Carol’s Comments (group member since Feb 27, 2013)

Carol’s comments from the Challenge: 50 Books group.

Aug 8 books

Ebooks: 4 books 1258 pp
Across the Winding River by Aimie K. Runyan 289 pp Prime First Read
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak 230pp Prime Read Loan
The Irish Cottage: Finding Elizabeth by Juliet Gauvin 350 pp free d/l
The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis 389 pp Prime First Read

Audio ( all library) 4 books 38.75hrs
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer 4.5 hrs
The Innocent by David Baldacci 12.25 hrs
Walk the Wire by David Baldacci 12 hrs
Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs 10 hrs

July 9 books

E-Books 1817 pp
Mercy Thompson binge all by Patricia Briggs all from Library 1055 pp
Night Broken
Fire Touched (full reread- orig read in 2016 but I didn't remember key plot points to fully enjoy the next book)
Silence Fallen

The Twin Towers by Richard Todd 411 pp free d/l
The Beantown Girls by Jane Healey 351pp Prime read loan

Audio 44 hrs
all from library
Two Truths and a Lie by Meg Mitchell Moore 11 hrs
Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco 13 hrs
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder nf 10 hrs
Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs 10 hrs

no wonder I didnt get much work done this month....

June 7 books

Ebook 3 bk 897 pp
Aunt Dimity Digs In by Nancy Atherton moms kindle 265 pp
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman moms kindle 353 pp
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison Prime reads loan 279 pp

Audio 4 books 43.75 hours (lib)
The King's Justice by Susan Elia MacNeal 11 hrs
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny 13 hrs listened with Ed
The Secret, Book, & Scone Society by Ellery Adams 8hrs
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny 11.75 hrs listened with Ed

Q2 Totals
# books :18 +1 rr appx 1.4/wk
9 ebooks -># pages 2760 Avg/week: 212.3 pp
9 audio -> # hrs: 126.75 Avg/week: 9.75 hrs( several long car trips helped...)

Mid year totals
31 + 2SS ( plus a skim reread which I wont count in the total) avg/wk 1.3
15 ebook + 1 pback -> # pages 5150 Avg/week: 198 pp
15 audio -> # hrs: 187.75 Avg/week: 7.22hrs

in comparison to last year at this time:
book count is 4+ ahead but page count is only 50 pages more whereas audio hours is 8 hrs ahead

May 6 bks + 1 quick reread


ebook 1166pp
Deadhead and Buried by H.Y. Hanna 303 pp
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty mk 396 pp
Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay mk236 pp
Aunt Dimity's Good Deed by Nancy Atherton mk 231 pp
** to refresh my mem of the series I sped read through Aunt Dimity's Deathbefore I started #3


audio (lib) 42 hr
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 27 hr
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn 15 hr

April 5 books

Ebooks 697 pp

Prince of Fire by Daniel Silva 404pp
Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg 293 pp Prime first reads


Audio Lib 41 hrs
A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers 13 hrs
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory 15.5 hrs
The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs 12.5 hrs

March 4 books

E-books 2 books 629 pp
Under a Gilded Moon by Joy Jordan-Lake (Prime first read)
Midlife Curses by Christine Zane Thomas (Prime loan)

Paper books 1 bk 423 pp
Next by Michael Crichton

Audio ( lib) 1 bk 13:32 hr
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

Q1 Totals
# books :13 +2 SS Avg/week: 1+
# pages 2390 Avg/week: 183.85 pp
# hrs: 61. Avg/week: 4.7 hrs

I am still ahead to make goal but much slower than past years...too much time play app games...

Feb 6 books

E-books 3 bk 966pp
Dante's Garden: Magic and Mystery in Bomarzo by Teresa Cutler-Broyles (giveaway) 391pp
Find Me by Anne Frasier (Prime First Read) 271 pp
Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn (Together We Read @ library) 304pp


Audio (lib) 3 books 35.75 hr
The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Emperor's Tomb by Steve Berry

Susan wrote: "Welcome back. Strangely, since the Corona virus, and having more time on my hands, I have read less than usual. Don't know why."

I too found this to be the case.....

Jan 3 books+2 short stories
E-books 1 book 2 SS 372pp
Short Stories: Finished up the Faraway Series that was avail on Prime reads last month.- All short stories so not high page counts but still refreshing retellings of fairy tales.
The Cleaners by Ken Liu
The Wickeds by Gayle Forman

Murder in the South of France
Susan Kiernan-Lewis


Audio 2 books 11.8 hrs
the last 2 hours of
The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry
so it gets added to 2021 book count but most of the hours were counted in 2020.
The Garden of Small Beginningsby Abbi Waxman 9.8

ok its a slow start......

Well its that time of year.
Last year I didnt hit my goal til much later than previous years. but I still read over 60 stories which included over 10k pages and 320 hrs of audio.
As always I will start with a 52+ story goal, while I usually read ebooks or audio, I started a LFL at my fathers so I might start reading hard press books again.
I also found last year Amazon Primes's FirstReads program where they give away a recent/upcoming release each month. This has stretched my reading base quite a bit. I am looking forward to what this year has in store reading wise,

To access my list and reviews : https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

You go girl!!!

Q4 totals 17 books ( +1 ol micro fiction)
book/ ebook 2952pp (227pp/wk)
audio 78.65hrs ( 6.05 hr/wk)

2020 Totals 60 books +6 mf and 2 DNF
ebook/book 10305pp (198 pp/wk)
Audio 323 (6.2 hr/wk)

GR year in review https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_i...

list of my reviews for 2020 https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

60% came from the library or Amazon Primereads
50% ebooks
41% Audio
3% paperback
8% online

Dec 8 + 1mf
Ebook: 4 1138 pp
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
Southern Spirits by Angie Fox
One Tequilaby Tricia O'Malley
Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas

Short stories 3 109 pp
The Prince and the Troll by Rainbow Rowell
Hazel and Gray by Nic Stone
The Princess Game by Soman Chainani
Microfiction: 1 6 pp
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box by Sherry Thomas

Audio 1 21.9 hours
The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
(I'm about 11.5 hours through The Paris Vendetta but the book will be finished in 2021

Nov 6 books

book-paper 352 pp
A More Perfect Union by J.A. Jance


ebook 1039 pp
Battle Ground by Jim Butcher 419p lib
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
620p moms kindle

audio 36.75 hrs (all library)
The Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson 7 hrs
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult 16 hrs
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny 13.25 hrs
attempted about 30 min of Black Crow, White Snow that was left on my audible but could not get into it.

I've hit my goal a little later than normal since I don't count the microfiction in the book count ... my page count is behind but my audio hours are much higher hmmmm.

Oct : 3 books

ebook: 314 pp
Lightning Rider by Jen Greyson

audio 20 hrs (lib)
Three Souls by Janie Chang
Landline byRainbow Rowell

Sept 5 books

Ebooks: 1077 pp
The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen prime
The Draig's Woman by Lisa Dawn Wadler free d/l
The Man of Legends by Kenneth C. Johnson

Audio:21.5 hr (lib)
The Fallen by David Baldacci 12 hr
Of Literature and Lattes by Katherine Reay


Q3 totals 14 books ( +4 ol micro fiction)
ebook 2494pp (208 pp/wk)
audio 75,25 hrs ( 6.26 hr/wk)

2020todate 43 books (+5 mf))
ebook/book 7597 pp (194pp/wk)
Audio 247.65 (6.35 hr/wk)

Aug 5 books

ebook 730 pp
Peace Talks by Jim Butcher lib
The Darwin Affair by Tim Mason lib

audio 32.75 hr
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith lib
Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger lib
Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger lib

July 4 books (+4 micro ol)
ebooks 687 pp
Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Beginnings by Lydia Sherrer gaw
The Gauguin Connection by Estelle Ryan on kindle

So I found out the new Jim Butcher is finally coming out (YEAH!!) so I read a bunch of his online micro fiction which really don't count as books but I will include the pages (total 17 pp)
Mike DF#9.5
Journal DF #11.1
Goodbye DF 12.1
Christmas Eve

audio: 21 hrs
Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich lib
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty Audible

June 4 books
ebook 744pp
Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

Audio ( all from lib) 22 hrs
Injustice for All by J.A. Jance
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman


Q2 totalsQ2 14 books ( 1.1/week)
ebook/book 2385pp (avg 183.5 pp/wk)
Audio 90.75 hrs (avg 7 hr/wk)

Half year totals
1H 29 books avg 1.1/week
ebook/book 5103pp avg 196.3 pp/wk
Audio 172.4 hrs avg 6.6 hr/wk

9 books behind last year (38)
1168 pp less (6271)
6.7 hrs more (165.7)
which is odd because you would think I would be reading more and listening less during SIP

May 6 books
ebook
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey moms-kindle
Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson moms kindle
Code 44: If Rogue, Delete. by S.D. Crockett gaw
980 pp

audio
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs lib
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett lib
Dear Edward byAnn Napolitano lib

31.75 hrs