 ebook + 13 SS -> # pages 11011 Avg/week: 212 pp
32 audio + 1 SS-> # hrs: 376.3 Avg/week: 7.24 hrs

other notes:
59% are from the library ( all the audio and 6 of theebook)
19% came from Amazon Prime Read ( which is Amazons library)
I got through 12 of the books on my mother's Kindle
77% are from female authors.
I still review each book some in more detail than others
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Comparison to previous years
2022 70 11011pp 376.3 hrs
2021 77 13443pp 457 hrs
2020 66 10305pp 311 hrs
2019 72 11276pp 327.7 hrs
2018 69 10407pp 443.5 hrs