Books

Another reading year has come to an end and here’s the tally for the year. Lots of things in my life conspired to really slow down my reading and I read 40 fewer books than the year before. I missed time spent with books, but I still read and moved a bunch off my shelves through reading or donating.

Books read: 122
Pages read: 41,700
Of the books read:
Non-fiction: 10
New-to-me authors: 25
Continuing series books: 56
Re-reads: 23
Audio-books: 52
Various book club reads: 9
Challenges completed: 9 of 9
Ongoing tally of Newbery winners: 77 of 97
5 star ratings by me: 10 [Read more…] about 2018 Reading Stats

What’s In a Name 2018

The eleventh annual What’s In A Name challenge is once again hosted by The Worm Hole. I began the fun in 2009 so I played again, although in keeping with my One Little Word for this year, LIGHTEN, I pared down my reading challenges. This fun challenge made the cut & helped me cut down my TBR stacks.

The rules are simple-Read one book from each category during the year. [Read more…] about What’s In a Name 2018 wrap-up

Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies 2018

This was the eighth annual Cruisin’ thru the Cozies hosted by Yvonne at Socrates’ Book Reviews and 2018 is my 6th year to participate. I always reach Level 4 – Sleuth Extraordinaire, but in keeping with my word for this year, I lightened my load and rather than jettison this fun challenge, I lowered my level to Level two (Investigator) and chose option B.  This turned out to be a good choice as many things happened this year to keep me from reading and I barely made it with two weeks left in the year. [Read more…] about 2018 Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies wrap-up

2018 Color Coded Reading Challenge

Rules: Read nine books in the following categories during 2018, with the required color in the title or covering most of the cover.