{"id":4791,"date":"2015-07-04T22:17:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T02:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=4791"},"modified":"2015-07-04T22:17:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T02:17:21","slug":"mid-year-check-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=4791","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Year Check-In"},"content":{"rendered":"

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?<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Below is the list of books read so far in 2015 in no particular order:<\/p>\n

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

    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\u00c2\u00a0trip seem not so long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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… Continue reading Mid-Year Check-In<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[768,771,777,769,765,782,774,778,772,766,762,755,773,764,779,770,758,754,759,776,784,761,783,757,763,781,780,767,760,785,775,756],"class_list":["post-4791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-status-report","tag-amanda-palmer","tag-assertiveness-for-earth-angels","tag-balm-a-novel","tag-caitlin-moran","tag-connie-corcoran-wilson","tag-deep-fried-and-pickled","tag-diana-souhami","tag-dolen-perkins-valdez","tag-doreen-virtue","tag-elizabeth-berg","tag-emily-st-john-mandel","tag-graceling","tag-gwendolen-a-novel","tag-hellfire-damnation-iii","tag-holly-black","tag-how-to-be-a-woman","tag-john-scalzi","tag-kristin-cashore","tag-lock-in","tag-marco-pierre-white","tag-marie-kondo","tag-matthew-reilly","tag-paisley-ray","tag-scott-burtness","tag-station-eleven","tag-the-art-of-asking","tag-the-darkest-part-of-the-forest","tag-the-dream-lover","tag-the-great-zoo-of-china","tag-the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up","tag-white-heat-25","tag-wisconsin-vamp","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t