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Eileen | 1862 comments History:
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

2026 Total:
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April:
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message 2: by Eileen (last edited Feb 02, 2026 11:17AM) (new)

Eileen | 1862 comments .
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My January reads!
Goal:
2500 pages. 8 books

TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
A Year Without Home by V.T. Bidania The Moon Without Stars by Chanel Miller Graceless Heart (The Spellbound History, #1) by Isabel Ibañez The Cats of Caylor Academy The Pharaoh's Catacombs by Karen Bitzer Discipline by Larissa Pham If All the Stars Go Dark by S.G. Prince The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay by Ryan Douglass The Star Tree a middle grade fantasy adventure by Jinni Winter Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow Worse than a Lie (Beau Lee Cooper #1) by Ben Crump Midnight on the Celestial by Julia Alexandra Black. Single. Mother. Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging by Jamilah Lemieux The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer Honey in the Wound by Jiyoung Han Forbidden Mountain (Guardians) by Brandon Mull The Island Club by Nicola Harrison Belabour by George Veck Modern Cannibals a Story Without a Narrator by Antonio Scotto di Carlo

Other Books:
Diamondback, Book One in the Taylor Madison Mystery Series by Elizabeth Dearl The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club, #5) by Richard Osman Rains of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #7) by Pirateaba Blood of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #8) by Pirateaba Tears of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #9) by Pirateaba The Wind Runner (The Wandering Inn, #10) by Pirateaba


January 1-31:
The Last Devil to Die, pp 67-418 = 351 pp ✔
Alice with a Why, pp 1-240 = 240 pp ✔
Prodigy of the Wanderlust: A Tri-Galactic Trek Novel, pp 1-194 = 194 pp ✔
White Sand, Volume 1, pp 1-157 = 157 pp ✔
White Sand: Volume 1 Dramatized Adaptation , 5 hours 23 minutes ✔
The General of Izril, pp 1-1080 = 1080 pp ✔
The Last of Earth, pp 1-352 = 352 pp ✔
The Star Tree: a middle grade fantasy adventure, pp 1-223 = 223 pp ✔
White Sand: Volume 2 Dramatized Adaptation , 5 hr 11 min ✔

Total Pages Read: 2597 pp, 10 hrs 34 min
Books Finished: 9


General Fiction:
The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman

Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:

ARCs:
Alice with a Why by Anna James Prodigy of the Wanderlust A Tri-Galactic Trek Novel (Saga of the Wanderlust Book 3) by Mary E. Lowd The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara The Star Tree a middle grade fantasy adventure by Jinni Winter

Other:
White Sand, Volume 1 (White Sand, #1) by Brandon Sanderson White Sand Volume 1 Dramatized Adaptation (White Sand, #1) by Brandon Sanderson The General of Izril (The Wandering Inn, #6) by Pirateaba White Sand Volume 2 Dramatized Adaptation (White Sand #2) by Brandon Sanderson


message 3: by Eileen (last edited Mar 03, 2026 10:41AM) (new)

Eileen | 1862 comments .
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My February reads!
Goal:
2500 pages. 8 books

TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
A Year Without Home by V.T. Bidania Discipline by Larissa Pham If All the Stars Go Dark by S.G. Prince Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow Worse than a Lie (Beau Lee Cooper #1) by Ben Crump Midnight on the Celestial by Julia Alexandra Black. Single. Mother. Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging by Jamilah Lemieux The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer Honey in the Wound by Jiyoung Han Forbidden Mountain (Guardians) by Brandon Mull The Island Club by Nicola Harrison Belabour by George Veck Modern Cannibals a Story Without a Narrator by Antonio Scotto di Carlo

Other Books:
The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club, #5) by Richard Osman Rains of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #7) by Pirateaba Blood of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #8) by Pirateaba Tears of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #9) by Pirateaba The Wind Runner (The Wandering Inn, #10) by Pirateaba


February 1-28:
The Cats of Caylor Academy: The Pharaoh's Catacombs, pp 1-178 = 178 pp ✔
The Moon Without Stars, 1-256 = 256 pp ✔
The Secret of Camp Shackelford: Book 1, pp 1-55 = 55 pp ✔
Diamondback, Book One in the Taylor Madison Mystery Series, pp 1-192 = 192 pp ✔
The Hiding Place, pp 1-273 = 273 pp ✔
White Sand, Volume 2, pp 1-160 = 160 pp ✔
Broken Country, pp 1-320 = 320 pp ✔
Graceless Heart, pp 1-488 = 488 pp ✔
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay, pp 1-384 = 384 pp ✔
A Year Without Home, pp 1-125 = 125 pp

Total Pages Read: 2431 pp
Books Finished: 9


Plays, Poetry, and Romance:
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay by Ryan Douglass

Other:
The Moon Without Stars by Chanel Miller The Cats of Caylor Academy The Pharaoh's Catacombs (The Cats of Caylor Academy A Middle Grade Fantasy Adventure Book 2) by Karen Bitzer The Secret of Camp Shackelford Book 1 (The Edge of Reality) by John Landrine Diamondback, Book One in the Taylor Madison Mystery Series by Elizabeth Dearl White Sand, Volume 2 (White Sand, #2) by Brandon Sanderson Graceless Heart (The Spellbound History, #1) by Isabel Ibañez


message 4: by Eileen (last edited Apr 06, 2026 07:35PM) (new)

Eileen | 1862 comments .
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My March reads!
Goal:
2500 pages. 8 books

TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Discipline by Larissa Pham If All the Stars Go Dark by S.G. Prince Midnight on the Celestial by Julia Alexandra Black. Single. Mother. Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging by Jamilah Lemieux The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer Honey in the Wound by Jiyoung Han Forbidden Mountain (Guardians) by Brandon Mull The Island Club by Nicola Harrison Belabour by George Veck Modern Cannibals a Story Without a Narrator by Antonio Scotto di Carlo

Other Books:
The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club, #5) by Richard Osman Rains of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #7) by Pirateaba Blood of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #8) by Pirateaba Tears of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #9) by Pirateaba The Wind Runner (The Wandering Inn, #10) by Pirateaba


March 1-31:
Revamp, pp 1-251 = 251 pp ✔
Techno-Tabby Engineer: Chronicles of Tri-Galactic Trek, pp 1-95 = 95 pp ✔
Between the World and Me, pp 1-176 = 176 pp ✔
Worse than a Lie: A Beau Lee Cooper Novel, pp 1-368 = 368 ✔
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight, 1-320 = 320 pp ✔
A Year Without Home, pp 1-432 = 432 pp ✔
The Fox and the Devil, pp 1-368 = 368 pp ✔
See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love, pp 1-107 = 107 pp
Discipline, pp 1-57 = 57 pp

Total Pages Read: 2174 pp
Books Finished: 7


Mystery & Suspense:
Revamp (Hazardous Gems) by Christina Hagmann The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White

Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
Between the World and Me (One World Essentials) by Ta-Nehisi Coates Worse than a Lie (Beau Lee Cooper #1) by Ben Crump A Year Without Home by V.T. Bidania

Other:
Techno-Tabby Engineer Chronicles of Tri-Galactic Trek by Mary E. Lowd Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow


message 5: by Eileen (last edited Apr 16, 2026 08:57AM) (new)

Eileen | 1862 comments .
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My April reads!
Goal:
2400 pages. 7 books

TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Don't Die Dave by A.R. Witham Discipline by Larissa Pham If All the Stars Go Dark by S.G. Prince Midnight on the Celestial by Julia Alexandra Black. Single. Mother. Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging by Jamilah Lemieux The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer Honey in the Wound by Jiyoung Han Forbidden Mountain (Guardians) by Brandon Mull The Island Club by Nicola Harrison Belabour by George Veck Modern Cannibals a Story Without a Narrator by Antonio Scotto di Carlo

Other Books:
The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club, #5) by Richard Osman Rains of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #7) by Pirateaba Blood of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #8) by Pirateaba Tears of Liscor (The Wandering Inn, #9) by Pirateaba The Wind Runner (The Wandering Inn, #10) by Pirateaba


April 1-30:
The Skeleton Faerie, pp 1-368 = 368 pp ✔
The Briars Bemused, pp 1-278 = 278 pp ✔
Don't Die Dave, pp 1-338 = 338 pp ✔
Discipline, pp 57-(219)
See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love, pp 107-(389)
Practice of the Presence: A Revolutionary Translation by Carmen A. Butcher, pp 1-(242)

Total Pages Read:
Books Finished: 1


Western, Humor, and Adventure:
The Briars Bemused (Emily Twillum Adventures #1) by Andrew Sibbald

Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:

Other:


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