Gravy's 2022 reading record

[Gravy]

Finished:

• One Salt Sea
• Ashes of Honor
• Where the Drowned Girls Go
• Chimes at Midnight

Currently Reading:

• Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman: page#63
• Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson: page#217
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry: haven't started yet
• The 10th Kingdom by Katherine Wesley: page#37
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: page#74
• Stiff by Mary Roach: page#157
• Rise by Mira Grant: page#174
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: page#20

Made progress on

• Howl

Starting: The Winter Long

[Gravy]

Finished:

• One Salt Sea
• Ashes of Honor
• Where the Drowned Girls Go
• Chimes at Midnight

Currently Reading:

• Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman: page#63
• Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson: finished
• The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire: page#46
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry: haven't started yet
• The 10th Kingdom by Katherine Wesley: page#37
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: page#74
• Stiff by Mary Roach: page#157
• Rise by Mira Grant: page#200
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: page#20

Made progress on

• Howl
• The Winter Long
• Rise

Finished: Howl

[Gravy]

Finished:

• One Salt Sea
• Ashes of Honor
• Where the Drowned Girls Go
• Chimes at Midnight
• Howl

Currently Reading:

• Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman: page#63
• The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire: page#76
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry: haven't started yet
• The 10th Kingdom by Katherine Wesley: page#37
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: page#74
• Stiff by Mary Roach: page#178
• Rise by Mira Grant: page#200
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: page#20

Made progress on

• Stiff
• The Winter Long

[Gravy]

Finished:

• One Salt Sea
• Ashes of Honor
• Where the Drowned Girls Go
• Chimes at Midnight
• Howl

Currently Reading:

• Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman: page#63
• The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire: finished
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry: haven't started yet
• The 10th Kingdom by Katherine Wesley: page#37
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: page#74
• Stiff by Mary Roach: page#178
• Rise by Mira Grant: page#200
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: page#20

Made progress on

• The Winter Long
  
  
  Finished: The Winter Long
  
  Starting: A Red-Rose Chain
  
  
  Not a great deal of reading done this time.
  Toby ate the world, but I still missed a few days, due to being sick.
  
  Oh well, onward I go.

[Gravy]

Finished:

• One Salt Sea
• Ashes of Honor
• Where the Drowned Girls Go
• Chimes at Midnight
• Howl
• The Winter Long

Currently Reading:

• Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman: page#63
• A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire: page#102
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry: haven't started yet
• The 10th Kingdom by Katherine Wesley: page#37
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: page#74
• Stiff by Mary Roach: page#230
• Rise by Mira Grant: page#200
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: page#20

Made progress on

• A Red-Rose Chain
• Stiff

[Gravy]

Finished:

• One Salt Sea
• Ashes of Honor
• Where the Drowned Girls Go
• Chimes at Midnight
• Howl
• The Winter Long

Currently Reading:

• Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman: page#63
• A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire: page#308
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry: haven't started yet
• The 10th Kingdom by Katherine Wesley: page#37
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: page#74
• Stiff by Mary Roach: page#252
• Rise by Mira Grant: page#273
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: page#20

Made progress on

• A Red-Rose Chain
• Stiff
• Rise

[gali]

Finished:

• One Salt Sea
• Ashes of Honor
• Where the Drowned Girls Go
• Chimes at Midnight
• Howl
• The Winter Long

Currently Reading:

• Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman: page#63
• A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire: page#308
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry: haven't started yet
• The 10th Kingdom by Katherine Wesley: page#37
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: page#74
• Stiff by Mary Roach: page#252
• Rise by Mira Grant: page#273
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: page#20

Made progress on

• A Red-Rose Chain
• Stiff
• Rise

How is Howl?

[Gravy]

How is Howl?

I really enjoyed it! It's not an easy read; a good amount of violence, and while it's under the guise of being supernatural, it's made abundantly clear that that's just a metaphor (and while it's a metaphor for something specific (by the authors own words), it could easily be a metaphor for multiple types of targeted violence).
It's pretty long (a bit over 500 pages, if I remember correctly), but I had it finished in about a week (and only that long because I'm still fairly slow).
In other words, I really, really enjoyed it!

[gali]

How is Howl?

I really enjoyed it! It's not an easy read; a good amount of violence, and while it's under the guise of being supernatural, it's made abundantly clear that that's just a metaphor (and while it's a metaphor for something specific (by the authors own words), it could easily be a metaphor for multiple types of targeted violence).
It's pretty long (a bit over 500 pages, if I remember correctly), but I had it finished in about a week (and only that long because I'm still fairly slow).
In other words, I really, really enjoyed it!

Thank you. I will add it to my reading list.

[Gravy]

Finished:

• One Salt Sea
• Ashes of Honor
• Where the Drowned Girls Go
• Chimes at Midnight
• Howl
• The Winter Long

Currently Reading:

• Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman: page#63
• A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire: finished
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry: haven't started yet
• The 10th Kingdom by Katherine Wesley: page#37
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: page#99
• Stiff by Mary Roach: finished
• Rise by Mira Grant: page#273
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: page#20

Made progress on

• A Red-Rose Chain
• Stiff
• The Graveyard Book

Finished:

• A Red-Rose Chain
• Stiff

Starting:

• Once Broken Faith
• Spelunking Through Hell

[Gravy]

Finished:

• One Salt Sea
• Ashes of Honor
• Where the Drowned Girls Go
• Chimes at Midnight
• Howl
• The Winter Long
• A Red-Rose Chain
• Stiff

Currently Reading:

• Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman: page#63
• Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire: finished
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry: haven't started yet
• The 10th Kingdom by Katherine Wesley: page#37
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: page#99
• Rise by Mira Grant: page#273
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: page#20
• Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire: haven't started yet

Made progress on

• Spelunking Through Hell

Finished:

• Spelunking Through Hell

[Gravy]

Finished:

• One Salt Sea
• Ashes of Honor
• Where the Drowned Girls Go
• Chimes at Midnight
• Howl
• The Winter Long
• A Red-Rose Chain
• Stiff
• Spelunking Through Hell

Currently Reading:

• Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman: page#63
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry: haven't started yet
• The 10th Kingdom by Katherine Wesley: page#37
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: page#99
• Rise by Mira Grant: page#273
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: page#20
• Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire: page#57

Made progress on

• Once Broken Faith

[Leonie Vermaak]

Hi there.
So I'm curious.... Your currently reading list, are these books actually books you literally ready now, something like a bit of each book a day or are these books, just a list on what you want to read? Lol sorry I might sound a bit daft but if you literally read these books kind of all at once, I need to know how on earth you do it?
I'm just a kind of person that can only read one book at a time just coz I want to get the full experience of the book and to have different genres all at once it feel like I'm not doing justice to each book.

[Gravy]

Hi there.
So I'm curious.... Your currently reading list, are these books actually books you literally ready now, something like a bit of each book a day or are these books, just a list on what you want to read? Lol sorry I might sound a bit daft but if you literally read these books kind of all at once, I need to know how on earth you do it?
I'm just a kind of person that can only read one book at a time just coz I want to get the full experience of the book and to have different genres all at once it feel like I'm not doing justice to each book.

Yep. All of them at once. *lol*

I used to read only one book at a time. I can't say exactly how it started. I was in a slump, which led to me starting multiple books that I wound up being unable to finish, which somehow morphed into me being a die hard poly reader.

I basically just pick up whatever suites my mood/situation.

It's definitely not for everyone, but it's also not as complicated as it seems, and is fairly common.
It's kind of like actively watching multiple series; they're all different, so my brain compartmentalizes them.

I actually feel kind of the opposite. If I force myself to stick to a single book when my brain wants me to read something else, I'm failing to enjoy it at the level I otherwise would.
I can still devour a book without switching to a different one. If it grabs me, it grabs me, and all of my attention goes to it. But I can also start missing the variety. *shrugs*

[Leonie Vermaak]

Wow I'm really amazed, lol. I do however are now curious if I can do the same. So maybe I must try 2 books at a time and see how it goes. Thanks for the feedback it makes sense now to me atleast.