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2017 First Quarter Wrap-Up

3/31/2017

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This year is going by way too fast. Although the good part of being a quarter of the way through already is that spring is finally here! I've read more than I thought I would so far this year. Here are the numbers thus far:​
Books read: 33
Pages read: 9,534
Fiction: 70%
Nonfiction: 30%
Male authors: 58%
Female authors: 42%
Books I own: 71%
From the library:​ 29%
Favorite book this quarter: Hands down, The Summer Before the War​ by Helen Simonson. (Although there are a lot of books tying for second place.)
Reading Challenge Progress
Read the Books You Buy - 2/11 read - current percentage is 18% (21-40% is my goal)
Show Your Shelves Some Love - 11/30
Beat the Backlist - 21/30
Full House - 10/25
European - 3/5
Picture Book - 39/102
Newbery - 8/30 points
Where Are You Reading? - 16/26
​Color Coded - 2/9
Let's all just take a moment at marvel at the fact that 71% of the books I've read this year have been books I own. I'm pretty sure that's a record! Hopefully I can keep it up for the rest of the year!
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Jade @ Reading With Jade link
4/2/2017 03:18:36 pm

Amazing!! I hope the next quarter is just as great for you, Julie.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
4/3/2017 01:57:58 pm

I hope so, too! I couldn't believe how much I was able to read already this year. I hope I can keep up the pace!

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Christine link
4/3/2017 02:45:22 am

Great start to the year!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
4/3/2017 01:58:20 pm

Thanks, Christine! I was pleasantly surprised. :)

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