August Reading Wrap-up
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thepowerofdeathThank you to einhornmaedchen for the post idea!
I read 12 books in August (that's 5,868 pages!), and I am loving the fact that one of the tracking website I'm using (thestorygraph.com, highly recommended) gives me stats on everything from mood to genre which I'm going to share because it interests me.
My book of the month was definitely The Once and Future Witches which I've already raved about how beautiful it is so I'll spare you the repeat, but I'm still thinking about it a few weeks later!
The top 'moods' of the books I read were 'reflective' and 'sad'.
55% of them were medium paced, with 36% slow and only 9% fast paced
I somehow managed a perfectly even split between books under 300 pages, books 300-499 pages and books over 500 pages long. I couldn't have done that if I'd tried!
67% of my read was non-fiction, and only 33% fiction which surprised me. I know I read a lot of non-fiction but didn't expect it to be 2/3s of my reading.
My most read genres were fantasy and history, which is not a surprise, followed by LGBTQIA+, thriller, romance, memoir and historical fiction.
I tag the books that I get from the library or through the Libby app, and 6 of the books I read (that's 50%) were library loans. I've been making a more concerted effort to use the library and it's nice to see it paying off
I'm about a miles walk to my nearest library from home, and another mile walk from the office to the city centre library so I've been using both of them.
Format wise, 58% were print and 42% digital - this again surprised me, I thought I read more physical books that digital. Then again, as I've been utilising the Libby app, maybe it shouldn't have been a surprise.
And my average rating was 4.19, with my lowest rating being 3.5 and my highest being 4.5, so it was a month filled with books I enjoyed which is always nice to see!
I'm looking forward to seeing where my September reading takes me
einhornmaedchen for the post idea! I read 12 books in August (that's 5,868 pages!), and I am loving the fact that one of the tracking website I'm using (thestorygraph.com, highly recommended) gives me stats on everything from mood to genre which I'm going to share because it interests me.
My book of the month was definitely The Once and Future Witches which I've already raved about how beautiful it is so I'll spare you the repeat, but I'm still thinking about it a few weeks later!
The top 'moods' of the books I read were 'reflective' and 'sad'.
55% of them were medium paced, with 36% slow and only 9% fast paced
I somehow managed a perfectly even split between books under 300 pages, books 300-499 pages and books over 500 pages long. I couldn't have done that if I'd tried!
67% of my read was non-fiction, and only 33% fiction which surprised me. I know I read a lot of non-fiction but didn't expect it to be 2/3s of my reading.
My most read genres were fantasy and history, which is not a surprise, followed by LGBTQIA+, thriller, romance, memoir and historical fiction.
I tag the books that I get from the library or through the Libby app, and 6 of the books I read (that's 50%) were library loans. I've been making a more concerted effort to use the library and it's nice to see it paying off
I'm about a miles walk to my nearest library from home, and another mile walk from the office to the city centre library so I've been using both of them.
Format wise, 58% were print and 42% digital - this again surprised me, I thought I read more physical books that digital. Then again, as I've been utilising the Libby app, maybe it shouldn't have been a surprise.
And my average rating was 4.19, with my lowest rating being 3.5 and my highest being 4.5, so it was a month filled with books I enjoyed which is always nice to see!
I'm looking forward to seeing where my September reading takes me
