This year, I'm just going to keep track of books I read as I go through the year - not worrying about how many books I have waiting to be read or anything like that. So each month's roundup will just be a picture collage showing the books I've read, with a running tally for each month. I think I'll break down new (to me) books and re-reading as well. And maybe pick a favourite each month. This could change as the year goes on... Once again, I'll set my goal as 100 books - it's about what I have time for, more or less.
So, in October: new (to me) books read: 4; books re-read: 1Favourite Book in October: Overstory by Richard Powers
in September: new (to me) books read: 6 ; books re-read:
Favourite Book in September: The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
in August: new (to me) books read: 7; books re-read: 2
Favourite Book in August: Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
in July: new (to me) books read: 5; books re-read: 9
Favourite Book in July: The Singer's Gun, Emily St John Mandel
in June: new (to me) books read: 4; books re-read: 2
Favourite Book in June: Muse of Nightmares, Laini Taylor
in May: new (to me) books read: 5; books re-read: 1
Favourite Book in May: Toffee by Sarah Crossan
in April: new (to me) books read: 6; books re-read: 0
Favourite Book in April: A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World, C A Fletcher
in March: new (to me) books read: 5; books re-read: 5
Favourite Book in March: The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag
in February: new (to me) books read: 6; books re-read: 0
Favourite Book in February: Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
in January: new (to me) books read: 6; books re-read: 3
Favourite book in January: Once Upon a River, Diane Setterfield
In October, I read:
Favourite Book in May: Toffee by Sarah Crossan
in April: new (to me) books read: 6; books re-read: 0
Favourite Book in April: A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World, C A Fletcher
in March: new (to me) books read: 5; books re-read: 5
Favourite Book in March: The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag
in February: new (to me) books read: 6; books re-read: 0
Favourite Book in February: Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
in January: new (to me) books read: 6; books re-read: 3
Favourite book in January: Once Upon a River, Diane Setterfield
In October, I read:
- Educated by Tara Westover (audiobook), a memoir
- Venetia by Georgette Heyer (re-read, historical romance - was talking about Heyer with a friend which prompted me to re-read)
- finally finished listening to A Tale of Two Cities - it's very long! I enjoyed it though, it's clever, compelling and quite funny in parts.
- Read Overstory by Richard Powers, which was recommended to me a while back (not quite finished in October, but I'm counting it in anyway)
- Read another in the Charles Todd mystery series about Ian Rutledge (Wings of Fire)