Mid-Year Check-in | 2024

Hello! And welcome to my Mid-Year Check-In. In this check-in, we're going to look at the numbers (how many books I've read, page numbers, age groups, years read from, etc.). I'll also be doing the Mid-Year Freakout Tag soon, so you can hear my thoughts about my favourite or least favourite books of the year so far - so keep an eye out for that!

Let's start with the numbers and some charts from my reading spreadsheet.

The Numbers

Books read this year: 76

Pages read this year: 29036

Most Read from Genre: Fantasy (35.5%) - A pretty balanced year in terms of genres though!

 

Average Star Rating: 3.6

Average Page Count: 382

Shortest Book Read: Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin (41 pages)

Longest Book Read: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (864 pages)

Reading Goals Check-In

Next, let's check-in with the goals I set at the start of the year, which I didn't end up publishing this year, but I can let you know what they are now.

1. Read at least 150 books - Well, I've currently read 76 and we're halfway through the year so I'm pretty on track here.

2. Finish and catch up on more series. I haven't finished a lot of series this year, but I have made good progress on several already. I think this month will be a month of finishing series.

3. Read or unhaul the books on my Self-Destruct List. I created a new list of these at the start of the year and I've read 7 out of 10, so I'll probably make a new public list and post that soon!

4. Restart blog and bookstagram. This post is a good start towards this!

5. Read all my books that I've owned for over 3 years (2020). At the start of the year, I had 48 books from 2020. This is now at 26, so I've made some good progress so far. 

I'm pretty pleased with how I'm doing for my goals so far this year. Work is still busy so I don't expect to be as active as I was in previous years, but the more I blog, the more excited I am to get back into these goals!

Keep an eye out for more blog posts from me soon (including my Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag). Let me know how your reading year has gone so far. Are you hitting your goals? Have you read any new favourite books? Let me know and have a wonderful July!

Return with my July TBR | 2024

I am back (for now!). Life is very busy. Since last year, I have a lot more to do at work, I've moved house, and I have a lot more commitments outside of work, which is great, but means I've had a lot less time to read and blog. I've read 76 books so far this year, which is definitely a lot less than a normal year, but I want to prioritise reading again now that my mental health is doing better.

My plan for July is to finish a few series and to also read some books that I've had on my backlog for a while.

So, without further ado, here's my July TBR:

1. Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer

2. Unlocked by Shannon Messenger

3. Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger

4. Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett

5. The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

6. In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland

7. The Lost World by Michael Crichton

8. All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

9. The Farm by Emily McKay

So that's my TBR for July! Let me know what you're reading and if you've read any of these books. Also, are you participating in any readathons this month? Let me know if you are! I'm already looking forward to August's Magical Readathon.