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My January reads!
Goal: 3000 pages. 10 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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January 1-10:
The Most Boring Book Ever, pp 1-48 = 48 pp ✔
The Crimson Crown, pp 272-544 = 272 pp ✔
Moon Over Soho, pp 1-396 = 396 pp ✔
Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery, pp 1-304 = 304 pp ✔
Whispers Under Ground, pp 1-429 = 429 pp ✔
Discovery of the Wanderlust: A Tri-Galactic Trek Novel, pp 1-110 pp
❄️daily tally: 1559 pp
January 11-20:
Discovery of the Wanderlust: A Tri-Galactic Trek Novel, pp 110-220 = 110 pp ✔
Rieden Reece and the Virtual Girl: A Middle-Grade Sci-Fi Adventure, pp 1-286 = 286 pp ✔
Zodiac Rising, pp 1-416 = 416 pp ✔
Starter Villain, pp 1-264 = 264 pp ✔
Labrador Lieutenant: Chronicles of Tri-Galactic Trek, pp 1-75 = 75 pp ✔
Nettle & Bone, pp 1-60 = 60 pp
Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek, pp 1-173 = 173 pp
❄️daily tally: 1384 pp
January 21-31:
Nettle & Bone, pp 60-262 = 202 pp ✔
Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek, pp 173-480 = 307 pp ✔
Careful What You Hear, pp 1-208 = 208 pp ✔
And Then She Vanished, pp 1-350 = 350 pp ✔
If I Stopped Haunting You, pp 1-320 = 320 pp ✔
The Legend of Black Jack, pp 1-495 = 495 pp ✔
A Tale for the Time Being, pp 1-52 = 52 pp
❄️daily tally: 1934 pp
Total Pages Read: 4877 pp
Books Finished: 16
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General Fiction:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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My February reads!
Goal: 3000 pages. 10 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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February 1-14:
Ex Marks the Spot, pp 1-384 = 384 pp ✔
Good Dirt, pp 1-368 = 368 pp ✔
Once a Queen, pp 1-386 = 386 pp ✔
The Forest Grimm, pp 1-400 = 400 pp ✔
The Crimes of Rooker Flynn, pp 1-76 = 76 pp
❄️daily tally: 1614 pp
February 15-February 28:
The Kaiju Preservation Society, pp 1-261 = 261 pp ✔
❄️daily tally: 261 pp
Total Pages Read: 1875 pp
Books Finished: 5
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Plays, Poetry, and Romance:
(not finished)Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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My March reads!
Goal: 3000 pages. 10 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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March 1-31:
The Crimes of Rooker Flynn, pp 76-375 = 299 pp ✔
Truth and Transformation, pp 1-321 = 321 pp ✔
As Far As The Eye Can See, pp 1-100 = 100 pp ✔
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures, pp 1-468 = 468 pp ✔
The Trial of Rooker Flynn, pp 1-370 = 370 pp ✔
A Tale for the Time Being, pp 52-432 = 380 pp ✔
The Shadows of London, pp 1-350 = 350 pp ✔
The Observer Effect, pp 1-390 = 390 pp ✔
I Leave It Up to You, pp 1-320 = 320 pp ✔
The Library Game, pp 1-320 = 320 pp ✔
The Quantum Chain, pp 1-350 = 350 pp ✔
Once a Castle, pp 1-418 = 418 pp ✔
Scarlet Hunger: A Nile Ghost Story, pp 1-262 = 262 pp ✔
❄️daily tally: 4058 pp
Total Pages Read: 4058 pp
Books Finished: 13
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Mystery and Suspense:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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My April reads!
Goal: 2500 pages. 8 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
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April 1-31:
The Familiar, pp 1-387 = 387 pp ✔
Rebellion 1776, pp 1-412 = 412 pp ✔
Selena Flowers and the Cursed Ruby, pp 1-340 = 340 pp ✔
Junie, pp 1-368 = 368 pp ✔
A Drop of Corruption, pp 1-465 = 465 pp ✔
The Brothers Finn and the Hidden Hills Hunt, pp 1-111 = 111 pp ✔
Those Fatal Flowers, pp 1-384 = 384 pp ✔
LICKED: A Warrior Hearts Academy Prequel, pp 1-232 = 232 pp ✔
The House in the Cerulean Sea, pp 1-394 = 394 pp ✔
Saltwater, pp 1-336 = 336 pp ✔
Somewhere Beyond the Sea, pp 1-416 = 416 pp ✔
❄️daily tally:
Total Pages Read: 3845 pp
Books Finished: 11
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Western, Humor, Adventure:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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My April reads!
Goal: 2500 pages. 8 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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May 1-31:
Paris Undercover, pp 1-448 = 448 pp ✔
As Old as Time, pp 1-496 = 496 pp ✔
The Dragon's Apprentice, pp 1-240 = 240 pp ✔
Wholehearted Faith, pp 1-224 = 224 pp ✔
Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand, pp 1-336 = 336 pp ✔
Murder by Cheesecake, pp 1-336 =336 pp ✔
The Secret History of Audrey James, pp 1-473 = 473 pp ✔
Under the Whispering Door, pp 1-390 = 390 pp ✔
Foster, pp 1-128 = 128 pp ✔
How to Chain Your Dragons: A Science Fiction Adventure Romance, pp 1-391 = 391 pp ✔
Blood of Drakgar: Bound by Freedom: A Science Fiction Fantasy with Dragons, Rebellion, and Slowburn Romance, pp 1-340 = 340 pp
The Wandering Inn, pp 1-680 = 680 pp
❄️daily tally: 4482 pp
Total Pages Read: 4482 pp
Books Finished: 10
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Female Authors:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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My June reads!
Goal: 2500 pages. 8 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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June 1-30:
Blood of Drakgar: Bound by Freedom: A Science Fiction Fantasy with Dragons, Rebellion, and Slowburn Romance, pp 340-516 = 176 pp ✔
The Wandering Inn, pp 680-1235 = 555 pp ✔
Fae and Fare, pp 1-1718 = 1718 pp ✔
Flowers of Esthelm, pp 1-1008 = 1008 pp ✔
My Friends, pp 1-448 = 448 pp ✔
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, pp 1-400 = 400 pp ✔
The Scorpion and the Night Blossom, pp 1-400 = 400 pp ✔
Chasing Moonflowers: A Gothic Historical Fantasy, pp 1-312 = 312 pp ✔
Knave of Diamonds, pp 1-337 = 337 pp ✔
Nobody in Particular, pp 1-352 = 352 pp ✔
This American Woman: A One-In-A-Billion Memoir, pp 1-334 = 334 pp ✔
Selena Flowers and the Phantom Tides, pp 1-340 = 340 pp ✔
We Can Never Leave, pp 1-100 = 100 pp
Total Pages Read: 6480 pp
Books Finished: 12
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Fantasy, Graphic Novels:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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My July reads!
Goal: 2500 pages. 8 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
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July 1-31:
We Can Never Leave, pp 100-320 = 220 pp ✔
Tricks of Fortune, pp 1-352 = 352 pp ✔
Stargirl, pp 1-186 = 186 pp ✔
The Bean Trees, pp 1-342 = 342 pp ✔
Tri-Galactic Trek, pp 1-228 = 228 pp ✔
The Bletchley Riddle, pp 1-400 = 400 pp ✔
Ban This Book, pp 1-257 = 257 pp ✔
Collie Commander: Chronicles of Tri-Galactic Trek, pp 1-86 = 86 pp ✔
Arctic Fox Android: Chronicles of Tri-Galactic Trek, pp 1-140 = 140 pp ✔
The Language of the Birds, pp 1-368 = 368 pp ✔
Rieden Reece and the Dark Shadow, pp 1-276 = 276 pp ✔
These Heathens, pp 1-272 = 272 pp ✔
It Rhymes With Takei, pp 1-336 = 336 pp ✔
The Girls Who Grew Big, pp 1-512 = 512 pp ✔
Troubling Tonsils!, pp 1-86 = 86 pp ✔
Skeleton Cat and the Massacre at Sundae Seven, pp 1-88 = 88 pp ✔
Pigs in Heaven, pp 1-211 = 211 pp
Murder in Old Bombay, pp 1-160 = 160 pp
Karthik Delivers, pp 1-76 = 76 pp
Total Pages Read: 4596 pp
Books Finished: 16
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Children's and YA:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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My August reads!
Goal: 2500 pages. 8 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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August 1-31:
Murder in Old Bombay, pp 160-400 = 240 pp ✔
Dead Outlaw, 1:42:26 ✔
The Bewitching, pp 1-359 = 359 pp ✔
Project Hail Mary, pp 1-549 = 549 ✔
Rook's Gambit, pp 1-490 = 490 ✔
Peril at the Exposition, pp 1-400 = 400 ✔
Ursine Exchange Officer: Chronicles of Tri-Galactic Trek, pp 1-118 = 118 pp ✔
The Spanish Diplomat's Secret, pp 1-320 = 320 pp ✔
A Disgraceful Embrace, pp 1-43 = 43 pp ✔
Lavender House, pp 1-256 = 256 pp ✔
The Bell in the Fog, pp 1-265 = 265 pp ✔
Rough Pages, pp 1-259 = 259 pp ✔
Chasing Shadows, pp 1-434 = 434 pp ✔
Market of the Never Setting Sun, pp 1-200 = 200 pp ✔
Karthik Delivers, pp 76-273 = 197 pp ✔
Pigs in Heaven, pp 211-384 = 173 pp ✔
Seraphina Grey and the Carnival of Nightmares, pp 1-68 = 68 pp
The Silversmith's Puzzle, pp 1-42 = 42 pp
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, pp 1-257 = 257 pp
Total Pages Read: 4670 pp + 1:42:26
Books Finished: 16
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Memoirs, Biographies, and Travel:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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My September reads!
Goal: 2500 pages. 8 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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September 1-30:
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, pp 257-694 = 437 pp ✔
Seraphina Grey and the Carnival of Nightmares, pp 68-678 = 610 pp ✔
Lulu's Walkabout: Never Setting Sun, pp 1-14 = 14 pp ✔
This Inevitable Ruin, pp 1-724 = 724 pp ✔
The Silversmith's Puzzle, pp 42-320 = 278 pp ✔
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man), pp 1-336 = 336 pp ✔
Little Movements: A Novel, pp 1-256 = 256 pp ✔
Faces of Fear: A Teen & Young Adult Supernatural Thriller, pp 1-206 = 206 pp ✔
Three Blue Hearts, pp 1-288 = 288 pp ✔
Winter Solstice, pp 1-1109 = 1109 pp ✔
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer, pp 1-320 = 320 pp ✔
Field of Frights, pp 1-200 = 200 pp
The Last Light, pp 1-358 = 358 pp
Total Pages Read: 5136 pp
Books Finished: 11
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Science Fiction/Dystopia:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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My October reads!
Goal: 2500 pages. 8 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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October 1-31:
Field of Frights, pp 200-208 = 8 pp ✔
The Last Light, pp 358-1791 = 1433 pp ✔
The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar, pp 1-384 = 384 pp ✔
Mirage City, pp 1-272 = 272 pp ✔
Sonora, pp 1-400 = 400 pp ✔
Penric’s Demon, pp 1-139 = 139 pp ✔
Penric and the Shaman, pp 1-160 = 160 pp ✔
Penric's Fox, pp 1-112 = 112 pp ✔
Masquerade in Lodi, pp 1-125 = 125 pp ✔
Penric’s Mission, pp 1-139 = 139 pp ✔
Mira’s Last Dance, 1-110 = 110 pp ✔
The Prisoner of Limnos, pp 1-138 = 138 pp ✔
The Orphans of Raspay, pp 1-127 = 127 pp ✔
The Quantum Revelations, pp 1-480 = 480 pp ✔
The Physicians of Vilnoc, pp 1-126 = 126 pp ✔
The Assassins of Thasalon, pp 1-308 = 308 pp ✔
King of the Neuro Verse, pp 1-256 = 256 pp ✔
Total Pages Read: 4717 pp
Books Finished: 17
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Supernatural, Thriller, Horror:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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My November reads!
Goal: 2500 pages. 8 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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November 1-30:
Knot of Shadows, pp 1-114 = 114 pp ✔
Demon Daughter, pp 1-153 = 153 pp ✔
Penric and the Bandit, pp 1-123 = 123 pp ✔
The Adventure of the Demonic Ox, pp 1-139 pp ✔
The Cats of Caylor Academy: The Oceanus Sapphire, pp 1-244 = 244 pp ✔
Beautiful Brutal Bodies, pp 1-336 = 336 pp ✔
Where There's Room For Us, pp 1-320 = 320 pp ✔
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity, Vol. 1, pp 1-198 = 198 pp ✔
A Hexing Holiday, pp 1-318 = 318 pp ✔
The Hallowed Hunt, pp 1-448 = 448 pp ✔
Reasons We Break, pp 1-485 = 485 pp ✔
The Curse of Chalion, pp 1-512 = 512 pp ✔
Totem Trouble, pp 1-257 = 257 pp ✔
Paladin of Souls, pp 1-515 = 515 pp ✔
Total Pages Read: 4162 pp
Books Finished: 14
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Historical Fiction, Nonfiction:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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My December reads!
Goal: 2500 pages. 8 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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December 1-31:
Joni Jones and the Ghost Train, pp 1-298 = 298 pp ✔
The Thursday Murder Club, pp 1-382 = 382 pp ✔
Joni Jones and the Ghosts of Gower: Book 2, pp 1-250 = 250 pp ✔
The Man Who Died Twice, pp 1-422 = 422 pp ✔
The Land: Founding, pp 1-292 = 292 pp ✔
The Land: Forging, pp 1-382 = 382 pp ✔
The Talismiths: The Secret Saboteur, pp 1-314 = 314 pp ✔
The Bullet That Missed, pp 1-413 = 413 pp ✔
Tidespeaker, pp 1-384 = 384 pp ✔
The Last Devil to Die, pp 1-67 = 67 pp
Total Pages Read: 3204 pp
Books Finished: 9
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Classics and Short Stories:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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2019 Total, July-Dec: 69,294, 214 books
July: 42 books, 12,963 pp
August: 48 books, 14,758 pp
September: 30 books, 10416 pp
October: 25 books, 9499 pp
November: 26 books, 8864 pp
December: 43 books, 12794 pp
2020 Total: 176,008, 524 books
January: 51 books, 14,713 pp
February: 37 books, 11918 pp
March: 32 books, 14,810 pp
April:50 books, 16,207 pp
May: 56 books, 18,374 pp
June: 53 books, 15617 pp
July: 42 books, 16913 pp
August: 44 books, 15088 pp
September: 43 books, 14281 pp
October: 35 books, 11997 pp
November: 25 books, 9888 pp
December: 56 books, 16202 pp
2021 Total: 162,347 pp, 431 books
January: 39 books, 15,066 pp
February: 29 books, 11,671 pp
March: 33 books, 12,828 pp
April: 26 books, 12,070 pp
May: 32 books, 11,187 pp
June: 43 books, 15,466 pp
July: 51 books, 17,867 pp
August: 42 books, 15,985 pp
September: 34 books, 12,976 pp
October: 36 books, 13857 pp
November: 23 books, 9148 pp
December: 43, 14226 pp
2022 Total: 157,642 pp, 434 books
January: 34 books, 11,932 pp
February: 39, 13,699 pp
March: 42, 14,661 pp
April: 37, 13,109 pp
May: 35, 12,648 pp
June: 47, 16,225 pp
July: 47, 17,377 pp
August: 33, 13,329 pp
September: 29, 11,514 pp, 1 hr 29 min
October: 34, 12,215 pp
November: 28, 10,892 pp
December: 29, 10,041 pp
2023 Total: 117,123 pp, 332 books
January: 29, 10640 pp
February: 21, 8712 pp
March: 32, 10331 pp
April: 33, 12370 pp
May: 40, 14069 pp + 6.5 hours
June: 36, 13837 pp
July: 39, 11841 pp
August: 23, 7144 pp
September: 21, 6622 pp
October: 15, 7101 pp
November: 19, 6391 pp
December: 24, 8065 pp
2024 Total: 60,519 pp, 184 books, Sandman Act III
January: 7013 pp, 24 books
February: 6601 pp, 22 books, 4:35:34
March: 5560 pp, 13 books + Sandman Act III
April: 5560 pp, 13 books + Sandman Act III
May: 6538 pp, 19 books
June: 5155 pp, 16 books
July: 4199 pp, 16 books
August: 3975 pp, 13 books
September: 3453 pp, 9 books
October: 3828 pp, 13 books
November: 4199 pp, 12 books
December: 4438 pp, 14 books
2025 Total: 52102 pp, 150 books
January: 4877 pp, 16 books
February: 1875 pp, 5 books
March: 4058 pp, 13 books
April: 3845 pp, 11 books
May: 4482 pp, 10 books
June: 6480 pp, 12 books
July: 4596 pp, 16 books
August: 4670 pp + 1:42:26, 16 books
September: 5136 pp, 11 books
October: 4717 pp, 17 books
November: 4162 pp, 14 books
December: 3204 pp, 9 books