Monthly Wrap-Up: November Reading 2024

I know this is super freaking late, but here I am with my November 2024 reading wrap-up. Finally.

I don’t know if I’ve ever been this late in the month with this post, but I hope it never happens again. Ugh, I don’t know what it is about December, but every year my novel reading and (sometimes) blog posting just completely tanks. I hate it.

Last month, I think I did pretty decently with it reading. I technically only read three novels, but it felt like (and is counted as) seven, so I’ll take it. Though I haven’t had the best start with this month (or any start at all really 😆😅), I’m hoping I’ll at least read a few books in December.

Anyway, without further ado, let’s get into my StoryGraph statistics from last month!

November Reading 2024

I read 7 books and 2,732 pages

😐 MOODS: I had less Moods in November than I did during October, but I still had six of them. As usual, the biggest Mood of the pie was Adventurous, but it was very closely followed by Emotional. They were then followed by Mysterious and Funny, and those Moods were then closely followed by Tense and Dark.

👢 PACE: My books from last month were all medium paced and nothing else. I don’t think that’s ever happened before.

🔢 PAGE NUMBER: Everything I read was between 304 and 489 pages.

📖 FICTION/NONFICTION: It was once again all fiction in November. Per usual.

🎭 GENRES: There were four Genres in the books I read in November, which was less this past month than the month before, but still decent. Somehow Romance is at the top of the bar graph this time, even though I read just as many Fantasy books. I dunno, I guess I thought they’d organize them in alphabetical order if they had the same amount? Anyway, the two other Genres here were LGBT+ and Young Adult (which aren’t genres they’re demographic, but I’ll shut up about that from now on).

📄 FORMAT: This particular pie graph is once again wrong. (As it always is.) The majority of books I read were physical copies, but two of them were digital.

⭐ RATING: My median star rating for last month was 3.96. The ratings I gave were between 1.75 stars and 4.5 stars, so yeah.

📉 PAGES READ DAILY: I did most of my reading during the middle of November. I read between the 8th and the 15th, as well as during the 21st and 22nd. My highest reading spike was on the 13th.

The Books I Read in November

★★★★✯ • my review

★★★★✯

★★★★✯

★★★★✯

★★★★✯

★✫☆☆☆ • my review

★★★✯☆ • my review

Wrapping Up the Wrap-Up

So yeah, I wish I had read more books than I ended up doing, but it is what it is. And yeah, this wrap-up is rather late, but for some reason I wanted to get my MDZS review out first. I dunno why. I did want to post this yesterday, but, well life got to me.

I’m really hoping that my reading for December will pick up this week, but I’m honestly not sure. Like I mentioned earlier, for some reason I find it harder to read books and blog about them in December. (If I’m being honest, I think it’s probably a winter thing, because it happens in January and February too. Hopefully they’ll be better, as well.)

Anyway, thanks for joining me in checking out my StoryGraph stats for my November reading in 2024. Thank you also for reading, and I hope you have an awesome day/night!

See ya ~Mar

Weekly Wrap-Up: 11/4 – 11/10

It’s back! I said I was gonna do this post again, and I’m keeping my word! Second Weekly Wrap-Up in a long time let’s goooo!

I’m happy with the way my posting went last week, even though I didn’t manage to get a book review out. (That is definitely not gonna be the case this week, btw!) I did a bunch of other posts I wanted to get out, though.

Anyway, on with the post!!

Monday 11/4: The Return!

I don’t normally highlight this in these posts because I find it extremely redundant. Because it is. But since last week was The Return of the Weekly Wrap-Up, I decided that it’s special.

I’m feeling very happy that I’m still doing it – it just feels so good to be doing this post again for whatever reason.

Weekly Wrap-Up: 10/28 – 11/3

Wednesday 11/6: Can’t-Wait Wednesday

Last Wednesday, I did another Can’t-Wait Wednesday. It was the second week in a row – but it’s ’cause there’s a book I’m so looking forward to hate reading coming out very soon.

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme currently hosted by Tressa @ Wishful Endings. It focuses on books you’re looking forward to reading, usually new releases.

Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Skyshade

Thursday 11/7: October Reading 2024

On Thursday, I finally posted my monthly reading wrap-up for October. For those who don’t know, monthly wrap-ups are when I go over the books I read over the past month, as well as my stats over on The StoryGraph.

Monthly Wrap-Up: October Reading 2024

Friday 11/8: First Line Friday

Last Friday, I participated in First Line Fridays for the first time in several weeks. First Line Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers (formerly) hosted by Wandering Words.

First Line Friday: 11/8

Books I Read Last Week

💖🎁 Wrapping It All Up 💖🎁

So yeah, I’m relatively happy with the posts I did last week, even though I didn’t manage to get a book review out. But, that won’t be the case with this week – heck, I might even get two reviews out. We’ll see.

Regarding other posts I’m planning on: definitely a book review (like I said above), possibly a Bewitching Book Covers, probably WWW Wednesday and maybe a monthly post. But we’ll see what ultimately ends up happening.

As always, thank you to everyone for reading, and I hope you all have a great day/night!

See ya ~Mar

Monthly Wrap-Up: October Reading 2024

Ugh. I’m later in the month again. I hate it when I post my monthly wrap-ups later than like, the 5th of the month. ‘Cause then it just feels super late to me. But yeah, I’m finally posting my October reading for 2024.

I’m very pleased with the amount of reading I got done last month. It’s been some time since I’ve read nine books in a month, and it’s something that I wish I would do more often. And I enjoyed almost all of the books I read in October, which was a huge bonus.

Anyway, without further ado, let’s get into my StoryGraph statistics from last month!

October Reading 2024

I read 9 books and 3,995 pages

😐 MOODS: I had more reading Moods in October that I’ve had in a long while – possibly the most ever. Adventurous was of course the biggest chunk of the pie chart. The second biggest slice is Emotional, then Lighthearted and Hopeful. The other four Moods were Reflective, Mysterious, Inspiring and Funny.

👢 PACE: My books from last month were mostly medium paced, but around a third of them were fast or slow paced.

🔢 PAGE NUMBER: Everything I read was between 152 and 640 pages.

📖 FICTION/NONFICTION: It was once again all fiction in October. As is my usual.

🎭 GENRES: There were more Genres in October than there have been in months. Fantasy was the Genre I read there most of, which is always the case. Though, interestingly it’s actually tied with Young Adult this time. The other five genres were Manga, Graphic Novel, Romance, LGBT+ and Romance. (BTW, in case you were wondering, the genre vs. demographic thing still bugs me.)

📄 FORMAT: This particular pie graph is once again wrong. (As it always is.) About half of the books I read were physical copies, but some novels were digital.

⭐ RATING: My median star rating for last month was 4.11. The ratings I gave were between 2.5 stars and 5.0 stars, so yeah.

📉 PAGES READ DAILY: I did most of my reading during the last third of October. My biggest reading spike of the month was the 23rd, though my reading was decently high on the 14th, 29th and 31st. I also read books on the 3rd and 4th, and between the 21st and the 27th.

The Books I Read in October

★★★★✯ • my review

★★★✯☆ • my review

★★✯☆☆ • my review

★★★★☆ • my series review

★★★✯☆

★★★★✯

★★★★✯

★★★★★

★★★★★ • my review part one

Wrapping Up the Wrap-Up

So yeah, I liked how much stuff I ended up reading in October. Did it feel a bit like cheating because the majority of what I read were graphic novels or manga? Yes, but I’m actually okay with that this time. Especially because the One Piece super volumes are so thick. Plus, I enjoyed most – almost all – of the novels I read last month, which is always fantastic.

I’m not sure how my reading is going to be for November. This is usually one of my best months of the year for it, but I’ve been so indecisive about which book I’m gonna read next that I haven’t started reading a new novel yet. Which, ugh, I hate it when that happens. Hopefully I’ll finally make a decision and get something started tomorrow.

Anyway, thanks for joining me in checking out my StoryGraph stats for my October reading in 2024. Thank you also for reading, and I hope you have an awesome day/night!

See ya ~Mar

Monthly Wrap-Up: September Reading 2024

Here I am. Doing my due diligence with posting my September reading wrap-up for 2024 at a reasonable time in October. By which I mean within the first week. Yay!

I’m very happy with the reading I was able to do last month, and not just because I read (and finished) more books than I did in August. It just felt like I read a good amount of novels and that feeling is good enough for me. And I enjoyed all the books that I read in September, too, which is the best part about it.

But yeah, without further ado, let’s get into my StoryGraph statistics from last month!

September Reading 2024

I read 5 books and 2,299 pages

😐 MOODS: The reading Moods for September were fewer than in August, but there were still five of them. Adventurous was of course the biggest chunk of the pie chart. The second biggest slice is Lighthearted, which I’m not sure has happened before. The other three Moods were Tense, Mysterious and Funny.

👢 PACE: My books from last month were mostly fast paced, but around a quarter of them were slow paced.

🔢 PAGE NUMBER: Everything I read was between 240 and 672 pages.

📖 FICTION/NONFICTION: It was once again all fiction in September. As is my usual.

🎭 GENRES: There were less Genres in September than there were in August. Fantasy was the Genre I read there most of, which is always the case. The other four genres were Young Adult, Manga, Middle Grade and LGBT+. (BTW, in case you were wondering, the genre vs. demographic thing still bugs me.)

📄 FORMAT: This particular pie graph is once again wrong. (As it always is.) Almost all the books I read were physical copies, but one novel was digital.

⭐ RATING: My median star rating for last month was 4.35. The ratings I gave were between 3.35 stars and 5.0 stars, so yeah.

📉 PAGES READ DAILY: I read a lot during the last two thirds of September. My biggest reading spike of the month was the 23rd, though my reading on the 19th and the 20th were nearly as high. I also read books between the 11th and the 17th, as well as between the 26th and the 28th.

The Books I Read in September

★★★✬☆ • my review

One Piece: Volumes 46, 47 & 48 (Thriller Bark Arc) by Eiichiro Oda

★★★★✯

One Piece: Volumes 48, 49 & 50 (Thriller Bark Arc) by Eiichiro Oda

★★★★✯

The Glass Scientists: Volume Two by S.H. Cotugno

★★★★★ • my review

Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan

★★★★✯ • my review

Wrapping Up the Wrap-Up

So yeah, I’m pretty satisfied with the stuff I read during September. It was a good month for me this year – and not just because a new Legend of Zelda game came out. The books that I did read, I liked, which is unfortunately something that doesn’t always happen.

I’m not sure what my reading is gonna look like for October this time. I think it’s gonna be more than last month, though, even though I’ve hardly read at all this past week. (Sorry, whenever a new Zelda game comes out, it usually takes up most of my attention for at least a week. That’s just how it is and I’m totally fine with it! 😁🎮) It’s ’cause I have plans to read specific books this month, and there are more of them than what I read in September. So that’s why. But we’ll see what ends up happening.

Anyway, thanks for joining me in checking out my StoryGraph stats for my September reading in 2024. Thank you also for reading, and I hope you have an wonderful day/night!

See ya ~Mar

Top Ten Tuesday: Posts I’ve Written That Give You a Glimpse of Me

Hey everyone! Happy Tuesday! How’s your September going so far?

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post currently hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It celebrates lovely lists, wonderful books and the bookish community. This week’s topic is Posts I’ve Written That Give You a Glimpse of Me. For this one, share the blog posts (or social media stuff) that showcase your personality the most and offer the clearest window into your personality. These are the posts you wish everyone would read! I wasn’t feeling this prompt a few weeks ago, when it was originally for, but I’m feeling it now.

I could only think of eight posts this time, unfortunately. Which kind of sucks, ’cause this is the first time I’ve had trouble thinking of ten things for this list. (This might be why I originally passed on this prompt a few weeks ago, haha.)

So anyway, let’s get started!

#1: Some Scary Stories for Spooky Season (Book Recs for October 2022)

One of my first ever posts. I really like the books I ended up picking for this one, though I think that when I did this post again in 2023, it was better written.

#2: Monthly Reading Wrap-Ups

I really like doing monthly reading wrap-ups. From the beginning on this blog, I’ve discussed and analyzed my StoryGraph statistics every month on the Blog That Nobody Knows, and I’ve enjoyed it. I’m proud of how most of these turned out.

#3: The First “Pretty Good” Book Review I Wrote

My review for Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garner is where I felt like I was starting to hit my stride to some degree, regarding how I wrote my book reviews. The way I write and structure my reviews is very different than it was almost two years ago now, and is ever evolving, but this was the first book review I wrote wherein I felt genuine satisfaction with the way it turned out.

#4: Reading Retrospective Reviews, Particularly the ACOTAR One

I haven’t done a retrospective review in a while, but I’ve enjoyed making them nonetheless. I feel like my personality shines with some of these posts, because I love to talk about books I’ve read in the past, not just ones I’ve read more recently during my time with this blog. And going over a book again to see how it holds up with my present eyes is something I sometimes like to do.

#5: My Quarterly Anticipated New Release Lists

I like to do these lists because it encouraged me to look into new books coming out. But I’m also too lazy to do this every month, so instead I do it seasonally. And thus, I get kind of unique lists sometimes. Plus, these are all pretty much strictly science fiction and fantasy only, ’cause that’s what I like to read.

#6: Books I’ve Read With Legend of Zelda Vibes

This is a post I hold dear to my heart. The Legend of Zelda series is something that is very special to me, and is something that has impacted so many parts of my life. I did this post in celebration of the latest series installment – Tears of the Kingdom – releasing in May 2023. It’s one of my favorite posts that I’ve ever done.

#7: The First Book Tag I Did

I haven’t done a lot of them, but I’ve enjoyed every Book Tag I’ve taken part in. In each of the ones I’ve done, I put a lot of effort into the visuals and images (including doing and redoing the thumbnail/featured image multiple times). And I’m very proud of how it all turned out. I feel like the Taylor Swift book tags in particular give insight into me, because they show the kind of music I enjoy (to some degree), and they showcase a lot of the different novels that I’ve read or want to read in the future.

#8: Bewitching Book Covers / Tasteful Tuesdays / Majestic Mondays

This post was the first series post that I ever created. And, even though I haven’t been very consistent with it lately, I like to talk about, admire and analyze book cover art which is why I originally decided to start doing it. I still enjoy doing it and know I’ll eventually come back to it. Hopefully soon and more consistently. It’s gone through a few title changes since I first started it, which might not be a good thing, lol.

Monthly Wrap-Up: August Reading 2024

So I dropped the ball a little bit last month, regarding my reading in August 2024. I read a little bit less than I did in July.

But I’m hoping to at least match my reading (of books, specifically) from last month, this month. Especially since September has a couple books coming out that I’m looking forward to in particular.

Well anyway, without further ado, let’s get into my StoryGraph statistics from last month.

August Reading 2024

I read 4 books and 1,430 pages

😐 MOODS: The Moods for August definitely varied more than the last couple of months. Adventurous was of course the biggest slice of pie on this particular pie chart, because it always is. But the secondary most Mood was Mysterious, which isn’t always the case. The other Moods included were Reflective, Lighthearted, Funny, Emotional and Challenging.

👢 PACE: My books from last month were split between fast and medium paced.

🔢 PAGE NUMBER: Everything I read was between 160 and 477 pages.

📖 FICTION/NONFICTION: It was once again all fiction in August. As is my usual.

🎭 GENRES: There were about as many Genres in August as there were in July. The Genre king for last month was once again Fantasy as is basically always the case – I don’t think I’ve ever had a month where it wasn’t. The other five genres were Young Adult, Shirt Stories, Science Fiction, Manga and Literary. (Once again – and I’ll probably keep saying this – it really bothers me that StoryGraph lumps in reading demographics with genres though – they’re not the same thing!!)

📄 FORMAT: This particular pie graph is once again wrong. (As usual.) Nearly all the books I read were digital – only one was a hard copy.

⭐ RATING: My median star rating for last month was 3.94. The ratings I gave were between 2.0 stars and 5.0 stars, so yeah.

📉 PAGES READ DAILY: I read a lot during the end of the first week and then first half of the second week of August. It was my biggest reading spike of the month, as well. Then I dropped off for a bit. I then read between the 20th and the 24th, paused again, and then read from the 26th all the way to the end of the month on the 31st.

The Books I Read in August

The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow

★★☆☆☆ • my review

★★★★★ • my review

☆ • did not finish • ☆

★★★★★

Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction by Ann Leckie

★★★✫☆ • my review

Wrapping Up the Wrap-Up

So yeah, once again – even though I read several books in August – it wasn’t as many as I might’ve liked. I mostly enjoyed the novels I did read and did end up finishing, however, so I count that as a huge win for me.

I think I have a better chance of reading more books in September than I did this past month. For one thing, my husband and I are gonna start up with another arc of One Piece again (which means at least two super volumes). But also, there’s a couple of books coming out this month that I’ve been anticipating all year. Not to mention what I’m currently reading and all that.

Another thing in my favor, is that I tend to really get into novels in the fall, for whatever reason. It might be kinda weird, and I don’t know why it happens, but I pretty consistently seem to do the majority of my novel reading in autumn. Maybe it’s the atmosphere? The vibes? I just don’t know.

Anyway, thanks for joining me in checking out my StoryGraph stats for my August reading in 2024. Thank you also for reading, and I hope you have an wonderful day/night!

See ya ~Mar

Monthly Wrap-Up: July Reading 2024

So even though I didn’t read quite as many books as I’d hoped, I was at least somewhat happy with my reading for July 2024. Like, I read six books – that’s not too bad.

I also still have a bit of a solid TBR going on (that I still haven’t touched, lol), and there’s some books coming out in the next month or so that I’m into, so hopefully I’ll be reading way more in August.

Anyway, without further ado, let’s get into my StoryGraph statistics from last month.

July Reading 2024

I read 6 books and 3,153 pages

😐 MOODS: There were about the same amount of Moods as in June. Adventurous was of course number one, as it always is. The other three Moods were Lighthearted, Funny and Emotional, and they were actually pretty equal on the chart, except for Emotional.

👢 PACE: My books from last month were fast, medium or slow paced.

🔢 PAGE NUMBER: Everything I read was between 200 and 700 pages.

📖 FICTION/NONFICTION: It was once again all fiction this month. As is usual.

🎭 GENRES: There were about as many Genres in July as in June. The Genre king for last month was once again Fantasy as is pretty much always the case – I don’t think I’ve ever had a month where it wasn’t. The other five genres were Manga, Romance, Graphic Novel, LGBT+ and Young Adult. (It bothers me that StoryGraph lumps in reading demographics with genres though – they’re not the same thing!! And these last five are definitely reading demographics.)

📄 FORMAT: This particular pie graph is once again wrong. (As usual.) About a third of the books I read were ebooks, while the rest were physical copies.

⭐ RATING: My median star rating for last month was 4.17. The ratings I gave were between 3.0 stars and 5.0 stars, so that pretty much tracks.

📉 PAGES READ DAILY: I read a ton during the second week of July, but that’s what happens we hen you read an entire arc of One Piece. It was my biggest reading spike of the month, as well. I also read some between the 17th and the 28th.

The Books I Read in July

★★★★☆

★★★★☆

★★★★✯

★★★★★

★★★☆☆ • my review

★★★★✯ • my review

Wrapping Up the Wrap-Up

So yeah, even though I read six books last month, it still wasn’t quite as many as I’d have liked. I really enjoyed the books that I did end up reading, however, which was pretty nice. Hopefully I’ll read more in August, though.

I did end up having a bit of a minor slump during July, and I think it’s ’cause my husband was ready to continue buddy reading One Piece, and I wanted to read something else first. We ended up doing the buddy read of the next OP arc, and by the end of it I was kind of no longer into reading what was originally next on my TBR. Like, don’t get me wrong – I really enjoyed the Water Seven arc, it just all kinda messed up my reading moods for July. A little.

Anyway, thanks for joining me in checking out my StoryGraph stats for my July reading in 2024. Thank you also for reading, and I hope you have an wonderful day/night!

See ya ~Mar

Monthly Wrap-Up: June Reading 2024

So last month, I unfortunately didn’t get to read as much as I’d wanted to. But I kind of expected that, what with going on vacation and all – it always completely destroys my schedule and productivity whenever I go out of town. Without fail. (Plus, I don’t read when during vacation. I dunno why.)

But it’s a new month, and I’ve got a good feeling about July. Heck, even though I haven’t posted as much as I’d have wanted to here so far this month, I’m posting Monthly Reading Wrap-Up for June 2024 within the first week of July, which is waayyy butter than last month. And I’ve got a solid TBR lined up of stuff I’ve been meaning to read that I’m excited about – not to mention whatever new releases catch my eye – so I think that this month’s reading is gonna be good.

Anyway, without further ado, let’s get into my StoryGraph statistics from last month.

June Reading 2024

I read 2 books and 960 pages

😐 MOODS: Not as many Moods as in May, but that comes with reading less books. Adventurous was of course number one, as it always is. The other three Moods were Tense, Hopeful and Funny, and they were actually pretty equal on the chart.

👢 PACE: My books from last month were all either fast or medium paced.

🔢 PAGE NUMBER: Everything I read was between 300 and 700 pages.

📖 FICTION/NONFICTION: It was once again all fiction this month. As is usual.

🎭 GENRES: There weren’t as many Genres in June as there were in the month before. (Again, it comes with reading less.) The Genre king for last month was once again Fantasy as is almost always the case – I don’t think I’ve ever had a month where it wasn’t. The other four genres were Romance, Middle Grade, LGBT+ and Young Adult. (It bothers me that StoryGraph lumps in reading demographics with genres though – they’re not the same thing!!)

📄 FORMAT: This particular pie graph is once again wrong. (As usual.) All of the books that I read were ebooks.

⭐ RATING: My median star rating for last month was 4.0. The two ratings I gave were 3.0 stars and 5.0 stars, so 4.0 is exactly in between them.

📉 PAGES READ DAILY: I didn’t read as much as I’d have liked during June. The only days I read were the 7th and 8th, as well as the last three days of the month. June 28th thru the 30th was also my biggest reading spike.

The Books I Read in June

★★★☆☆ • my review

★★★★★ • my review

Wrapping Up the Wrap-Up

So yeah, June wasn’t the best month I’ve had this year in regards to reading books, but it certainly wasn’t the worst (I’m looking at you January and February). I’m excited about the books I’ve got on my TBR, and looking into the new releases as well.

As I’ve said, I’m really hoping that July is a good reading month. I’m starting the next arc of One Piece tonight, and I’m looking forward to reading the books that are out in the Legendborn Cycle and the Unorthodox Chronicles. And whatever comes out this month and catches my eye, of course.

Anyway, thanks for joining me in checking out my StoryGraph stats for my June reading in 2024. Thank you also for reading, and I hope you have an wonderful day/night!

See ya ~Mar

Monthly Wrap-Up: May Reading 2024

It’s June now, so it’s time to talk about what I read in May! This is super late compared to normal – and I wanted to post this way earlier – but I went on vacation last week, so my posting and my schedule in general both kind of got messed up. Sorry, I’ve been kind of MIA these last couple weeks.

Anyway.

My reading is the best it’s been so far this year! May was fantastic regarding books and stuff. I read 8 books – which is 2 more novels than I read in April! Woohoo! I’m really happy with my reading stats from The StoryGraph from May.

But yeah, without further ado, let’s get going with the May 2024 Reading Wrap-Up!

May Reading 2024

I read 8 books and 2,234 pages

😐 MOODS: There were a ton of different Moods this past month. Adventurous was of course the biggest chunk of the pie in May, but Mysterious was also pretty big. Making up the rest of the pie were Reflective, Lighthearted, Inspiring, Hopeful, Funny, Emotional, and Dark.

👢 PACE: My books from last month were all either fast or medium paced.

🔢 PAGE NUMBER: I read a lot of books with different page numbers. But everything I read was between 100 and 500 pages.

📖 FICTION/NONFICTION: It was once again all fiction this month.

🎭 GENRES: There were quite a few Genres in May, though not as many as in April. Fantasy was once again the biggest bar, as usual, though it is closely followed by Middle Grade – probably because I read the entirety of the Magisterium series last month. The three other Genres on the graph are LGBT+, Science Fiction, and Historical.

📄 FORMAT: This particular pie graph is once again wrong. All of the books that I read were ebooks.

⭐ RATING: My median star rating for last month was 3.94. The ratings I gave were between 2.5 stars and 5.0 stars, with three of the ratings being 4.0 stars.

📉 PAGES READ DAILY: I didn’t read as much as I’d have liked during the first week or so of May, but I really started reading after that. My highest reading peak was during the 21st thru the 23rd, but I had little reading spikes around during other parts of the month.

The Books I Read in May

★★★★★ • my review

★★✯☆☆ • my review

★★★★✯ • my series review

★★★★✯

★★★★✬

★★★★☆

★★★★☆

★★★☆☆ • my review

Wrapping Up the Wrap-Up

So yeah, so again for being late with this wrap-up and the gap in the posting. I’ve just had a few things going on the last couple weeks; particularly my vacation last week. I’m not sure how much reading of books I’m gonna get done for June, but I didn’t read any during my vacation, so we’ll see. Hopefully it’s at least like 5 or 6 books by the end of the month.

There are a couple of books that came out this month (June 2024) that I was interested in. I’ve already read one of them, and you’ll see what I thought of it soon. But I’m hoping to continue with One Piece again. We got busy at the end of May, so plans for continuing it last month kinda fell by the wayside. Other than that, I’m not fully sure what I’m planning on reading during the rest of this month.

Anyway, thanks for joining me in checking out my StoryGraph stats for my May reading in 2024. Thank you also for reading, and I hope you have an amazing day/night!

See ya ~Mar

Monthly Wrap-Up: April Reading 2024

It’s once again another month, which means it’s time for another wrap-up! This is a few days later than I had wanted – I’d originally wanted to get this out last weekend. Buuut… I was out of town, you know? Anyway, this monthly wrap-up regarding my reading for April 2024 features my reading stats from The StoryGraph, as per usual.

My reading has been much better than the previous few months – even March. I read 6 books! Which is such a big improvement compared to one or two or none at all. So yeah, I’m kind of satisfied with my reading last month.

Anyway, let’s get on with the reading wrap-up!

April Reading 2024

I read 6 books and 2,658 pages

😐 MOODS: The reading Moods were varied this past month. Adventurous was of course the biggest chunk of the pie in April, but Lighthearted, Mysterious and Dark were also pretty big slices. Tense and Funny were the smallest parts though.

👢 PACE: My books from last month were all three kinds of paces: fast, medium and slow.

🔢 PAGE NUMBER: I read a lot of books with different page numbers. But everything I read was between 100 and 650 pages.

📖 FICTION/NONFICTION: It was once again all fiction this month.

🎭 GENRES: So many Genres in April. Of course, Fantasy was the biggest one – it was the only Genre that was applied to every book I read. Manga surprised me at being the second biggest one, though I probably shouldn’t have been. The third biggest Genre was Young Adult, and then the rest of them were all applicable to one book each and were therefore the smallest lines.

📄 FORMAT: This little StoryGraph pie chart is almost correct for April. I only read one ebook though.

⭐ RATING: My median star rating for last month was 3.42. The ratings I gave were between 2.25 stars and 4.25 stars, with two of the ratings being 4.0 stars.

📉 PAGES READ DAILY: I didn’t read as much as I’d have liked during the first week or so of April, but I really started reading after that. My highest reading peak was during the 9th thru the 16th, but I had little reading spikes after that for the rest of the month.

The Books I Read in Aprll

One Piece: Skypiea Arc (Volumes 25, 26 & 27) by Eiichiro Oda

★★★✯☆

One Piece: Skypiea Arc (Volumes 28, 29 & 30) by Eiichiro Oda

★★★★☆

One Piece: Skypiea Arc (Volumes 31, 32 & 33) by Eiichiro Oda

★★★★☆

★★★★✬ • my review

★★✬☆☆ • my review

Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

★★✯☆☆ • my review

Wrapping Up the Wrap-Up

So yeah, I improved my reading stats for April! Just like I had intended to do. I’m hoping I read even more this month, and the months that are coming up the rest of 2024 too.

May has a couple of books releasing that I’m interested in, but I still have a couple new releases from April that I haven’t read yet that I still might check out as well. My spouse and I are still making our way through One Piece, and are planning on reading the next arc this month too. I’m so glad we started reading it again – it’s a fun and easy read and it got me out of my slump! Though… I’ve had a bit of a mini-slump happening for the past few days, but I’m chalking that up to reading two 2.5 star novels in a row plus the going out of town thing last weekend.

So yeah, thank you to everyone for reading, and I hope you have an awesome day/night!

See ya ~Mar