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I wanted to read as many Christmas books as possible this month as I didn’t manage many last December. There were two books left to complete my 12 books recommended by 12 friends challenge first, however, I managed nine books!
April was another slow reading month – one of the books I read was quite hefty so I only managed six books again. It may have only been five if one wasn’t a graphic novel and another a novella! I read 1,116 pages and listened to 45.58 hours – a little more than last month. I didn’t read any nonfiction this month so 100% was fiction. 50% of my reading was audio, 33% was print, and 17% I read on Kindle.
March was busy with both boys’ birthdays, so I only managed two physical books. One of these was an easy nonfiction read, so that helped! The other four were audiobooks; three of them I borrowed from Libby or Borrowbox, and the other one was in my Audible library.
February was a good reading month for me, with eight books total! I read 667 pages and listened to 55.8 hours. 88% of my reading was fiction, with 12% non-fiction, 63% audio and 38% print – no Kindle reading this month! (As a side note, I get these stats from an app called Storygraph, which will be featured in a future blog post.)
Welcome to my new blog series for 2024! Many of my friends know I’m a huge book lover and much of my spare time is spent reading or listening to audiobooks. I thought January was a good time to start sharing a round-up of my monthly reads! I recently discovered a new star rating system – CAWPILE – that I’ve found really helpful. I’ve always struggled rating books but this makes it so much easier. It’s been interesting to see how they differ from what I would have given them before this, too!