July Recap

Books:
Total Books: 16 | YA: 12 | Adult: 4 | Fiction: 15 | Non-fiction: 1 | Re-reads: 0
Hardcover: 7 | Paperback: 1 | Kindle: 5 | Computer: 3
Pages Read: 4,791  | Pages Per Day: 154.5

Best Book(s) Read: Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick
Most Disappointing Book(s) Read: Tris & Izzie by Mette Ivie Harrison

Movies:
Total Movies: 13 | Comedy: 6 | Drama: 7 | Documentary: 0
New:  6 | Re-watch: 7 | Theater: 4

Best Movie(s) Watched: Cairo Time; Friends With Benefits
Worst Movie(s) Watched: Beastly; Something Borrowed

Other and Miscellany:

• I wrote 35 posts this month
• I reviewed  14 books and  5 movies
• In addition to weekly meme posts, I posted about my 5 current obsessions and participated in Top Ten Tuesday, focusing on 10 tough issue books.
• I was also chosen as one of WordPress’s “Freshly Pressed” for my review of Aimee Bender’s The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake.

Goals for Next Month:

• Read at least 15 books
• Review at least 10 books
• Post at least 20 days out of the month
• Watch at least 5 new movies

2011 Reading Goals

At the beginning of the year, I posted my reading goals for the upcoming year.  I meant to do a check-in at the end of June, but I didn’t, so I’m doing one now.  Here are the goals I set forth and where I stand with each of them:

1. I will read (at least) 100 books. (105/100)
2. I will not reread any books (this does not count books that I started previously and then abandoned), with the possible exception of the Harry Potter series, which I re-read every summer (we’ll see how it goes). (All books read have been new reads)
3. At least 10 books (roughly one book per month) must have been published before 1950. (1/10)
4. I will read at least 10 books featuring POC. (7/10)
5. At least 10 books will be nonfiction. (10/10)

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