Monthly Reading Update - November 2022

Luckily nobody was on the deck when this branch stuck into it

I mentioned in my previous post that we had a number of large branches crash down onto the deck during our recent snowstorm. Jo took this picture of one branch that impaled itself into the deck. 

The branches are all about 20' long.

The other branches were hauled into the middle of the yard for the time being.

Anyway, below is my monthly reading update for November.

Nov 2022 Reading Update 

Nov 2022 

General Info                Nov                   Total (Including my current read) (Avg per book - 253)  
Books Read -                 10  130           
Pages Read -               2800        32900                           
 

Pages Breakdown 
    < 250                           6 75      
250 - 350                         1   27 
351 - 450                         2     17
   > 450                            1                11 
 

Ratings 
5 - star                             1                  13                   
4 - star                             5                             62 
3 - star                             4     41
2 - star                                                  2 
No Rating (NR)                      8                                                      
 

Gender 
Female                            2               48      
Male                                8               79  
Other                                                   2          

 

Genres 
Horror                            2            7          
Fiction                             1               19     
Mystery                          2                35           
Sci-Fi                             3              28            
Non-Fic                         2              17 
Classics                                              3 
Young Adult                                   19  
Poetry                                               3 
Short Stories                                      5 

Plays                                              1  
 

Top 3 Books 
 

1. Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon (5.0 stars) 

2. Maus; Vol 1 by Art Spiegelman (4.0 stars) 

3. Get in the Van by Henry Rollins (4.0 stars) 

Challenges 

1st Annual Reading Challenge (completed 11) 
(None completed) 

Individual Challenge - The Dusty Library #1 - 428 (completed 15) 
1. After You with the Pistol by Kyril Bonfiglioli (3.0 stars) 

Individual Challenge - The Middle Ground #429 - 855 (completed 10) 
1. Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon (5.0 stars) 

Individual Challenge - Newest Books #856 - Infinity (completed 42) 
1. The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold (4.0 stars) 

2. Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag by Henry Rollins (4.0 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) 

Monthly Challenge – September Focus (Fantasy) (completed 5) 

1. The Sea is Full of Stars by Jack L. Chalker (3.5 stars) 

Monthly Challenge – October Focus (Horror) (completed 5) 

1. MaMa by Ruby Jean Jensen (4.0 stars) 

2. Floating Staircase by Ronald Malfi (4.0 stars) 

Monthly Challenge – November Focus (Mystery – Anywhere but Canada, US, UK) (completed 1) 

1. Maigret at the Crossroads by Georges Simenon (3.5 stars) 

Monthly Challenge – December Focus (Graphic Novels) (completed 2) 

1. Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman 4.0 stars 

2. Lore Olympus, Vol 1 by Rachel Smythe (3.5 stars) 

Currently Reading 

1st Annual Reading Challenge - Begin a Series 

1. Red Rising by Pierce Brown 

 
Individual Challenge (My Dusty Library Books #1 - 428) -  

(Probably not reading any more books in this challenge) 

Individual Challenge (The Middle Ground #429 - 856) -  

(Probably not reading any more books in this challenge) 

Individual Challenge (The Newbys #857 - Infinity) -  

#1314. The Twelve by Justin Cronin 

#1289. Battle of the Atlantic by Ted Barris 

#1286. Maddie Hatter and the Deadly Diamond by Jayne Barnard 
 

November Focus – Mystery (other than Canada/ US / Britain) 

1. Siren of the Waters by Michael Genelin 

2. Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xialong 

3. The Steam Pig by James McClure 

December Focus – Graphic Novels 

1. Max Allan Collins – Ms. Tree; Skeleton in the Closet 

2. John Lewis – March Two 

Next Challenge Books in Line 

1st Annual Reading Challenge - Begin a Series  

(Won’t read any more books in this challenge) 

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

(No more books in this challenge) 

3. Individual Challenge (The Middle Ground #429 - 856)  

(No more books in this challenge) 

4. Individual Challenge (The Newbys #857 - Infinity)  

(Not sure) 

5. Monthly Focus – Graphic Novels 

a.  Alpha & Omega (Locke & Key #6) by Joe Hill 

b. The Absolute Death by Neil Gaiman 

I have finished one book already in December but I'll get into that in my next post. Enjoy your December