Each day is 1000 hours long but also flying by at lightning speed, right? For example, it's taken me about 20 minutes to write this far because as soon as I started the goblin (who had been sitting quietly entertaining himself) NEEDED to be in my lap and show me animal noises and I can't NOT do that. Because it's cute and want to spend time with him and also because he will not let me do anything else.
Speaking of the goblin, it was his birthday this month, so he's officially into the terrible twos except, he's mature for his age (i.e., he has been in this stage for A WHILE now) but it was exciting and also sad that we couldn't do much to celebrate. I mean, not for him, he didn't know what he missed, he just knew he got ice cream cake. But I was sad we couldn't do more. Hopefully we'll be able to better celebrate next year (though honestly, who knows).
One other update before the stats, but last post I wrote about a book I was listening to, Andrea Vernon & The Corporation for Ultrahuman Protection, and how I've been searching for a book that is office satire but the office's business is something ridiculous and I have been burned in the past by books that promised this premise and then DID NOT DELIVER. But I am happy to report that this one did. AND I was a fan of the narrator (Bahni Turpin, who also narrated So You Want to Talk About Race, where I also liked her narration.) So happy I might actually write a review about it. *Gasp*
Anyway, stat time
Number of books read
3
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
Nut Jobs: Cracking California's Strangest $10 Million Heist by Marc Fennell (which is sort of a podcast more than a book but I got it from Audible so I'm counting it)
Andrea Vernon & The Corporation for Ultrahuman Protection by Alexander C. Kane
Number of pages read
726
This is the lowest number this year by a long shot. For whatever reason this month, I just wasn't in the mood for a lot of books and ended up listening to podcasts or music or honestly just scrolling through nonsense social media. I should have probably been reading but focus has been an issue. Though looking at past stats, it's not that unusual for the summer, so maybe it's the weather. I was hoping to at least hit 1,000 pages for the month but didn't happen so what are you gonna do?
Fiction
33%
POC authors
33%
Female authors
33%
US authors
67%
Book formats
audiobook: 100%
Where'd I get the book
Kindle/Audible: 100%
Decades published
2010s: 33%
2020s: 67%
Resolution books
67%
Wow, No Thank You is by Samantha Irby, a black woman
Nut Jobs is by Marc Fennell, an Australian author/reporter
And while this doesn't actually count towards the resolution count, it is sort of nice that the titular Andrea Vernon is a Haitian-American and her boss (and other main character) is Korean-American. And several of the superheroes are people of color. Still by a white guy but at least not an all-white cast.
