2024 Carol V Reading log 52+BGG ICYMIC

[Carol]

Happy New Year.
I always start with a 52 book goal and usually have no issues meeting that. Last year while my book count was a little lower than previous years the page/hour count was higher so there were longer books.

This year I found this interesting Challenge Book Girls' Guide ICYMI challenge (https://bookgirlsguide.com/backlist-r...)
Using their "In Case you missed it" back lists for the past 12 years focus on books from their lists - each month focuses on a year- Jan -> 2012, Feb ->2013... Dec->2023; I'm gonna try to use this to direct my reading choices to books already on my TBR list or possibly to discover a new author that hit that designated criteria for the month. We will see how this works. If I go on road trips as I did last year some of my choices might be limited to stories that also interest my driving companion.
Off on a new Reading adventure!!

[Carol]

Jan
6 books
4 ebook 1207pp
2 audio 27.5hrs

ICYMI pub 2012
Had previously read 4 off the list
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes ebook 380 pp(300 read in 23 80 in 24)
Wonder by R.J. Palacio ebook 316pp
Home Front by Kristin Hannah audio 15 hrs
Before I Met You by Lisa Jewell ebook lib 442 pp
The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar ebook lib 369pp

Books read/listened to outside challenge
A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn audio 12.5 hrs

[Tiffany, Administrator]

Carol wrote: "Happy New Year.
I always start with a 52 book goal and usually have no issues meeting that. Last year while my book count was a little lower than previous years the page/hour count was higher so t..."

Happy new year!

It sounds like you have quite the plan for your year - Good luck tackling those TBR books! And happy reading!

[Carol]

Feb
3 books finished
2 Audio 29.1 hrs
1 ebook (+ appx 100 pg ) 416 pp

ICYMI pub 2013
had previously read 8 books off the list
DNF The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brown

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult audio lib 18.1 hrs
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion ebook Moms Kindle 316 pp

Audio Outside challenge
Weyward by Emilia Hart 11 hrs

[Carol]

Mar
5 Books
2 ebooks 544pp
3 audio 33.6 hrs


ICYMI pub 2014
had previously read 11 books off the list
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens ebook moms kindle 300 pp
'Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma audio 13 hrs
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes audio 12.1 hrs
Lost Lakeby Sarah Addison Allen audio cd 8.5 hrs

Not part of ICYMI list but also published in 2014 and was on my kindle that I downloaded a while ago.
Red Goldby Robert D. Kidera free d/l 244pp

[Carol]

Q1 Summary
14 Books ( + 1 DNF)
7 ebooks 2167 pp ( 166 pp/wk)
7 Audio 90.2 hrs ( 6.94 hrs/wk)

11 of which are from the ICYMI challenge (and one of the non ICYMI books was published the same year as the books for that month)

[Carol]

April
4 Books
1 Paper 296pp
2 audio 20.85hrs
1 ebook 396 pp

ICYMI pub 2015
had previously read 2 from the list before this year
First Frost bySarah Addison Allen paper 296 pp
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom audio 9.75h
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman ebook moms k 396 pp

outside challenge"
Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci 11.1 hrs

[Carol]

May 5 books

4 Audio 43.6 hrs
1 ebook 502 pp

ICYMI Challenge books published in 2016 https://bookgirlsguide.com/best-books...
had previously read 4
Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson 8.6 hrs
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore 13hrs
The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay by Kelly Harms 10 hrs
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 502 pp

outside challenge
Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens by Andrea Penrose 12 hrs

[Carol]

June 3 bks+ 1ss

2 audio 24 hrs
1 ebook + 1ss 378 pp

ICYMI 2017
had previously read 4
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid audio 12 hrs
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas audio 12 hrs
Before We Were YoursLisa Wingate ebook moms kindle 345 pp

outside challenge:
Cut and Thirst by Margaret Atwood 34 pp

[Carol]

Q2 summary
12 books +1ss
3 +1ss ebook 1176pp
8 audio 88.45 hrs
1 paper 296pp

1H2024
27 bk
10 +1ss ebook + 1 dnf 3343 pp
15 audio 178.65 hrs
1 paper 296 pp

The ICYMI challenge is definitely slowing me down but it has definitely guided me through some of my backlog on my tbr pile as well as introduced me to a few authors. I'm barely on track from my 52 book goal for the year.

[Carol]

July 3 books
1 Audio 15.5 hrs
1 ebook/Hardback 901pp


ICYMI 2018
Interestingly I had not read any of them previously and there really wasnt as much to choose from

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman 400 pp ebook lib
Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen 15.5 hrs audio lib

Outside challenge
The Atlantis Plague by A.G. Riddle 501 pp paperbook

[Carol]

August
7 books
3 ebook 935 pp
4 audio 47.95 hrs

ICYMI Challenge 2019 https://bookgirlsguide.com/best-books...
previously read 6
The Book Woman of Troublesome CreekbyKim Michele Richardson ebook 290 pp lib
Know My Name by Chanel Miller audio 15.5 hrs lib
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center ebook 325 pp lib

Outside Challenge
Lost in a Good BookJasper Fforde 13 hrs audio lib
Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs 11.25 hrs audio lib
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari 8.2 hrs audio lib
The Last Sister by Kendra Elliot 320 pp ebook prime

[Carol]

Sept 5 books +1 dnf
1012 pp
33 hrs

ICYMI Challenge 2020 https://bookgirlsguide.com/best-books...
previously read 2
The Book of Lost Namesby Kristin Harmel 380pp
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi 338 pp

DNF The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré 5 out of 12 hrs

outside challenge
audio
Sins of the Fathers Noa C. Walkerby J.A. Jance 13 hrs
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny 15 hrs
ebook
You, Me, and the Colors of Life by Noa C. Walker 294pp

[Carol]

Q3 Summary
15 Books ( + 1 DNF)
7 ebooks 2347
1 paper 501pp ( 219 pp/wk)
7 Audio 96.45 hrs ( 7.4 hrs/wk)

7 of which are from the ICYMI challenge -- I'm finding they are slowing me down

YTD 42 +2 DNF
17 +1ss ebook + 1 dnf 5689
22 audio +1 dnf 275 hrs
2 paper 797 pp

at this rate I will barely make my 52...

[Carol]

Oct 6 books
33.3 hrs
992 pp

left over from last month (2020)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 12.25 hrs audio lib
ICYMI Challenge 2021 https://bookgirlsguide.com/best-books...
previously read 2
Audio
The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner 10.5 hrs
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner 10.3 hrs*
ebook
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson 362 pp lib
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry 277pp *

*actually finished beginning of Nov

outside challenge
The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen 353 pp

[Carol]

Nov 6 books
36.10 hrs
1070 pp

ICYMI Challenge 2022 https://bookgirlsguide.com/best-books...
previously read 2
audio
The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis 11 hrs
Remarkably Bright CreaturesRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 11.25 hrs
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 13.85hrs

outside challenge but from 2022
She's Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino 389pp Prime FR
Impossible to Forget by Imogen Clark 378 pp Prime FR
The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev 303 pp Prime FR

at least I finally hit 52 ! at least a month behind past years

[Carol]

Dec 4 books
1043 pp
12.5 hrs

ICYMI Challenge 2023https://bookgirlsguide.com/best-books...
previously read 2
ebook
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis ebook onkindle 430 pp Prime FR
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett ebook lib 312 pp
audio
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry audio lib 12.5 hrs

Also publish in 2023 but not on Best list
Night Owl by Andrew Mayne ebook on kindle Prime FR 301 pp

[Carol]

Q4 summary
16 books
9 ebooks 3105pp
7 audio 81.9 hrs

2024 stats

Total Read 58 books w 2 dnf and 2 in progress

9696 pages 27 ebooks 2 paper 186 pp/week
360 hours 29 audio 6.74 hrs/week

41 from the library ( all audio, 9 ebook 1 hardback)
10 ebooks were on my kindle
8 ebooks were on my inherited Kindle

42 were part of the BookGirls ICYMI challenge ( ea month rep the best books of the previous 12 years) which while interesting I definitely found slowed me down. This was the lowest annual book count since I started counting 13 years ago)

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