In December last year I did a post on every book I have read in 2016. I thought it would be fun to do a mid year post about all the books I have read so far in 2017. As of 30. May I have read 41 books, that is 17 books ahead of my Goodreads goal of 50 books. I will finish my goal way before the end of the year, so I might have to bump it up a bit.
Here are some stats on the books I have read:
Favorite Books Read:
The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard #3) by Scott Lynch
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Longest Book Read:
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch – 650 pages
Shortest book Read:
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – 49 pages
2017 Releases Read:
7 books
Big Books Read:
10
Audiobooks:
21 books
Books DNF:
3 books
Books Bought:
Physical books: 11
Ebooks: 15
Star rating:
3 books rated 5 stars
4 books rated 4.5 stars
8 books rated 4 stars
7 books rated 3.5 stars
11 books rated 3 stars
1 book rated 2.5 stars
3 books rated 2 stars
1 book rated 1.5 stars
2 books rated 1 star
January – LINK TO WRAP UP
REVIEW – Deadlight Jack (The Faceless One #2) by Mark Onspaugh – 3.5 stars
REVIEW – We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – 5 stars
Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper #1) by Kerri Maniscalco – 3 stars
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven – 4.5 stars
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen – 1.5 stars – DNF
Heartless by Marissa Meyer – 4 stars
February – LINK TO WRAP UP
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events #4) by Lemony Snicket – 3 stars
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5) by Lemony Snicket – 4 stars
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6) by Lemony Snicket – 3.5 stars
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7) by Lemony Snicket – 3.5 stars
The Girl From Old Nichol by Betty Annand – 2 stars DNF
The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard #3) by Scott Lynch – 5 stars
Final Girls by Riley Sager – 3.5 stars
Morning Star (Red Rising, #3) by Pierce Brown – 4 stars
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking – 4.5 stars
March – LINK TO WRAP UP
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events #8) by Lemony Snicket – 2.5 stars
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events #9) by Lemony Snicket – 3 stars
Starflight (Starflight #1) by Melissa Landers – 3 stars
REVIEW – One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus – 4.5 stars
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) by Tahereh Mafi – 3 stars
The Magicians (The Magicians #1) by Lev Grossman – 3 stars
April – LINK TO WRAP UP
#famous by Jilly Gagnon – 2 stars
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3) by Jim Butcher – 3 stars
The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson – 4.5 stars
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – 3.5 stars
Blankets by Craig Thompson – 3.5 stars
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō – 4 stars
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey – 1 star DNF
May
MINI REVIEW – Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel – 3 stars
MINI REVIEW – American Street by Ibi Zoboi – 4 stars
MINI REVIEW – Stalker (Joona Linna #5) by Lars Kepler – 4 stars
A Living Nightmare (Cirque du Freak #1) by Darren Shan – 3 stars
The Vampire’s Assistant (Cirque du Freak #2) by Darren Shan – 3 stars
Tunnels of Blood (Cirque du Freak #3) by Darren Shan – 3 stars
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn – 3.5 stars
June
To Søstre by Åsne Seierstad – 4 stars
I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim #1) by Terry Hayes – 1 star
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli – 4 stars
An Introduction to the Lightning Process by Phil Parker
The Thief (The Queen’s Thief #1) by Megan Whalen Turner – 2 stars
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami – 5 stars
-Tell me your favorite reads so far this year. I would love to know!
❤ -Rakel
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What a lovely idea to have an overview. I really liked it!
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Thanks 🙂
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You’re welcome 😉
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You should do it too. It’s fun to look back on 🙂 I’ll do one big post by the end of the year with all the books I have read in 2017.
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I already did a quick overview in this post : https://brilliantlybookishsite.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/how-diverse-have-i-read-mid-year-check-up/#more-7189 So I don’t think I’ll do one now, but I’ll definitely do it at the end of the year!
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I love how you did your overview!!
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Thanks 😃
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If I was 17 books ahead of schedule instead of only 3 I would totally steal this idea! I’ll definitely consider this as an end-of-year wrap though! Great idea!
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You should to it 😊 3 books ahead isn’t bad. What is your goal?
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My goal is 60 books this year. Doesn’t touch some of the epic goals out there, but it’s a nice baby step to get me moving in the right direction! =D
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60 books is a great goal. Mine is 50 :p but I’m going to bump it up to 70
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Yeah – I wanted to bump it up past 60 because at top of year I was averaging like 7 books per month, but then I guess life happened lol
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I read a lot of shorter MG books earlier this year, I don’t think I can read 50 books that are 350+ pages the rest of the year. So 70 books is perfect for me I think. If I read more I’ll bump it up again 😛 7 books a month is a lot 🙂 i totally understand, life happens to me aswell.
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