I Just Read... Books Thread

[cobainwasmurdered]

2/3rds of the year down now so my total is now at

160 books (198 total last year)
283 page avg (301 avg last year)

234 books read (longest book: collected edition of "The Inheritance Trilogy" by NK Jemisin 1462 pages
280 page average, 65,555 pages total.
Best Graphic Novel(s): "Something is Killing The Children" by James Tyrion IV
Best non-fiction: "Say Nothing: True History of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" by Patrick Radden Keefe
Best fiction: "Rhythm of War" by Brandon Sanderson

this was the most pages read since 2018 (68,955 pages and 292 books) and second most pages overall since I started keeping track in 2014.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

4 months in and I'm at
75 books (234 last year)
335.5 page avg (283 page last year)
Haven't read many graphic novels this year as of yet compared to what I usually do so that's keeping the page number up.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Humble Book Bundle: Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen by TOR Publishing Group

We’ve teamed up with TOR for our newest book bundle. Get all 10 volumes of Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson and more. Pay what you want & support Covenant House!

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This is my favourite fantasy author and it's for charity! If you love epic fantasy then you owe it to yourself!

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

4 months in and I'm at
75 books (234 last year)
335.5 page avg (283 page last year)
Haven't read many graphic novels this year as of yet compared to what I usually do so that's keeping the page number up.

After 8 months
218 books (16 to go, I think I can manage that!)
292 page average (started reading a lot more comics so that is why the average is dipping again)

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Got a nice haul of Fantasy stuff for Xmas:
The Will of the Many by James Islington
Gods of the Wyrdwood by RJ Barker
Blade of Dream By Daniel Abraham
The Traitor by Anthony Ryan
the Last Mortal Bond by Brian Stavely
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
Blood of Assassins RJ Barker

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

234 books read (longest book: collected edition of "The Inheritance Trilogy" by NK Jemisin 1462 pages
280 page average, 65,555 pages total.
Best Graphic Novel(s): "Something is Killing The Children" by James Tyrion IV
Best non-fiction: "Say Nothing: True History of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" by Patrick Radden Keefe
Best fiction: "Rhythm of War" by Brandon Sanderson

this was the most pages read since 2018 (68,955 pages and 292 books) and second most pages overall since I started keeping track in 2014.

311 books read (longest (re-read of "Heir of Novron" by Michael J. Sullivan
282 page average, 87,811 pages total.
Best Graphic Novel(s): Nightwing (ongoing), "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow" (mini-series)
Best non-fiction: "G-Man J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century" by Beverly Gage
best fiction: "Forge of the High Mage" by Ian C. Esslemont

most books/pages read by far.