Mid-Year Check-In

I honestly can’t remember the last time I did a mid-year check-in to report on the books I’ve read and it feels like this would be as good a time as any to start these again. After all, it’s mid-year, right?

I still love to keep track of my books in LibraryThing but I’ve also joined Goodreads. This year I signed up for a 52-book reading challenge. According to the Goodreads statistics I’ve achieved 31% of my goal and I’m 10 books behind where I should be. My reading habits have changed. I used to read almost every day and now I can only grab 10 or 15 minutes a few times a week during lunch. It’s a luxury when I can read for a few hours in the evening or on the weekend.

Below is the list of books read so far in 2015 in no particular order:

  1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
  2. Wisconsin Vamp by Scott Burtness
  3. Lock In by John Scalzi
  4. The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
  5. Station Eleven: A Novel by Emily St. John Mandel
  6. How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
  7. Hellfire & Damnation III by Connie Corcoran Wilson
  8. Assertiveness for Earth Angels: How to be Loving Instead of “Too Nice” by Doreen Virtue
  9. Gwendolen: A Novel by Diana Souhami
  10. White Heat 25 by Marco Pierre White
  11. The Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg
  12. Balm: A Novel by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
  13. The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
  14. The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer
  15. Deep Fried and Pickled by Paisley Ray
  16. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo

Are you participating in any reading challenges or looking to beat the number of books you read last year? I read 62 books in 2011 and haven’t been able to get close since then. The 52 is a stretch for me but I’m certain I can do it. I have a longish commute to work and started listening to audio books to make the trip seem not so long.

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CommentLuv badge

All content Copyright held by Amber Stults 2008-2023 unless noted. Run on German Shepherd Power.