I finished 20 titles with 6,087 pages or the equivalent and gave them an average of 3.7 stars. Sure, that’s a low number of titles for me, but I read a lot of a couple of the others that I haven’t finished. I’m calling it a good month (with one exception)—quality over quantity for sure.
Between the 2022 in Review material and the Literary Locals series being in full swing, this was a pretty busy month around here. That makes me feel pretty good—although I did run out of gas toward the end of the month—and my non-blog life took up more time than I’m used to. If I could keep up my pace (or something close to it) from the first of the month, I’d be content.
So there’s my evaluation of the month, here’s what happened here in January.
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| Average = | 3.67 |
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TBR Stacks/Piles/Heaps
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| End of 2022 |
5 | 45 | 42 | 143 |
| 1st of the Month |
5 | 45 | 42 | 143 |
| Added | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Read/ Listened |
6 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Current Total | 5 | 45 | 46 | 145 |
Breakdowns:
“Traditionally” Published: 11
Self-/Independent Published: 9
| Genre | This Month | Year to Date |
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| Children’s | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Fantasy | 2 (10%) | 2 (10%) |
| General Fiction/ Literature | 3 (15%) | 3 (15%) |
| Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller | 6 (30%) | 6 (30%) |
| Non-Fiction | 1 (5%) | 1 (5%) |
| Science Fiction | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Theology/ Christian Living | 3 (15%) | 3 (15%) |
| Urban Fantasy | 3 (15%) | 3 (15%) |
| “Other” (Horror/ Humor/ Steampunk/ Western) | 2 (10%) | 2 (10%) |
Review-ish Things Posted
- Reread Project: Faith & Life by B.B. Warfield: 41 Brief Bursts of Profundity
- Everything’s Changing by Chelsea Stickle: A Flash Fiction Collection You Don’t Want to Miss
- Killer Story by Matt Witten: A Desperate Reporter Works to Solve a Sensational Murder
- The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe (Audiobook) by Arvind Ethan David, Neil Gaiman, Jewel Staite: Let’s Keep this Short and Sweet
- E.B. White on Dogs edited by Martha White: A Great Collection of Short Pieces
- Triptych (Audiobook) by Karin Slaughter, Michael Kramer: A Rough Way to Start a Series
- Early Grave by Paul Levine: Lassiter v. Friday Night Lights
- Bartleby and James: Edwardian Steampunk Chronicle by Michael Coorlim: Fun, Fast Steampunk Mysteries
- Catch-Up Quick Takes: A Few Audiobooks from December
- The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 12: Whose There? by R. T. Slaywood: A Family Reunion
- The Hope of Life After Death: A Biblical Theology of Resurrection by M. Jeff Brannon: A Good Intro to an Oft-Neglected Area
- Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan: The Very Model of a Modern American Procedural
- The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 13: Realizations by R. T. Slaywood: Right Back Where We Started From
- I Have a Confession: The What and Why of The Westminster Confession of Faith by Nathan Eshelman: You Get More than Your Money’s Worth in this Small Book
- Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry: A Memoir of Self-Destruction
- Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire: Nothing Comes Free
- The Sexual Reformation: Restoring the Dignity and Personhood of Man and Woman by Aimee Byrd: There’s a Lot to Commend, but Maybe not Enough
- The Perception of Dolls by Anthony Croix, Edited by Russell Day: Creepy Dolls, Creepy dolls, and Creepy do!!s
Other Things I Wrote
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th), I also wrote:
- The Irresponsible Reader in 2022: Thoughts, Thanks, and Stats
- Fourth Quarter Check-In/Wrap-Up: 2022 Plans and Challenges
- My Favorite Audiobooks of 2022
- A Few Quick Questions with…Matt Witten
- My Favorite Non-Fiction Books of 2022
- My Favorite Non-Crime Fiction of 2022
- My Favorite Crime/Mystery/Detective/Thriller Fiction of 2022
- My Favorite Theology/Christian Living Books of 2022
- Highlights from December: Lines Worth Repeating
- LITERARY LOCALS: A Q&A About Writing in Idaho with Cate Lawley (a.k.a. Kate Baray)
- 2023 Plans and Challenges
- A Few More Quick Questions with…Paul Levine
- LITERARY LOCALS: A Q&A About Writing in Idaho with James T. Lambert
- LITERARY LOCALS: A Q&A About Writing near Idaho with Joyce Reynolds-Ward
- Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2022
- Book Blogger Hop: A Quiet or Noisy Setting?
- LITERARY LOCALS: A Q&A About Writing in Idaho with Rebecca Carey Lyles
- WWW Wednesday for January 4, January 11, January 18, and January 25, 2023.
- The Friday 56 for 1/6/23 (Pieces of Eight by Peter Hartog), 1/13/23 (Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire), 1/20/23 (The Hero Interviews by Andi Ewington), and 1/27/23 (The Perception Of Dolls by Anthony Croix, edited by Russell Day).
Enough about me—how Was Your Month?
WS_BOOKCLUB
20 being low is incredible! I finished 12 and I was congratulating myself.
HCNewton
eh…If I racked up 40, I’d have wondered why I didn’t hit 43…