WOW, January is starting with a bang as for my reading stats, with an average higher than my 2014 monthly average of 13 books.
Of course, I veered off several of my projects, as is often the case for me.
📚 Here is what I read in January:
15 books
9 in print
= with 2,459 pages, a daily average of 79 pages/day
6 in audio
= 44H51, a daily average of 1H26/day
7 in mysteries:
- The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle #1), by Agatha Christie – audio
- Death and the Joyful Woman (The Felse Investigations #2), by Ellis Peters – audio
- Dance of Death (Dr. Basil Willing #1), by Helen McCloy
- La Garçonnière, by Hélène Grémillon
- De force, by Karine Giébel – audio
- Maigret et les petits cochons sans queue, by Georges Simenon
- Invisible Helix (Detective Galileo #10), by Keigo Higashino
3 in graphic nonfiction:
- Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea, by Guy Delisle
- Tokyo on Foot, by Florent Chavouet
- Hostage, by Guy Delisle
2 in literary fiction
- Strange Weather in Tokyo, by Hiromi Kawakami
- The Travelling Cat Chronicles, by Hiro Arikawa
1 in magical realism:
- Moominland Midwinter (The Moomins #6), by Tove Jansson
1 in scifi:
- The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham
1 in poetry:
- New and Selected Poems vol 1, by Mary Oliver
And I DNFed two books:
Au bonheur des ogres, by Daniel Pennac
We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman
Total of books read in 2025 = 15/165 (9%, 2 books ahead in Goodreads challenge)
Classics Club 5th list: 9/100 (from December 2024-until November 2029)
Agatha Christie Short Stories Challenge 2025: 1/12
Tove Jansson buddyread with Mallika @ Literary Potpourri: 1/12
Japanese Literature Challenge: 3/8 books
Hundred Years Hence Reading Challenge (#HYH25) (hosted by Neeru) = 1/4
BookBound: 8
Number of books added to my TBR this past month = 23
📚Compared to my January plans: not too good
a book for my BookBound projectFrom my TBR: a book in printa book in Spanish/Italian – alternateFrom my TBR: the last one I ran into on a blog, etcFrom my TBR: from my jar or one I recently added to my TBR- From my TBR: 2 classics at least = 1
- At least 2 classics per month = 6
- an audiobook in French = 1
- January #VintageSciFiMonth: 1/3
📚 In January,
– I traveled to: Argentina, Chechnya, England, France, Ingushetia, Japan, North Korea, US, and Moominvalley.
– 6 books I read were published between 1925-1961
– I read 7 books in translation (from the French, Japanese, and Swedish)
– I read 3 books in French
– 8 books came from my public library
In January, I also
- posted my annual stats
- officially shared my 2025 goals and challenges
- restarted to post a bit for Friday Face Off
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How was YOUR month of January?
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