Oddly enough, this has not been a stellar year for me numbers-wise, even though I feel like I've spent every spare moment of 2012 reading. Although I vowed to conquer 200 books this year, I only managed to read 157. That's 29 less than last year! I know. It's weird. I've been racking my brain trying to figure out what happened and I think I've figured out the problem—my Kindle Fire. Yes, it has helped me finish books, but it's also hindered me. Why? In a word, apps. I'm totally addicted to Words With Friends, Scramble With Friends, DropWords, etc. They're very distracting. Oh well. They're fun and I'm not giving them up. So there.
Here's how my 2012 reading broke down:
I read 157 books. Of those:
- 147 (94%) were fiction; 10 (6%) were non-fiction
- 76 (49%) were adult books; 62 (39%) were YA; and 19 (12%) were middle grade
- 89 (57%) were review books; 38 (24%) were borrowed from the library; 17 (12%) came from my own bookshelves; 11 (7%) were sent to me for contest judging; and 2 (1%) were manuscripts I read for friends
- 34 (22%) were e-books; 1 was an audiobook
- 111 (71%) were written by females; 39 (25%) by males; and 6 (4%) by teams of both females and males
- 49 (31%) were written by LDS authors
Reading Challenges at which I Failed Spectacularly:
Reading Challenges at which I Didn't Do So Terribly:
- 50 States Challenge 2012
- (Because I was doing this challenge, I kept track of the states where each of the books I read this year took place. Just for fun, here's the Top 5: California (9 books); Utah (6 books); Iowa (4 books); Tie between Arkansas, Florida, New York, North Carolina and Washington (3 books); Tie between Virginia, New Mexico, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, Illinois, and Arizona (2 books)
Reading Challenges at which I Totally Rocked:
Before I list all the books I read this year, I wanted to let you know what will (hopefully) be happening around here in the next few weeks. I'm going to be catching up on reviews (I'm 13 behind—gulp!); updating my Pages (All Reviews, LDS Authors, Baby Steps, etc.); joining a couple of challenges (because I'm so dang awesome at completing them); and cleaning up my sidebars (so they'll look all pretty for the new year). I'm going to have lots of fun stuff coming up in 2013, so stick with me, won't you?
Happy New Year!
I'm anxious to sit down and study your list of books read... and then compile a list of books I want to read. I find that we have very similar taste in books with the big exception that I love those little superficial sappy preachy books... Evans, Wright, etc. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great reading year you had, Susan! Hope you and your family have an awesome 2013!
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