Welcome to my Monthly Reading Review.
This post is my attempt to keep track of how I’m doing with my reading challenges and resolutions.
BOOKS I’VE READ
Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch
Wayward (Wayward Pines #2) by Blake Crouch
The Last Town (Wayward Pines #3) by Blake Crouch
Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
Total Library Books Read This Month: 2
Total Own Books Read This Month: 2
Overall Total Books Read This Month: 4
Total Library Books Read 2020: 16
Total Own Books Read 2020: 5
Overall Total Books Read 2020: 21
MY READ OF THE MONTH
I could say the whole Wayward Pines trilogy by Blake Crouch but I’ll go for the first book, Pines. There’s so much mystery and so many questions that it’s a great start to an enjoyable trilogy.
BEAT THE BACKLIST
My total for this challenge is currently 18 books read. So far I’ve read:
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
The Six by Luca Veste
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (Poirot #20) by Agatha Christie
Stoker’s Wilde by Steven Hopstaken and Melissa Prusi
The Poison Song (The Winnowing Flame #3) by Jen Williams
The Colour of Magic (Discworld #1) by Terry Pratchett
Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J. D. Barker
The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg
A Different Kind of Evil (Agatha Christie #2) by Andrew Wilson
Darkness There: Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill
The Sleep Tight Motel by Lisa Unger
The Light Fantastic (Discworld #2) by Terry Pratchett
Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch
Wayward (Wayward Pines #2) by Blake Crouch
The Last Town (Wayward Pines #3) by Blake Crouch
Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
Beat the Backlist Bingo is making another appearance this year. I have no idea how many categories I’ll manage to complete but it’s a little extra to add to my challenge.
Borrowed it for the cover – The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. I wanted to read this from the moment I first heard about it, but I’m using it for this category because I never got tired of looking at the cover. I also think this may be a contender for the category of a top 10 read of the year.
Released in the 2010’s – The Six by Luca Veste
Written before 2010 – Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (Poirot #20) by Agatha Christie
Wish you had read it sooner – Stoker’s Wilde by Steven Hopstaken and Melissa Prusi
Book you never finished before – The Colour of Magic (Discworld #1) by Terry Pratchett
One word title – Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J. D. Barker
Genre you never/rarely read – The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg
Book with less than 200 pages – Darkness There: Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Book with 600+ pages – Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Cover redesign is better – A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill
New to you author – The Sleep Tight Motel by Lisa Unger
Shocking plot twist – Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch
Owned for over 2 years – Wayward (Wayward Pines #2) by Blake Crouch
GOODREADS
I’ve read 21 books so far this year.
GOALS
- I’m doing better with reading books I already own at the moment as I read two this month.
- Discovered a new-to-me author in Blake Crouch and as I enjoyed the Wayward Pines trilogy so much I’m interested in checking out more of his books in the future.
- I made more Beat the Backlist progress this month as all four of the books I read counted towards the challenge. My total stands at 18 and I’m hoping I might be able to manage 20 before the end of the challenge.
- The Readers Imbibing Peril read-a-thon is ongoing throughout September and October so I’m participating in that.
- I’m continuing my monthly update posts to record my reading and any challenge progress I’ve made.
So concludes September’s Reading Review. See you again next month.
