Kate Spofford, author

Category: books

  • May 2018 reading round-up

    # of books read: 16 audiobooks listened to: 3 graphic novels read: 4 total page count: 3,727 pages year total page count: 16,228 pages Even higher reading totals than last month!  I’m on a roll! View this post on Instagram As usual, I was pleased to read another Patricia Briggs book.  Burn Bright is the…

  • 3 on a theme: isolated cottages

    3 on a theme: isolated cottages

    An isolated cottage in the UK, usually by the seaside, surrounded by dark trees.  There something mysterious going on, and naturally, there’s no cell reception either… When I’m not reading YA, I lean towards adult thrillers, and I’ve been sensing a theme… At first I thought it was the word “wood” in the title, because…

  • April 2018 reading round-up

    # of books read: 11 audiobooks listened to: 2 used books read: 2 total page count: 2,634 pages year total page count: 12,501 pages The highest monthly total yet this year! View this post on Instagram I’ve been dying to get my hands on Children of Blood and Bone, I’ve heard so much about it…

  • March 2018 reading round-up

    # of books read: 15 audiobooks listened to: 2 ebooks read: 5 (6 if you count Wattpad!) total page count: 3,453 pages year total page count: 9,867 pages The highest monthly total yet this year! View this post on Instagram It’s rare that I go out and buy a brand new hardcover unless I’m going…

  • Trends to end 2018: Fantasy girl makeovers

    I’ve been on a fantasy kick lately, loving the rich world-building and kickass heroines.  There’s just one little problem I noticed that keeps happening again and again: my kickass heroines getting makeovers to be prettier before they kick more ass. The first time I saw this happen was in The Hunger Games. Katniss was pretty…

  • February 2018 reading round-up

    # of books read: 10 audiobooks listened to: 2 ARCs read: 3 total page count: 2,897 pages year total page count: 6,414 pages February is a short month, and I ended up reading a monster of a book – Godsgrave, by Jay Kristoff.  The book is only 448 pages, but the typeset was so small,…

  • January 2018 reading round-up

    January 2018 reading round-up

    # of books read: 11 audiobooks listened to: 2 Leigh Bardugo books read: 3 total page count: 3,517 pages year total page count: 3,517 pages Last year I read a total of 174 books!  My goal was only 100, so I don’t feel like I’m rushing to complete my Goodreads challenge.  This month was a…

  • 3 on a theme: you’re my reincarnated love (and my name is probably Daniel)

    3 on a theme: you’re my reincarnated love (and my name is probably Daniel)

    Usually my 3 on a theme posts involve books read close together or even concurrently.  In this case, however, it was more a feeling, much like the heroines of these stories, that I had read this before. In Fallen by Lauren Kate, the main character Luce finds herself drawn to Daniel, a broody type who…

  • December reading round-up

    December reading round-up

    # of books read: 13 audiobooks listened to: 2 graphic novels read: 3 total page count: 3,954 year total page count: 44,234 Lots more reading this month!  Especially since I hardly wrote anything!  Did some editing and wrote a couple of chapters, but otherwise I’ve been busy reading… View this post on Instagram I’m not…

  • November reading round-up

    # of books read: 10 audiobooks listened to: 3 total page count: 1,782 year total page count: 38,498 / 40,280 I didn’t get as much reading in as I would have liked this month, because I was busy Nanowrimo’ing. View this post on Instagram At the beginning of the month I was still working my…