Kate Spofford, author

Category: books

  • October reading round-up

    # of books read: 11 audiobooks listened to: 2 horror novels read: 7 total page count: 3,149 year total page count: 38,498 View this post on Instagram The first book read this month was from the batch I got signed at the Boston Teen Author Festival.  Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe…

  • September reading round-up

    # of books read: 13 audiobooks listened to: 2 graphic novels read: 3 total page count: 3,786 year total page count: 35,349 View this post on Instagram I read a review of The Art of Starving and had to buy it for the library.  I don’t think I’ve ever read a book about a boy…

  • school required reading: books I hated, books I loved

    School is back in session, and as a librarian trying to run both a teen book club and a teen writers club, I get a lot of teens who don’t have time to read or write for fun because of school reading.  I’ve always been a big reader, but even I hated quite a few…

  • August reading round-up

    # of books read: 11 audiobooks listened to: 2 OwlCrate books read: 2 total page count: 2,689 year total page count: 31,563 This month I dedicated myself to making a dent in my Owlcrate books as well as the haul from the Book Barn.  It was a busy month, and I didn’t get as much…

  • July reading round-up

    # of books read: 15 audiobooks listened to: 3 graphic novels read: 2 total page count: 4,402 year total page count: 28,874 This was a crazy month, and despite having a week of vacation, it wasn’t exactly *restful* vacation.  Plus with all the running around for the summer reading program at my library, and planning for…

  • June reading round-up

    # of books read: 16 audiobooks listened to: 2 graphic novels read: 8 total page count: 4,395 year total page count: 24,472 A large portion of my month was spent reading 2 books by Cassandra Clare. View this post on Instagram The first was Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, which I picked up mainly because I’ve…

  • May reading round-up

    # of books read: 21 audiobooks listened to: 5 ARCs read: 1 total page count: 4,538 year total page count: 20,077 I managed to get tons of reading done this month!  My favorite reads of the month were Bang by Barry Lyga (about a boy who shot and killed his younger sister when he was a toddler),…

  • 3 on a theme: living houses

    3 on a theme: living houses

    I am often reading between 3 and 5 books at the same time, and occasionally there’s a theme that might not be remarkable in one book… but when I see it in three books, I take notice. It’s a common trope, the haunted house.  But not so common when the house becomes its own character……

  • April reading round-up

    # of books read: 11 audiobooks listened to: 4 ARCs read: 1 total page count: 3,288 year total page count: 15,539 I didn’t finish a lot of books in April, but I did read a lot!  I swear!  For a full list, scroll down to the bottom – the links will take you to my Goodreads reviews.…

  • March reading round-up

    # of books read: 14 audiobooks listened to: 3 ebooks read: 3 books from the Throne of Glass series: 2 graphic novels: 3 total page count: 3,998 year total page count: 12,251 Well, I still haven’t beat that crazy reading streak I had in January.  It does seem that I’m reading roughly 4,000 pages a month,…