Category Archives: monthly wrap-ups

Are we over halfway through September by the time I am writing this? Yes. Does that matter? Probably, especially in one case. August was a fun reading month, and had all of the things I love most: literary ghost stories, some fantasy, some science-fiction, some queer literature, and a new all-time favorite to top itContinue reading “August 2022 reading wrap-up”

A weak reading month in June forced me to wait a bit longer once again, but patience pays off with this supersized monthly wrap-up! As with March, I found very little inspiration in the books I finished in June, but I came back firing on all cylinders with my reads in July! There was aContinue reading “June + july 2022 reading wrap-up”

May is the new October, apparently! At the end of last month, I had a lot of fun reading Where They Wait, and I decided to keep the horror train rolling into May. I didn’t realize that the horror train really wouldn’t stop, save for one detour that now serves as a bizarre outlier inContinue reading “May 2022 reading wrap-up”

Let me explain. March was such a mediocre reading month and I struggled for days to pretend I enjoyed four of the five books I read enough to call them “Best of the Month.” Finally, I decided that life was too short and that I would combine the wrap-up with April’s, which proved to beContinue reading “March + April 2022 reading wrap-up”

Short month, small batch of books to wrap up! This month, I read six books, a far cry from the person who read 15 this past October, but Pokémon Legends: Arceus came out and that occupied way too much of my free time. Overall, this was a strong month of reads, and I have mostlyContinue reading “February 2022 reading wrap-up”

Look who is publishing this on time this month! New year, new me. I kicked off 2022 with a mixed bags of reads. There was a book that became an all-time favorite, and a book that I loathed more than anything in the past few years (thanks again, book club!) Check out the highlights andContinue reading “January 2022 reading wrap-up”

And so we come to the end, and back to the start. The year 2021 was a banner year for myself as a reader, finishing 123 books over the course of twelve months. If you’ve been following along all year, you’ve been privy to the best of each month, and may have noticed some trendsContinue reading “December 2021 reading wrap-up”

“I kind of burned myself out.“ Andrew Pieterick, October 2021 I know my own reading habits pretty well, sometimes too well, and after I made that offhanded comment in last month’s wrap-up it would take me until November 15th until I finished my first book of the month. This is in part because of theContinue reading “November 2021 reading wrap-up”

October arrived, so naturally I read cozy mysteries, romances, and historical fiction all month long to celebrate! Just kidding! This month, I read the highest concentration of horror and spooky books than I ever have in my life. I enjoyed quite a few, hated some, and found a brand new favorite among the bunch. ThisContinue reading “October 2021 reading wrap-up”

I used September to prepare myself for my favorite month of the year, October, reading a handful of horror novels, as well as quite a bit of fantasy as well. Admittedly, a lot of the books I read this month were in the 3-to-4-star range, but a couple really stood out including a new all-timeContinue reading “September 2021 reading wrap-up”