How many books read in 2016? – 47 with a few unfinished.
Just couldn’t get them done in time.
How many fiction and non fiction? Two memoirs (same as last year) and 45 fiction.
Male/Female author ratio? 21 female and 8 male. About the same ratio as last year which was 25 women and 10 men. I tried not to double count authors.
Favorite book read in 2016? According to my 5 start goodreads ratings Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter, The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom, The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant and Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. I’d agree with these. They are the ones I was most likely to recommend afterwards as well.
Least favorite? Probably Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
Any that you simply couldn’t finish and why? None that were so bad that I couldn’t finish but I had to stop Shadow Tracer by Meg Gardner because it was giving me anxiety and I set down with intentions of finishing Ginny Gall and Rare Objects, just have a couple chapers left but moved on and forgot to go back. But I have the best intentions to finish them out ha.
How many books from the library? 15 which is up from 8 from last year!
How many books read did I purchase? 6 new this year all for book club, 1 I bought used from a book sale a few years go
How many were gifts? 2 were Christmas gifts from last year, some of the magic tree houses were gifts /hand me downs and the Ivy & Bean books were all gifts too.
How many borrowed from others? 0
How many were given to me for reviews? 5 of my finished ones were. 2 of my unfinished were, so 7 total.
How many books read on kindle? Like last year I read a half book of a Linda Castillo novel on kindle and I think I read Wench on Kindle. So 1 and a half. I bought a ton of books this year that were cheap on Kindle but I just haven’t read any. I definitely prefer reading a real book.
Any re-reads? Nope
Which countries did you go to through the page in your year of reading? Italy, United States, Argentina, Canada, Thailand, Luxembourg, England, France, and Sweden. There may have been more European countries involved but I can’t remember.
Which book wouldn’t you have read without someone’s specific recommendation? Beat the Reaper and The Good Neighbors wasn’t on my radar until book club.
Which author did you read the most of? Adriana Trigiani and Mary Pope Osborne ha. Followed by the authors of the IVY & Bean series I read to my daughter.
What was your best reading month? February and March I both read 6 books. But it seemed I averaged around 5 books a month. Except for when I didn’t ha.
What was your worst reading month? August and October I only finished the book club picks.
2016 Reading Goals - revisited...
1. Read 52 books. – 47. Almost.
2. Complete the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge. – The thing about setting goals is you need to make a plan. Kind of fell of this plan. Plus I wasn’t really interested in the topics this year.
3. Read more books that I own and continue donating. I donated two more bags of books that I can remember and sold some at a garage sale. I think I read 2 books that had been on my shelf for awhile.
4. Post more on the blog. – BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. WHOOPS.
How many fiction and non fiction? Two memoirs (same as last year) and 45 fiction.
Male/Female author ratio? 21 female and 8 male. About the same ratio as last year which was 25 women and 10 men. I tried not to double count authors.
Favorite book read in 2016? According to my 5 start goodreads ratings Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter, The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom, The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant and Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. I’d agree with these. They are the ones I was most likely to recommend afterwards as well.
Least favorite? Probably Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
Any that you simply couldn’t finish and why? None that were so bad that I couldn’t finish but I had to stop Shadow Tracer by Meg Gardner because it was giving me anxiety and I set down with intentions of finishing Ginny Gall and Rare Objects, just have a couple chapers left but moved on and forgot to go back. But I have the best intentions to finish them out ha.
How many books from the library? 15 which is up from 8 from last year!
How many books read did I purchase? 6 new this year all for book club, 1 I bought used from a book sale a few years go
How many were gifts? 2 were Christmas gifts from last year, some of the magic tree houses were gifts /hand me downs and the Ivy & Bean books were all gifts too.
How many borrowed from others? 0
How many were given to me for reviews? 5 of my finished ones were. 2 of my unfinished were, so 7 total.
How many books read on kindle? Like last year I read a half book of a Linda Castillo novel on kindle and I think I read Wench on Kindle. So 1 and a half. I bought a ton of books this year that were cheap on Kindle but I just haven’t read any. I definitely prefer reading a real book.
Any re-reads? Nope
Which countries did you go to through the page in your year of reading? Italy, United States, Argentina, Canada, Thailand, Luxembourg, England, France, and Sweden. There may have been more European countries involved but I can’t remember.
Which book wouldn’t you have read without someone’s specific recommendation? Beat the Reaper and The Good Neighbors wasn’t on my radar until book club.
Which author did you read the most of? Adriana Trigiani and Mary Pope Osborne ha. Followed by the authors of the IVY & Bean series I read to my daughter.
What was your best reading month? February and March I both read 6 books. But it seemed I averaged around 5 books a month. Except for when I didn’t ha.
What was your worst reading month? August and October I only finished the book club picks.
2016 Reading Goals - revisited...
1. Read 52 books. – 47. Almost.
2. Complete the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge. – The thing about setting goals is you need to make a plan. Kind of fell of this plan. Plus I wasn’t really interested in the topics this year.
3. Read more books that I own and continue donating. I donated two more bags of books that I can remember and sold some at a garage sale. I think I read 2 books that had been on my shelf for awhile.
4. Post more on the blog. – BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. WHOOPS.
2017 Reading Goals (why I make
these when we all know I don’t actually do work towards them)
1. Read 52 books.
2. Complete the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge. It does appear more interesting to me this year.
3. Read more books that I own and continue donating.
1. Read 52 books.
2. Complete the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge. It does appear more interesting to me this year.
3. Read more books that I own and continue donating.
How many books did you read this year? Did you complete your 2016
reading goals? What are your goals for 2017? Which author did you read the most
of? What was your most recommended book? Any you couldn't finish?
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