We are officially halfway through 2023! How has the time gone by so quickly? Please tell me I’m not the only one wondering where the year has gone! Today I am sharing my 2023 Mid-Year Wrap-Up. What does that mean? I’ll be giving an overview of reading for the year thus far. And it’s a check-in for any goals or challenges I set in January.
I mentioned all of my goals and challenges in two posts, one from December and the other from January. At the end of December, I posted a New Year’s Book Tag, which you can see here. At the beginning of January, I posted a 2022 Year-End Wrap-Up, which you can see here. This post is a compilation of those two posts, and how I’ve been doing so far this year.
Reading Stats
| Books Read | Pages Read | Avg Pages | Audio | DNF | |
| Jan | 6 | 1759 | 293 | 4 | 1 |
| Feb | 5 | 1345 | 269 | 3 | 1 |
| Mar | 3 | 1176 | 392 | 4 | 1 |
| Apr | 2 | 704 | 352 | 6 | 0 |
| May | 5 | 1527 | 305 | 5 | 2 |
| Jun | 4 | 1175 | 294 | 5 | 4 |
| Totals | 25 | 7686 | 307 | 27 | 9 |
- Goodreads Reading Goal: 52
- Total Number of Books Read: 52
No one is more surprised than me that I have already completed my Goodreads Goal! Sure, I could change it, but I don’t want to. I want to see if I can read another 52 books in the next six months.
Challenges
5-4-3-2-1 Challenge
- 5-Action/Spy books: 0/5
- 4-Graphic Novels: 1/4
- 3-Manga: 2/3
- 2-Science Fiction: 0/2
- 1-Classic: 0/1
I hope to get to some of these challenges as the year progresses because I don’t have as many ARCs to focus on. Do you have any suggestions for Science Fiction books for someone new to the genre?
Buzzwordathon
Buzzwordathon is a reading challenge from Kayla at Books and Lala. Kayla has given a word or theme for each month. The goal is to read books with these in the title. Many of these words have become popular in recent years in book titles.
I am trying to read a book each month for the words Kayla lists for the month. So far this year, I have read 5/6 books. I’m missing the book for the word emotion (which was April’s word). I do have a book set aside for it. I just need to find the time to read it. But the past few months have been full of ARCs or heavy reads.
Blog Stats
This is the first year I think I’ve actually looked at my blogging stats and tried to see what’s working for my blog and what’s not working. Does that make sense?
- Total Number of Posts: 54
- Most Popular Post Published this Year: CBC Canada Reads 2023 Longlist: 15 Books
- Most Popular Post of the Year: Ten Book Titles Starting with the Letter A
- Total Number of Views: 9,143
- Total Number of Visitors: 6,631
- Top Five Countries Views From:
- United States: 4,734
- Canada: 1,461
- United Kingdom: 642
- India: 341
- Australia: 204
That’s my 2023 Mid-Year wrap-up! How’s your 2023 shaping up? What are some goals and challenges you’re working on for the rest of the year?
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My rec for science fiction is Project Hail Mary on AUDIO! You can skim over the technical science/math passages…I heard the words but didn’t strain myself to understand them! 😂 fabulous themes of friendship, daring, and sacrifice.
Great job! I love these posts. Buzzwordathon is new to me, but sounds interesting–I’ll check it out for next year. If interested (no pressure!!) here is my mid-year post: https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2023/06/29/reading-wrap-up-for-the-first-half-of-2023/
Kayla announces her lists every year around December. I try to connect books I already have on my bookshelf to her list. That way I hope to move a few books from the TBR shelf to the Read rhelf.
Congrats on already reaching your Goodreads goal! I don’t take part in any challenges other than the Goodreads one. I think I’m about 8 books ahead right now so I have a little cushion. 🙂
Honestly, I didn’t realize I had achieved my goal until I logged the last book.