In a short story by Carol Shields, the narrator receives too many social invitations for the same weekend evening and decides to stay home and read Jane Austen instead. I make decisions like this, too, which is why I read 201 books (54,498 pages) in 2023. In terms of
No more mock-bookshelves and challenge data from Good Reads for me; when Amazon bought them out, I removed all my reviews but continued to participate in conversations and track my page progression through various volumes in my stack, thinking that was a decent compromise. But the increased advertising and
What happens when someone who reads two or three hundred books a year never leaves the house? She reads even more. Take some research-heavy essays and articles--like my climate crisis article, which was responsible for nearly 70 books. Add nearly-no socializing. And even less vacuuming (cuz who would know). Yup:
Every year, GoodReads does a nice job of summarizing my reading (I wish they hadn't been bought out by Amazon.) This year suggests I've read 330 books or 84, 433 pages (that's just 20 pages below my all-time record--if only I'd known). (I also washed the kitchen floor three
As always, GoodReads does a nice job of summarizing my reading (Amazon-owned, even so). This year GR points to 317 books and 82,619 pages. (Fortunately it doesn't point to the unfortunate amount of grime on the ceiling fans and behind the radiators. Or how, sometimes, I forget birthdays and anniversaries.)
