Here's how it went for me:
I started and finished The Happiness Project, which I mentioned on Tuesday that I LOVED. This took awhile to get through, but it was so worth it and probably one of the best non-fiction books I've ever read. This one was a paperback that I'd bought a few months ago and it counted towards one of my summer reading challenges.
I read three Netgalley books: The Secrets of Castle du Reve, The Girls in the Garden, and Sleepless in Manhattan. The latter of these two were for the reading challenge as well.
I finished listening to Emma and Sense and Sensibility, both of which I had downloaded almost a year ago and hadn't gotten to yet.
I started three books that I haven't yet finished: Endgame, Every Move, and The Grand Sophy.
I also finished an audiobook from the library, A Share in Death (I had to! I started it at the end of May and it was a murder mystery!!) and read one Bridgertons book from the library. I read a bunch of kids books from the library but those don't count for this challenge. ;)
I also read a couple of Harry Potter books, which I own but they were re-reads :).
Overall, I had hoped to get to a few more of my own books this month, but I was happy with my progress and happy to have gotten ahead in some of my Netgalley books and books on my shelf. I think I would have been more likely to attempt another book off my own shelf if I hadn't signed up for the reading challenge in the same month, because I felt torn between reading for the challenge and reading my own books. STILL a great activity though and I think I will try to do this once a year or so.
Did you try to prioritize reading your own books last month? How'd it go?! I must admit, I am relieved to have a huge pile of library books to get through again but it was a fun month of reading some cherished books and it's also nice to see that feedback percentage go up on Netgalley!
I think you did really well! It was so difficult to resist the temptation of reading new books, but I managed :-)
ReplyDeleteGirl, you rocked it! You read and listened to a LOT!
ReplyDeleteI participated, too. I listened to 6/7 audiobooks in June that I owned prior before the month started. Not bad... LOL!
I had a bunch of books to be read, not all of them WWII books (which are my jam right now) so those non-WWII books got discarded :(
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome!! :) I am making it a goal to read mostly or only books I own through the end of the year! :) XO - Alexandra
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You did FANTASTIC! And, I love how you were able to mix up the formats (books, e-books, audio books, re-reads) and use some for other challenges too. Well done!!!
ReplyDeleteYou did great! I cleared out a few books but admit most were DNF for me. They were bought years ago and not really "me". :) But I'm so glad to be able to donate them guilt-free! And I reread Harry Potter almost every year.
ReplyDeleteWow, you did great! I only got through two books for this challenge, but at least they were mine! I tried to find ones that could work for multiple challenges too. Reading my books is on my 101 list, so definitely going to continue working on it!
ReplyDeleteyou did pretty good! now would you hurry up and finish the grand sophy and tell me what you think! haha.
ReplyDeleteI think you did a great job with this challenge! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutely right: it's much easier to put off reading books we own because there's no due date and therefore no real reason to rush to read them. I used to buy books and read them immediately, but I've really gotten away from that over the years.
Like you, I think I may start trying to do this at least once a year. I don't know if I'll devote an entire month to it again (unless there's a challenge, of course), but I need to start focusing on my own bookshelves from time to time instead of checking out 8 books from the library. Haha.