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It’s a new year and a new chapter of books I read! I wonder if I can surpass last year’s number of 81? I have set my Goodreads goal to 87 books, so it’s not too many more. It may seem like a random number. In fact, it’s the average of the last two years (2023 and 2024) totals. It will also be a nice £87 in my pot for next year’s books!
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.)