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December 3, 2015

Overview: October 2015

December 3, 2015

Word Revel Overview October 2015

Frankfurt Book Fair 2015

October was a whirlwind of a month and I have so much to be grateful for. I’m particularly glad that as a result of my decision to travel in Germany and Switzerland also led me to FBM. There was so much to see as I shared in my FBM post, Vol. 1 a couple of weeks ago. There were lots of programmes too, which I captured on camera. And of course, I also got to meet some great friends.

Travel

This was my maiden solo trip. In the past I had always travelled with family, school or friends. It didn’t turn out to be as tough as I had feared. That’s also partly because I had points of contact and for 4/5 of the time stayed with relatives or friends. Even if they were busy with their own things during the and I set out to explore by myself, at night we came together. It’s only during the last week that I truly had to fend of myself. Well, besides the times I was flying, taking the train or was in transit.

Reconnections & First Meetings

During my travels I got to reconnect with family and some family friends. I also met an overwhelming number of people for the very first time. There was this whole branch of uncles, aunts and cousins I had only ever heard stories about. Even when still living in the same country, we never lived in the same states. Now I finally can put faces and voices to their names. During FBM, I also got to meet a lot of friends for the first time in person. In Cologne I managed to briefly meet up with Sandy.

Books Read

Sorted by date read:

Sechs aus 49: 01 Mathilde
The Diviners
Revolution
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
Trouble Is a Friend of Mine
The Art of Fielding
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
A Thousand Nights

Statistics

Amount Read

Altogether I finished reading 8 books. I listened 49 hours and 22 minutes and read 1293 pages. If I convert the listening hours to pages, then I would’ve read a total of 2907 pages. I’m surprised that comparatively that’s only 150 pages less than in September.

The books I read had an average of 259 pages and the audiobooks I listened to were on average 16 hours and 27 minutes long. The books had so few pages on average since 2 out of 5 were graphic novels and they usually don’t have that many pages. As for the lengthiness of the audiobooks, I decided to tackle them this month since travelling’s a good time for concentration.

Formats

Format-wise, I read 2 paperbacks, 2 ebooks, 3 audiobooks and 1 ARC. Hardcovers really have it difficult to edge themselves into my reading pile.

Targets and Genres

I read, 1 adult fiction book, 5 YA fiction books and 2 graphic novels. The genres were mixed with 3 fantasy, 3 contemporary, 1 historical fiction and 1 magical realism. Besides classifying The Diviners as fantasy, it can also be further classified as historical and paranormal fiction. Both these genres don’t find themselves a lot on my reading lists, so I am a little surprised I even gave it a chance.

Sources

The sources of these books were:

  • Borrowed 3 through Overdrive
  • Received 2 for review
  • Accessed 1 on Scribd
  • Bought 1 from Amazon
  • Read 1 at the library

Acquisitions

October 2015 Book Haul

Sorted by author:

The School of Essential Ingredients
Very in Pieces
Der Winter der schwarzen Rosen
Sara, Lost and Found
Leading Lines
Escaping Perfect
Illuminae
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
Burning Midnight
The Weight of Feathers
Naked Cakes: Simply Beautiful Handmade Creations
Blue Voyage
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Salt to the Sea
Dreamstrider
Drama

Reading Challenges

Goodreads

Goodreads Reading Challenge 2015 October Stats

Tally: 100/100 — Completed!

October is the month I hit this year’s reading challenge goal! At the beginning of this year I figured I’d be reading less and set the goal at 85. After some time I changed my mind and increased it to a hundred. Compared to last year I am reading fewer books but it’s still nice to reach 100 books two years in a row.

Non-Fiction

Tally: 7/20

Adult Fiction

Tally: 18/12

If I include plays and poetry, then the tally is 20.

Classics

Tally: 3/6

German Books

Tally: 4/12

Popsugar Reading Challenge

Tally: 36/50


How was your October?

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  1. Alexa S. says

    December 4, 2015 at 05:51

    Your trip sounds wonderful, Josephine! I also loved seeing your recap of FBM, and it looked really cool. And yay you for being able to squeeze in so much reading in spite of being busy traveling :D

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