2017 reading

I know I haven’t been doing the monthly reads updates this past year. This was a conscious, if not stated, decision. I still kept track of my reading as maintaining that habit is important to me. This was a low reading year, probably the lowest since I came off of my duties on The Reading List committee. Part of that was the fact that my writing alter ego released new works, most notably a novel, this year and I took on publisher duties to make that happen.

The other reason, as usual, was mental health. I honestly thought I reread more books than I did, but that may because it took longer for me to read. I never stopped reading, but I may well have in June and all I can think of for the low total was the stress related to the build up to the book release which happened in early July. There’s also the general mental fug that has hit all of my friends and family to some degree this year. You can probably guess why.

As has been the usual for the last few years, my audiobook consumption has been abysmal due to that “time” being taken up by listening to podcasts. I’m debating on how to change that, but part of that is also going to be how I change up my exercise regime. I go through podcasts faster when I’m walking. If I can do more walking, that opens up time for audiobooks. We’ll see.

Anyway, here are my reading statistics for the year. I’ll list books of note below that!

January
Read: 1
Reread: 1
Novella: 1
Listened to: 1
Children’s: 0
Total: 4

February
Read: 6
Reread: 3
Novella: 3
Listened to: 0
Children’s: 1
Total: 13

March
Read: 4
Reread: 5
Novella: 1
Listened to: 0
Children’s: 0
Total: 10

April
Read: 5
Reread: 2
Novella: 1
Listened to: 0
Children’s: 0
Total: 8

May
Read: 4
Reread: 0
Novella: 2
Listened to: 0
Children’s: 0
Total: 6

June
Read: 2
Reread: 0
Novella: 0
Listened to: 0
Children’s: 0
Total: 2

July
Read: 2
Reread: 1
Novella: 0
Listened to: 0
Children’s: 1
Total: 4

August
Read: 1
Reread: 4
Novella: 0
Listened to: 0
Children’s: 0
Total: 5

September
Read: 3
Reread: 1
Novella: 1
Listened to: 1
Children’s: 0
Total: 6

October
Read: 1
Reread: 5
Novella: 0
Listened to: 0
Children’s: 0
Total: 6

November
Read: 1
Reread: 3
Novella: 1
Listened to: 0
Children’s: 2
Total: 7

December
Read: 7
Reread: 0
Novella: 4
Listened to: 0
Children’s: 0
Total: 11

2017
Read: 37
Reread: 25
Novella: 14
Listened to: 2
Children’s: 4
Total: 82

Seal Claps & other books of note

Seal Claps
Dr. Bad Boy by Ainsley Booth & Sadie Haller
SO SWEET by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Pretty Face by Lucy Parker
Beary Christmas, Baby by Sasha Devlin
Lake Silence by Anne Bishop (out 3/6/18)

Other books of note
Full Mountie by Ainsley Booth & Sadie Haller
Mr. Hat Trick by Ainsley Booth & Sadie Haller
Archangel’s Viper by Nalini Singh
Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
Beauty Like the Night by Joanna Bourne
Take the Lead by Alexis Daria
Games People Play series by HelenKay Dimon

Books that came out in 2017 that I haven’t gotten around to reading/finishing, but totally will:
Forbidden Hearts series by Alisha Rai (well, books 1 & 2 came out in 2017, but I have the ARC of book 3 and I’ve already started reading bits of all of them)
The Loyal League series by Alyssa Cole

Books coming out in 2018 that I’m totally looking forward to:
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole (2/27)
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (1/30)