Gord's 2022 Randomness

[Gord]

Another month of a total scattershot of books from all over the place. I'm not making much progress on series at all but I did make a lot of progress on challenges. I didn't keep track of how many I completed this month for what ever reason but I completed several challenges across multiple groups which felt pretty good.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Great month as always, Gord! I'm glad you're making a lot of progress on your challenges! Don't worry, you're not the only one who's not doing great on the series front lol

[Gord]

I just get distracted by the billions of other things I need to read or find to read.

[Brittany]

So hard to catch up on all the series! Great month though!

[Gord]

Not my strongest month of reading. I made some more progress on one series and I completed one of my big challenges which was nice. I felt like I read a lot but the numbers just don't reflect that.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Glad to hear you completed one of your bigger challenges! That's always satisfying to get off the list.

What'd you think of Small Spaces? I just got that one from the library!

[Gord]

I really enjoyed Small Spaces. It had the right level of spook for a middle grade book but could easily be ramped up with a little imagination for more hardier fans. I'm planning to read the second on this month sometime.

[Brittany]

Nice to get some challenges done Gord! Still a good looking month

[✨ Brianna Raquel ✨]

Congrats on completing your challenge!

[Gord]

The numbers are messing with my head. I still don't feel like I'm reading as much yet the numbers seem to indicate that I am. As for challenges and series I think I'm kind of done for the year at this point. I might close a couple more challenges and I plan to finish Rurouni Kenshin this year.

[Brittany]

Good plan Gord. Enjoy reading what you want to for the rest of the year!
Best book of the month??

[Gord]

There have been plenty of good reads this month. Hidden Legacy is a great series obviously. Grant County has been a dark twisted success so far. Outside of the obvious ones I'd say Hidden Pictures was the biggest surprise hit of the month. The book hooked me in with some super obvious tropes but then dropped a twist on me that I just didn't expect.

[Gord]

I just finished up a challenge that I've been working on now for 2 years. It feels great to finish that challenge.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

2 years?! What challenge is that, Gord?

[Gord]

It was a calorie counter challenge. You had six different groups of food with a list of tasks and points. You had to do "thirty days" of healthy eating getting a certain amount of points and doing tasks from all the food groups. It was an interesting challenge.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

It does sound interesting! I can't imagine how satisfying it was to finish it after having worked on it for so long. Lol.

[Brittany]

Woo! Awesome for finishing such a long time challenge

[✨ Brianna Raquel ✨]

Congrats on that challenge! 🎉

[Gord]

Not a bad month overall. Looking back over things I got a lot more read this month than I thought I had.

[Elena]

Looks like a huge pile of manga, love it! Btw, how did you like Bravely?

[Gord]

I had some pretty mixed feeling about Bravely. Overall it wasn't a bad book and it was a good continuation of the story but it just never really blew me away. Then there was the ending. I won't spoil anything but I wasn't a fan of it.

[Brittany]

Looks like a pretty good month Gord! Any particular stand outs?

[Gord]

Just the ones that you would expect. Things like Berserk, Tamora Pierce, etc.

[Gord]

This was a bit of a busy month and I got a lot read. If you give me nearly three weeks off work I will end up reading a disgusting amount alright.

[Gord]

Some end of years stats

Total books read: 417
Physical books: 247
Ebooks: 115
Audio: 55
Pages read: 97,015
Hours listened: 463 hours, 42 minutes
Number of fiction: 408
Number of nonfiction: 9
YA: 252
Adult: 132
Children's/MG: 33

[✨ Brianna Raquel ✨]

You've read so much! How many 5 stars did you read?

[Gord]

I had:
3- 1 Star books
8- 2 Star books
150- 3 Star books
187- 4 Star books
69- 5 Star books

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Those are some pretty good stats Gord! Nice to see the number of the not-so-great book pretty low compared to the others.

[Brittany]

Wow thats some great stats!