Alright, so here it is. A recap of everything that I read in all of 2019. These stats are coming from a mix of Goodreads, which is where I track everything I read, and my personal stat spreadsheet. There’s a link to my Goodreads profile in the sidebar.
I read 13,086 pages across 48 books.
The shortest book I read was Bound by Mark Lawrence at 49 pages. The longest, also by Mark Lawrence, was Red Sister.
The most popular book I read was Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, which 970,697 other people read.
My highest read genre was Graphic Novel this year at 12, and second highest was Fantasy at 7.
Most of the books I read (18) had an average page length between 300-399 pages.
36 of the books I read were in the adult age range, 11 were young adult, and I read 1 children’s book.
My average rating for 2019 was 4 stars. This doesn’t surprise me at all, because I felt like I read some really great books this year.
Most of the books I read this year were digital. 41 of them I read on my iPad. I read 4 hardcovers, and listened to 2 audiobooks. This is a huge change from last year, and all prior years, where I’d been primarily reading physical hardcover books. This stat really surprised me in how much I’m moving toward ebooks.
For some author stats, I read a pretty even split of male vs female authors. 23 were male, 25 were female. I also read from 40 authors which were new to me this year, and only 8 were authors I had read from before.
Finally, here’s my top 5 books of the year, in no particular order:
- The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
- Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
At the beginning of the year, I also set some goals for myself. I wanted to
– Read 52 books
– Read more non-fiction
– Only purchase books that I knew I’d love
I was four books shy of reading 52 books this year. I read one non-fiction book, so I don’t know that I can mark that one complete, but I was really good about only purchasing books I knew I’d love! What this meant was I really dialed in to purchasing books from authors who I loved, or series that I really enjoyed. I used the library a lot more this year. This strategy really worked for me, and I think the Red Sister series is a good example. I read the first two books from the library, right before the third one was set to come out. I decided that I loved the series enough to buy it, and bought all three books at once. I’m definitely going to continue using this strategy for physical books, as I’m just out of space on my bookshelves.
This year, I want to:
– Read 52 books
– Read the 5 oldest books on my Goodreads TBR
– Read from 10 different countries
The individual goals I set for myself were to read specific books. Those books were ones I’m really looking forward to, but unfortunately didn’t get to read.
– Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
– Shades of Magic (Series) by V.E. Schwab
– Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
– Circe by Madeline Miller
Though these are all books I do want to complete, I’m going to choose a different batch this year for my goals. This year those are:
– The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty
– Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence
– Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia
– Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
– The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
I’m excited for this year of reading. I have a lot of content planned for posts, and I’m excited to see where this year takes us.
Happy New Year!
-Siobhan
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