July 2023 Reading Update

I had a good month in July. My stats are below.

July 2023 

General Info                July                  Total (Including my current read) (Avg per book - 256) 

Books Read -                 12            78          
Pages Read -               3300                20000                           
 

Pages Breakdown 
    < 250                           5           44      
250 - 350                         4                    21 
351 - 450                         1             8 
   > 450                            2                      5 
 

Ratings 
5 - star                                                    6                  
4 - star                              6           41 

3 - star                              5                   26  
2 - star                              1                     4                                        
No Rating (NR)                                        1                                                      
 

Gender 
Female                             4                 32      
Male                                  8                 44  
Other                                 1                   2       

 

Genres 
Horror                              1             3                
Fiction                            9                                           
Mystery                             3                  16        
Sci-Fi                                4                 21           
Non-Fic                                                  4 
Classics                                                  3 
Young Adult                      3                 15 

Thriller

    1             4 
Poetry                                                     2     

Plays                                               
 

Top 3 Books 

1. A Game of You by Neil Gaiman (4.5 stars) 

2. U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton (4.0 stars) 

3. A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie (4.0 stars) 

Starting June (Currently Reading) 

1. 12 + 4 Challenge (Finish a Series) – Dust by Hugh Howey (Silo #3) 

2. Start a Series - Death at Dawn by Caro Peacock (Liberty Lane #1) 

- The Pericles Commission by Gary Corby (Athenian Mysteries #1) 

3. Next in Series – The King of Plagues by Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger #3) 

4a. Non – Series (June / Biography) - Chasing the Flame by Samantha Power 

4c. Non – Series (July / Sci – Fi) - Eye in the Sky by Phillip K. Dick 

• The Slave of Heaven by Edmund Cooper 

5a. Decades Challenge (July / 1990 – 1999) - Adam Hall – Quiller Barracuda (Quiller #14) 

• Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (Oxford Time Travel #1) 

5b. Decades Challenge (August / 2000 – 2005) - The Curse of the Gloamglozer by Paul Stewart (Quint Saga #1) 

 

Possible Next Books 

1. 12 + 4 Challenge (Finish a Series) - Blood Books Vol 3 by Tanya Huff 

2. Start a Series – The Mystery of Tunnel 51 by Alexander Wilson (Leonard Wallace #1) 

3. Next in Series – Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks (Culture #6) 

4. Non – Series (Aug / Mystery – US / UK / Can) - The Stepdaughter by Debbie Howells 

5. Decades Challenge (Aug – 2000 - 2005) - The Celtic Riddle by Lyn Hamilton (2000)

Enjoy your August reading.