Tuesday, January 01, 2019

BOOKS READ IN DECEMBER









I read 10 books in December, pretty much my December average. I surpassed my goal to read 144 books in 2018. I read 146! I will give you the stats and favorites of the year in my next post. For bloggers the beginning of January is almost busier than any other time of the year!
 
My other goal for December was to write the reviews of every book I read and post them on the blog. All year I have been about 6 books behind. I almost made it. Only one to go, which means that for all but the last on the list, you can find the reviews already posted here. It also means I wrote 145 reviews last year and let me tell you that is the hardest part of this whole endeavor. If you are a blogger I am sure you agree.

Stats: 10 books read. 8 fiction. 7 written by women. 2 nonfiction. 1 memoir. 3 for My Big Fat Reading Project. 1 mystery. 1 historical fiction.

Authors new to me: David Grann, Michelle Obama, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Morris Collins.

Places I went: Various states in the US, Great Britain, the Roman Empire in the 4th century, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico.

Favorites: Becoming, Unsheltered and Julian.
No least favorites. I found something to like or admire in each book I read.


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I hope your December reading was good and fun. Any book I missed that you feel I must read?

12 comments:

  1. What a great month Judy. I read Killers of the Flower Moon (audio) and liked it but not as much as I expected to. Same was true of Unsheltered but Becoming, was an over the top hit for me. I'd like to try a few more from your list as well. Happy New Year Judy.

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    1. Thanks for your feedback Diane. I am with you on Becoming. Happy New Year to you and happy reading!

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  2. I agree with you that keeping up with writing book reviews is difficult at times.

    Sounds like you had a great month in reading for the month of December 2018.

    Happy new year to you, Judy! Good luck with your 2019 reading goals. I hope you discover some new to you authors and wonderful books.

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    1. Yes, I enjoyed the mix of books I read. Here we go in 2019!

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  3. I think reviewing 145 books would be tough! I'm trying to write shorter reviews with less synopsis parts & more reactions to it but then I go on a ramble tangent. Reviews aren't easy for sure.

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    1. Same here! But our ramble tangents are pretty interesting!

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  4. What an interesting mix of books and places visited.

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  5. You had such a great reading month in December!

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  6. I am jealous of the number of books that you finished for the year. It is even more impressive that you blogged about every book that you read.

    I love the fact that you found something worthwhile in every book that you read. I generally feel the same way.

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    1. Since I am retired and can do what I want for once in my life, I am reading as much as I can. The blogging is a good practice and I think it helps me get more out of what I read because I have to evaluate these books beyond just loving, liking or disliking them. Some months, like December, I get lucky! Thanks for becoming a regular here at Keep The Wisdom, Brian.

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