Happy Friday! I’ve been sick all week and didn’t have anything pre-written, so sorry for the silence here!

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly bookish discussion meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and Dini @DiniPandaReads. Each Friday, bloggers will write posts about a particular topic and share on their blog.

Today, we’re discussing how your reading habits might fluctuate with the seasons.

Is there a month, quarter, or other specific time of year when you do your most reading? Why do you think that is?

I tend to be a fairly consistent reader on the whole. I think I average about 6 books a month, though that does go up and down a little. What I have noticed is that each year, there seems to be one month when I decide to be an overachiever, but that month is never the same one each year. I have no idea why, it’s not something that I do deliberately, but it’s happened over the last few years.

This year, March was that month, when I read 15 books. Last year it was August with 13, and in 2023 it was May with 13 again. Outside of those months, my number of books rarely goes above 9, and I have dipped as little as 2, but 6 seems to be my average. I have no idea why these crazy reading months happen. Nothing changes in my schedule, I don’t take long holidays away, I don’t go to school with a summer break, I just work and live a fairly regular, quiet life. I can’t even say it’s because of the weather. I live in the UK, our weather is so unpredictable that summer might appear in April and winter in July lol.

Does this tend to fluctuate every year or is your reading pretty ‘steady’?

As I said, my reading tends to be pretty steady through the months and years. Over the last three years I have read between 70-80 books each year which I think is very steady! Before that I didn’t put reading as a priority, so 50 books was usually my maximum there, but now that it’s a hobby and a love of mine, I make sure to make time for it, which I think also helps with that consistency. It looks like I am on track to read over 80 books this year though, as I am currently on 76!

In 2 weeks I start at university as a mature student, and I’ll still be working, so I am going to predict that this answer will change soon. I suspect I will have reading spikes over term breaks, and that my monthly average will decrease! It’ll be interesting to see what happens to my stats from now on.

YOU tell me – Do you find yourself reading more in certain seasons?