If you want to see my specific books and thoughts, read my Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag post. Here, I wanted to just share the stats as I thought it would be cool to compare how things shift at the end of the year and also help myself focus on areas I’ve been lacking, too.
Total reading count: 28 (as of 29th July)
Non-fiction reads: 2
Audiobook reads: 12
Average rating: 4.14 (wow!!)
White authors: 17 (presumably, for some)
Black authors: 2
Asian authors: 4
Non-white other: 3
LGBTQ+ books: 11
Disabled authors: 1 (that I know of, not everyone shares their disabilities)
Translated works: 2
Reading around the world updates: Taiwan; New Zealand; Turkey; Hungary; Jamaica
5 star reads: 8!!
New go-to authors / authors I want more from:
- Fredrik Backman;
- Jen Beagin;
- Madeline Cash;
- John Scalzi;
- Andy Weir;
- Elif Shafak;
- Kylie Lee Baker;
- Caro Claire Burke;
- Henry Hoake
Next steps
- Clearly need to read more black authors
- More authors of colour in general
- Disabled authors
- At least 1 or 2 more translated ideally
- Non-fiction books
It’s been a great reading year so far, not gonna lie! After a rocky start, I’m very happy with myself and the books I’ve found lately. Fingers crossed the streak continues!
Sincerely,
S xx
S. R. Crawford 