Month in Review: December 2020

 

Well, it’s certainly been a year…that’s for sure! But the one silver lining is that I read a lot and I read some amazing books. Not only was I fortunate to continue to receive review books all year long, but I still managed to read books off my own shelf…I certainly had the time and this is something that I am going to make a priority moving forward, making sure there is a balance of the two. And I also made some progress with my backlist review books, but not as much as I would have liked, so this is something I need to focus on a little more moving forward. But all in all, this was a great year reading-wise and I’m happy about that.

 

 

 

Reading Stats:

• Read this month: 24
• Year to date: 308
  

Books Read:     

1. Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life & Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter — Barbara Leaming (print/audio book)
   
2. The Pull of Stars — Emma Donoghue (audio book)
   
3. The Wicked Hour — Alice Blanchard (e-book)
   
4. Take It Back — Kia Abdullah
   
5. The Dead Season — Tessa Wegert
   
6. The Survivors — Jane Harper (audio book)
   
7. Winterkill — Ragnar Jonasson (e-book)
   
8. Cold Wind — Paige Shelton (e-book)
   
9. The Swap — Robyn Harding (e-book)
   
10. The Wife Upstairs — Rachel Hawkins (audio book)
    
11. Little Women — Louisa May Alcott (audio book)
    
12. The Last To See Her — Courtney Evan Tate (e-book)
    
13. Girl Under Water — L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain (e-book)
14. The Mystery of Mrs. Christie — Marie Benedict
    
15. The Girl in the Mirror — Rose Carlyle
    
16. Death on the Nile — Agatha Christie
    
17. The Choice — Alex Lake (e-book)
    
18. Under a Gilded Moon — Joy Jordan Lake (audio book)
    
19. Lie, Lie Again — Stacy Wise (audio book)
    
20. The Devil in the Dark Water — Stuart Turton
    
21. The Witch Hunter — Max Seeck
    
22. Deadly Cross — James Patterson
    
23. The War Widow — Tara Moss (e-book)
    
24. Bloodline — Jess Lourey (audio book)
    

  
Favorite Books of December:     

• Take It Back by Kia Abdullah
• The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
  
• Bloodline by Jess Lourey
  

 

Challenges:

Once
again I am participating in #TheUnreadShelfProject2020, hosted by
@theunreadshelf. I will be posting monthly updates both here and over on
Instagram.

#TheUnReadShelfProject2020:

*These
numbers only refer to books that have been sitting on my shelf for a
while or that I have recently purchased. It does not include any review
books.

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of November: 175
• Books read this month (that count): 5
• Books bought/received as gift this month: 9
• Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 26
• Total unread books on shelf at end of November: 153

 

 YTD Stats:     

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of January: 158




• Total Books read from shelves (that count): 45







• Total Books bought/received as gift: 79







• Total Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 39







• Total unread books on shelf at end of November: 153