My August 2020 Reading Summary

 Aug 2020
 

General Info               Aug                  Total (Including my current read)
Books Read -                 12                      85
Pages Read -                3200                 24,200 (Avg per book - 284)
 

Pages Breakdown
    < 250                           5                     40        
250 - 350                         6                     24
351 - 450                         1                     15
   > 450                                                     6  

Ratings
5 - star                            4                      10
4 - star                            5                      50
3 - star                            3                      24
2 - star
No Rating (NR)                                       1                    

Gender
Female                           4                      40
Male                              7                      44
Not Stated                      1                       1

Genres
Horror                                                     5
Fiction                           1                      22
Mystery                         7                      46
SciFi                              1                        4
Non-Fic                         2                        4
Classics                                         
Young Adult                  1                        2
Poetry                                                      2

Top 3 Books
 

1. Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood (5 stars)
 

2. Rock Paper Tiger by Lisa Brackmann (5 stars)
 

3. The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly (5 stars)

Challenges
12 + 4 (Finish off Some Series) (completed 10)
Individual Challenge - First Book in Series (completed 14)
1. Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood (5 stars)
2. Woman Who Married a Bear by John Straley (5 stars)
3. Rock Paper Tiger by Lisa Brackmann (5 stars)
4. Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr (4 stars)
Individual Challenge - Next Book in Series (completed 19)
1. The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly (5 stars)
Individual Challenge - Non Series (completed 23)
1. You Think You Know Someone by J.B. Holman (3.5 stars)
2. Where the Dark Streets Go by Dorothy Salisbury Davis (4.5 stars)
3. The Answer is ... Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek (4.5 stars)
4. The Searchers by Alan Le May (4 stars)
5. Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump (3.5 stars)
Monthly Challenge - January (CanCon) (completed 1)
Monthly Challenge - February (Margaret Millar) (completed 4)
Monthly Challenge - March (C.S. Forester) (completed 3)
Monthly Challenge - April (Minette Walters) (completed 2)
Monthly Challenge - May (Dennis Wheatley) (completed 2)
Monthly Challenge - June (George Orwell) (completed 2)
Monthly Challenge - July (Graham Greene) (completed 2)
Monthly Challenge - August (SciFi) (completed 2)
1. Feed by M.T. Anderson (4 stars)
2. Downtime Shift by Robert Holding (3.5 stars)
 

Currently Reading
 

1. 12 + 4 Challenge - The Courts of the Morning by John Buchan
2. First in Series - The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
3. Next in Series - The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
4. Non-Series - In the Evil Day by Peter Temple
5. August Challenge (SciFi / Fantasy) - Metro 2033 by Dmitri Glukhovsky
6. September Challenge (Alistair MacLean) - Fear is the Key
 

Next In Line (Possibles)
 

1. 12 + 4 Challenge - Finders Weepers by Max Byrd
2. First in Series - All the Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison
3. Next in Series - Sleeping Dogs by Thomas Perry
4. Non-Series - Walkabout by James Vance Marshall
5. Sept Challenge (Alistair MacLean) - Ice Station Zebra