I know, this is incredibly late, but I need to get this out of the way before I can start June’s wrapup in a couple of days. I’m also aware that almost no one cares about this stuff–but I’ve come to find that it really helps me think about how I’m spending my time. And, occasionally, someone sees something interesting in one of these posts. So, I continue to press on.

What did may look like from 50,000 feet? I finished 23 titles (1 down from last month, 3 up from last May), with an equivalent of 6,718 pages or the equivalent (496 up from last month), and gave them an average of 3.7 stars (.1 down from last month).

So, here’s what happened here in May.
Books/Novels/Novellas Read/Listened to

Cover of Back After This by Linda Holmes Cover of Good Trouble by Forest Issac Jones Cover of The Unvarnished Jesus by Samuel G. Parkison
3.5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars
Cover of Class Clown by Dave Barry Cover of Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn Cover of Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky
4 1/2 Stars 2 1/2 Stars 3.5 Stars
Cover of Hive by D.L. Orton Cover of Are Women Human by Dorothy L. Sayers Cover of Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
3.5 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars
Cover of Kaua'i Storm by Tori Eldridge Cover of Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley Cover of The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
4 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars
Cover of Tilt by Emma Pattee Cover of Body Breaker by M.W. Craven Cover of Rex Stout: Killer Conversations with Edgar Winner John McAleer
4 Stars 3.5 Stars 5 Stars
Cover of Dead in the Frame by Stephen Spotswood Cover of First Frost by Craig Johnson Cover of The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
3.5 Stars 3.5 Stars7 3.5 Stars
Cover of Fifth Sparrow Rising by Cindi Hartley Cover of Surprised by Joy by C. S. Lewis Cover of The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch1
3 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars
Cover of A Graveyard For Heroes by Michael Michel Cover of The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven
4 1/2 Stars 5 Stars

Still Reading

Cover of Wisdom for Life by Michael P. V. Barrett Cover of Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism by Zacharias Ursinus Cover of Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices by Thomas Brooks
Cover of Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin</a Cover of Return to Sender by Craig Johnson

Ratings

5 Stars 2 2 1/2 Stars 1
4 1/2 Stars 2 2 Stars 0
4 Stars 4 1 1/2 Stars 0
3.5 Stars 7 1 Star 0
3 Stars 4
Average = 3.73

TBR Stacks/Piles/Heaps

Audio E-book Physical Goodreads
Want-to-Read		 NetGalley
Shelf/ARCs/Review Copies
End of
2024		 3 68 78 167 10
1st of the
Month		 3 76 88 171 11
Added 3 1 5 0 5
Read/
Listened		 1 1 6 0 4
Current Total 3 76 87 171 12

Breakdowns:
“Traditionally” Published: 18
Self-/Independent Published: 5

Genre This Month Year to Date
Children’s 0 (0%) 6 (5%)
Fantasy 2 (9%) 14 (13%)
General Fiction/ Literature 4 (17%) 13 (12%)
Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller 6 (26%) 23 (21%)
Non-Fiction 6 (26%) 21 (19%)
Science Fiction 2 (9%) 13 (12%)
Theology/ Christian Living 1 (4%) 11 (10%)
Urban Fantasy 2 (9%) 9 (8%)
“Other” (Horror/ Humor/ Steampunk/ Western) 0 (0%) 1 (1%)

Review-ish Things Posted

  • The Ten Commandments by Cornelius Van Til: A Brief Look at the Law
  • Good Trouble by Forest Issac Jones: Marching toward Victory
  • Hive by D. L. Orton: A Wild Time Travel Ride
  • Class Clown by Dave Barry: A Chuckle-Filled Peek Behind the Curtain
  • Rift by Cait West: An Important and Moving Story, That Didn’t Completely Work for Me
  • Kaua’i Storm by Tori Eldridge: A Thriller + So Much More
  • Killer Conversations with Rex Stout and John McAleer: Ridiculously Fun (and insightful, too, if you’re into that sort of thing)

Other Things I Wrote
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th),and 31st), I also wrote (and/or posted):

Enough about me—how Was Your Month?

May Calendar