Total books read: 80.
(Sadly, for the first time since 2007 - the year I created this blog - I failed to read more books than I had read the previous year. Eighty equals my total for 2008, and in 2011 I read 93. I can't really pinpoint all the causes of the lesser output in 2012, but I think I worked more hours than in previous years. According to goodreads, I also read more pages in 2012 than I did in any year since 2007 except 2011 - so, although I know the page count isn't entirely accurate, perhaps I simply read longer books this year. No matter the cause, I'm planning for a higher count in 2013!)
Fiction: 64.
Non-fiction: 16.
Audiobooks: 32.
(I guess I've got to be glad that I can "read" during my commuting time!)
On the Kindle: 16.
(I purchased seven of these. I borrowed the other nine from the Kindle Lending Library.)
Published in 2012: 12.
Published prior to 1990: 1.
Books by male authors: 18.
Books by female authors: 62.
Books that are the first of a series: 8.
Books that are part of a series I started prior to 2012: 14.
Historical fiction: 13.
Biography, autobiography, or memoir: 9.
Young adult: 31.
Juvenile: 4.
Review copies: 5.
Read for my Teaching Through Literature class: 6.
Read with the "book lunch girls" (aka Natalie's Book Club): 10.
Read with my long-time book club: 7 (counting one that I also read with the "book lunch girls").
5-star rating: 6.
(These were Between Shades of Gray [a fabulous young adult historical novel, not to be confused with a certain similarly-named erotic romance], Doomsday Book [which was a re-read for me], Flunking Sainthood, Liar & Spy, One Thousand Gifts, and Unbroken.)
4-star rating: 56.
3-star rating: 17.
2-star rating: 1.
What were your reading numbers for 2012?
What are your reading goals for 2013?
Me at Yallfest!
1 month ago
80 seems like a very good number to me but I can understand the disappointment of apparently reading less.
ReplyDeleteMy highest number since I've been keeping track was 51. That was way back in 1994 and the first year I wrote them all down.
In 2012 I read 33 and listened to 5. In 2011 I had read 36 and listed to 5. Would love to know which books you rated 5 star. Can I find that on the blog?
I do acknowledge that 80 is a good number. I'm grateful that I have the luxury of a good amount of discretionary time in which I can read!
DeleteShortly I'll edit the post to add some links to my 5-star books! I'm also hoping to write a post about my "Favorite Reads of 2013" (which aren't necessarily the same thing).
That should be "Favorite Reads of 2012"!
DeleteEarlier in the year I posted reviews here of two of six 5-star books: Liar & Spy and One Thousand Gifts.
Would love to know which one you rated a "2"...
ReplyDeleteIt's a book titled Muslim Women Reformers. I posted a few thoughts about it on goodreads here.
DeleteLove your 5 star picks -- I've read 3 of them and concur -- I bought Gifts based on your suggestion, but it sits there abandoned on my bookshelf. Hopefully I'll get to it in 2013!
ReplyDeleteI do hope you get to One Thousand Gifts in 2013. It's unique - but I'm still thinking about it almost a year later.
DeleteI think 80 is a respectable number but know what you mean.
ReplyDeleteLainy http://www.alwaysreading.net
Respectable, yeah. But ... yeah.
DeleteNice blog name, BTW. :)