Mid-Year Reading Recap

My reading stats, 5-star books, and a little bookish tag because I miss the internet of yore.

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Somehow it’s halfway through July which means it’s halfway through the entire year???? So I figured it’s time to share my mid-year reading stats, the books I’ve loved, and what I was surprised by.

(also peep the new Substack name??? more on that later this week!)

The Stats

I’ve “only” read 15 books so far this year – which sounds kinda shrimpy compared to all the prolific lit girls who’ve already read like 60 or 80. But this is a huge personal triumph for me, I’ve had such a hard time consistently reading for pleasure over the past five or so years. So I technically already hit my reading goal for the year, plus I’ve read a ton of really great books. I’ve been on a tear lately!

Here’s what my Storygraph stats have to say:

I definitely have a preferred type of book (depressing, spooky) but I’ve been working in a few more rom-coms and I’ve tried to start trading off b…