May 2021 saw me complete 22 books for 6,238+ pages or the equivalent (I don’t have a page count on one of the unpublished books yet, and there as a DNF in there, too, so that’s where the + comes in). Not my strongest month, but given things going on in Real Life, I’m pleased with that. 3.5 Average Stars—read a couple of let-downs, and a decent number of books that were good, but not great. Which is fine with me, viva le 3 Stars! (and a couple of things blew me away, too—not going to complain about that!)
I posted something every single day in May—a feat I haven’t accomplished in years. Sure, some of the posts were a little on the lame side, but I still feel like I accomplished something there. Not a solid month, but it could’ve been worse, I’m satisfied.
So, here’s what happened here in May.
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Incremental decrease! I’ll take it 🙂
“Traditionally” Published: 13
Self-/Independent Published: 9
| Genre | This Month | Year to Date |
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| Children’s | 1 (5%) | 2 (2%) |
| Fantasy | 1 (5%) | 10 (9%) |
| General Fiction/ Literature | 1 (5%) | 3 (3%) |
| Horror | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Humor | 1 (5%) | 3 (3%) |
| Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller | 8 (36%) | 41 (37%) |
| Non-Fiction | 4 (18%) | 9 (8%) |
| Science Fiction | 1 (5%) | 13 (10%) |
| Steampunk | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Theology/ Christian Living | 1 (5%) | 11 (10%) |
| Urban Fantasy | 4 (21%) | 19 (17%) |
| Western | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
- The Word Became Fresh by Dale Ralph Davis: Principles for Old Testament Reading “For Fun and Profit”
- Dead Secret by Noelle Holten: Maggie Has to Juggle Several Balls at Once—Can She Keep it Up AND Catch a Killer?
- Below Zero (Audiobook) by C. J. Box, David Chandler: Joe Pickett’s 9th Adventure is Almost Impossible to Believe
- Red Widow by Alma Katsu: This Realistic Spy Thriller Just Missed the Mark
- Surviving Religion 101 by Michael J. Kruger: Letters to a Christian College Sudent
- A Wanted Man by Rob Parker: Meet Ben Bracken
- The Writer’s Library by Nancy Pearl & Jeff Schwager (Audiobook) Was Just Painful to Listen To: DNFed
- A Tale of Wonderful Whiffs by Sophie Loosveldt, Isabella Croker (Illustrator): Secret Agent Pug? A Spy *for* the House of Love?
- In Medias Res: A Man With One of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell, Morgan C. Jones (Narrator)
- Goodbye to the Sun by Jonathan Nevair: Broken People and Broken Worlds Hope for a Better Future
- I have a hard time shutting up about Moonlighting: An Oral History by Scott Ryan
- The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson: A Jaw-Dropping Debut
- A Quick Look at the Wonderful The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition by Douglas Adams, Chris Riddell (Illustrator)
- R. C. Sproul: A Life by Stephen J. Nichols: The Life and Work of Robert Charles Sproul
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th), I also wrote:
- Down the TBR Hole (29 of 30)
- Coming Attractions: NetGalley and Sequels
- Down the TBR Hole (30 of 30): Wrapping Up
- Nero Wolfe on Taxes
- A Few Quick Questions with…Jonathan Nevair
- Towel Day ’21: Do You Know Where Your Towel Is?
- Towel Day ’21: Some of my favorite Adams lines . . .
- One of These Things is Not Like the Other…
- How Has Book Blogging Changed the Way I Read? (Blogiversary ruminations)
- 20 Books of Summer 2021
- WWW Wednesday for May 5, May 12, May 19, and May 26, 2021
- The Friday 56 for 5/7/21 (A Wanted Man by Rob Parker), 5/14/21(The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson, 5/21/21 (Morte Point by Rob Parker), and 5/28/21 (The Bounty by Janet Evanovich with Steve Hamilton.
How was your month?
Freda Mans-Labianca
You did awesome, in my opinion!! Jigsaw Man is high on my list! Happy June!