Monthly Reading Update - September 2022

Robin Hood Inn and Suites, Gorge Road, Victoria BC

Jo and I just got back from a couple of days spent in Victoria. We found a place that also took dogs so this was Bonnie and Clyde's first long trip with us. It worked out pretty good. The room wasn't huge but the dogs behaved and we had a very nice time. We'll stay there again. The Robin Hood Inn and Suites had such nice people working there. It made the stay most enjoyable. We had dinner and lunch with an old friend of Jo's and I visited Munro Books and Russell Books and jo wandered around downtown Victoria. All in all, it was a nice stay.

I'll update my most recent book purchases in my next post but today it's time to provide my Monthly Reading Update, this time for September 2022. All in all a successful month, even though I finally gave up on one book.

September Reading Update

Sep 2022 

General Info                Sep                   Total (Including my current read) (Avg per book - 251)  
Books Read -                 10  111            
Pages Read -               2800             28200                           
 

Pages Breakdown 
    < 250                           4 61      
250 - 350                         3     26 
351 - 450                        2      14 
   > 450                            1                  10 
 

Ratings 
5 - star                              1                 11                   
4 - star                              6 54 
3 - star                              2                      
   37 
2 - star                              0                  2 
No Rating (NR)                1       7                                                      
 

Gender 
Female                             2               41      
Male                                  7                67  
Other                                1                   2 (Lars Kepler is a husband / wife team)         

 

Genres 
Horror                           0             2                    
Fiction                              0              9       
Mystery                            3              33           
Sci-Fi                               3              24            
Non-Fic                            0              14 
Classics                            0              3 
Young Adult                     3       16  
Poetry                               0              2 
Short Stories                      1            5  

Plays                                 0             1  
 

Top 3 Books 
 

1. Tucker Peak by Archer Mayor (5.0 stars) 

2. Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire (4.5 stars) 

3. The Face-Changers by Thomas Perry (4.5 stars) 

 

Challenges 
1st Annual Reading Challenge (completed 11) 
1. Peripheral by William Gibson DNF (No rating) 

Individual Challenge - The Dusty Library #1 - 428 (completed 12) 
1. Tucker Peak by Archer Mayor (5 stars) 

2. Through a Glass, Darkly by Donna Leon (4 stars) 

Individual Challenge - The Middle Ground #429 - 855 (completed 9) 
1. The Nightmare by Lars Kepler (4 stars) 

Individual Challenge - Newest Books #856 - Infinity (completed 36) 
1. The Face-Changers by Thomas Perry (4.5 stars) 

2. Breakdown by David Alexander Robertson (3 stars) 

3. Version Control by David Alexander Robertson (3 stars) 

Monthly Challenge - January Focus - Biography (completed 3) 

Monthly Challenge - February Focus (Classics - Books Published before 1900) (completed 2) 

Monthly Challenge - March Focus (Mystery / Noir) (completed 4) 

Monthly Challenge – April Focus (Sci-Fi) (completed 5) 
Monthly Challenge – May Focus (Non-Fiction) (completed 4) 

Monthly Challenge – June Focus (Children / Young Adult) (completed 6) 

Monthly Challenge – July Focus (Fiction 1900 – 1950) (completed 4) 

Monthly Challenge – August Focus (Short Stories / Poetry / Plays) (completed 5) 

1. The Horror of the Heights and Other Tales of Suspense by Arthur Conan Doyle (4.0 stars) 

Monthly Challenge – September Focus (Fantasy) (completed 3) 

1. To Journey in the Year of the Tiger by H. Leighton Dickson (4 stars) 

2. Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire (4.5 stars) 

Currently Reading 
1st Annual Reading Challenge - Begin a Series 

1. Red Rising by Pierce Brown 

2. The Detective’s Daughter by Lesley Thomson 
Individual Challenge (My Dusty Library Books #1 - 428) -  

#234. The Mask of Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer 
Individual Challenge (The Middle Ground #429 - 856) -  

#485. Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon 
Individual Challenge (The Newbys #857 - Infinity) -  

#1314. The Twelve by Justin Cronin 

#1337. The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold 
September Focus – Fantasy 

1. A Second Chance by Jodi Taylor 

2. The Sea is Full of Stars by Jack L. Chalker 

October Focus – Horror 

1. Dayshift by Charlaine Harris 

Next Challenge Books in Line 
1st Annual Reading Challenge - Begin a Series   I'm not sure I'll read any more books in this challenge. I think I'll focus on my other challenges for the rest of the year.

2. Individual Challenge (My Dusty Library #1 - 428)  

#307. The Captain and the Enemy by Graham Green 
3. Individual Challenge (The Middle Ground #429 - 856)  

#592. Kyril Bonfiglioli - Something Nasty in the Woodshed 
4. Individual Challenge (The Newbys #857 - Infinity)  

#1079. The Cometeers by Jack Williamson 
5. Monthly Challenge – October (Horror) 

1. Harvest House by Thomas Tryon 

So there you go. Enjoy your October and read a good book or two.