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2016 Second Quarter Wrap-Up

6/30/2016

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Halfway through 2016 already! I'm quite curious to see how my numbers turned out for this quarter of the year, since I had a baby during it! So far, my reading hasn't suffered too terribly much, I don't think - mostly thanks to the wonder of audiobooks!
Books read: 36
Pages read: 9,307 (This is mostly due to finishing War and Peace​ at the beginning of April.)
Fiction: 67%
Nonfiction: 33%
Male authors: 33%
Female authors: 67%
Books I own: 19%
From the library:​ 81%
Audiobooks:​ 28%
Favorite books this quarter:  My nonfiction selection would have to be Among the Janeites by Deborah Yaffe. Lots of Jane Austen love, and it's just a fun book. Fiction is going to be a tie between The Midnight Queen by Sylvia Izzo Hunter and Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger (which, by the way,, is awesome on audio.)
Reading Challenge Progress
Read the Books You Buy   4/15 read - current percentage is 27% (20-40% is my goal)
Show Your Shelves Some Love   10/30
Little House Read-Along   6/12
Newbery   17/30 points
European   4/5
​Nonfiction 12/10
So my take-away from this is that I need to read more books that I own. My library use has gone way out of control! Which is actually the opposite of what I expected to happen when I had a baby. . . Strange. On the plus side, I've listened to 10 audiobooks this quarter, which is about as many as the last three years combined.

​All in all, I'm pretty pleased with how this quarter has gone. How is your 2016 reading going so far?
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Kailana link
7/1/2016 09:42:27 am

I listened to five audiobooks in June and I am pretty sure that is a new record for me. lol I don't usually do these types of posts, but I am trying to blog a bit more... Maybe I should post something. :) Hope the second half of the year treats you well!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
7/2/2016 08:18:08 pm

I always love reading people's wrap-up posts, especially if there's stats. I'm a little nerdy. :)

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Lindsey link
7/1/2016 11:21:49 am

I found that I got lots of reading done actually with a new baby! All that time where you are rocking/holding/feeding a little one make for good reading.

The Etiquette and Espionage series looks so fun. I'm hoping to read it soon!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
7/2/2016 08:19:07 pm

Yup! I just have to make sure I have my book within reach before I sit down to rock or feed. Otherwise, I'm very sad. . . :)

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Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link
7/1/2016 08:28:38 pm

Audiobooks are indeed a wonderful invention! Awesome quarter. I'm about to take a closer look at my stats for the year as well :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
7/2/2016 08:19:42 pm

I was really surprised by how much I've read this quarter! Now we'll see how it keeps up as my little guy gets older. . .

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Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link
7/2/2016 09:39:48 pm

It has definitely been interesting for me as mine is getting older. So many things, like reading, were easier than I expected early on and now things just feel like they change by the month! He's mobile, he's vocal and that definitely makes things challenging at times!




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