A day early, but I’m out for the next three days (a work conference which includes evening socialising every.single.night…).
July has been an excellent reading month, especially considering everything that was going on in RL … with work being hellish and me spending way too many late nights in the office.
However, it just goes to show again how much reading acts as stress relief and how much of a necessity a good book … or five … is to stay sane.
This month’s picture also shows another reason why I am so keen to dedicate August to reading (almost entirely) from Mt. TBR – there has been a significant shrinkage and now it actually looks like I might finish the actual Mt. TBR by the end of the year!
Of course, it helps that I have limited the purchase of new books, a little. Even the clerk at my post office collection point recently commented that I haven’t been around as frequently. So, I guess there has been a noticeable change.
End of July Mt. TBR:
End of June Mt. TBR:
End of May Mt. TBR:
End of April Mt. TBR:
End of March Mt. TBR:
End of February Mt. TBR:
End of January Mt. TBR:
Start of the Year Mt. TBR:
The Stats:
Books read this month: 19
Mt. TBR Books read this month: 8
Women / Men / Team*: 55% / 41% / 4%
Fiction / Non-fiction*: 75% / 25%
% of original Mt. TBR read: 74%
% of live Mt. TBR read**: 60%
(* – of all books read since 01 January 2018)
(** – live Mt. TBR includes new purchases added throughout the year)
Link to the original Mt. TBR (2018) post.
Rules – same as previously – are that I picked a stack of physical books off my shelves at home which I would try to read over the course of the year. Any new purchases are added to the pile. If I pick another physical book of my shelves, I get to take one off the pile and put it on the shelf – as a substitute.
Original post:
BrokenTune.booklikes.com/post/1779279/the-2018-mt-tbr-project-end-of-july-update
I know you probably won’t get this for some time, but….
Doesn’t forcing your employees to socialize count as torture or something? I’m pretty sure there is something against it in the Geneva Conventions.
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Yes, it is torture and I’m pretty sure it is banned by a convention, and if it isn’t let this be the start to a beautiful petition!!!
Thankfully, it is all done and over with.
I’ve never felt more cranky and ready to shout at and throw things at people than this week.
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Glad to hear it is over and done 🙂
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Bringing down the mountain!
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Look good, doesn’t it? If nothing else, it definitely now looks like there is a chance I might read them all be the end of the year…or at least only have a handful left to carry over to next year.
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Oh I believe you’ll take it down and a few extra besides. I know how you can tear through a book.
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Ah, but I have saved the ones I looked forward to most for last. 🙂 They will require slow reading. Also, I couldn’t find any audio companions for the ones that are left, and my reading speed is much slower with paper copies than it is with kindle versions.
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I can relate. Still, good luck all the same. It’ll be fun no matter how close you get.
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Thank you.
I do look forward to it. And it has been a fun way of tackling the unread books I have sitting at home.
The photos have really helped to keep me motivated to progress this little project.
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I don’t doubt it. That’s quite the intimidating pile! To see it come down has got to be gratifying.
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Ah, but a smaller pile would not have made any difference on my shelves. 😦
I might go for a more relaxed approach next year, tho. Maybe only 20 books. I know already that 2 of them will be quite lengthy – the collected essays of Hannah Ahrent and The Tale of Genji.
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Those are not fluffy reads. I admire that.
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LoL. Thanks.
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🙂
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