We did it! We made it to 2021! Happy New Year, everyone!
Now that my company has gone home, I can turn my attention to looking at my reading stats from 2020. It's always interesting and fun for me to look back at what I read and how it compares/contrasts with other years' numbers. So, without further ado, here we go:
Total Books Read: 191 - Although I did not meet my goal of reading 200 books, I got pretty darn close. I blew past last year's total of 168 and even beat my all-time record of 186 (from 2011). Not bad!
Number of fiction books read: 183 (96%)
Number of non-fiction books read: 8 (4%)
Number of adult books read: 119 (62%)
Number of YA books read: 23 (12%)
Number of MG books read: 49 (26%)
Number of books by female authors: 164 (86%)
Number of books by male authors: 22 (12%)
Number of books by multiple authors, male and female: 5 (2%)
Number of books read, personal collection: 37 (19%)
Number of books read, review copies: 53 (28%)
Number of books read, borrowed from library: 101 (53%)
Number of books read, paper: 126 (66%)
Number of books read, electronic: 60 (31%)
Number of books read, audio: 6 (3%)
Number of reading challenges joined: 8
Number of reading challenges completed: 6
For the Literary Escapes Challenge, I kept track of the states and countries where the books I read took place. The top three states I visited most were: California, New York, and North Carolina (a three-way tie as I read 11 books set in each). The top three countries besides the U.S. were: England (13), France (3), and Russia (3).
As is true every year, in 2020 I read mostly adult fiction set in the United States that was written by women. Unlike other years, the majority of the books I read this year came from the library, which is interesting since my local libraries were not open for several months because of the pandemic. In previous years, I've read mostly review books. Another big change this year is that I completed almost all of the reading challenges I signed up for. That has never happened before!
Overall, I have to say that 2020 was a very good reading year for me. I'm hoping 2021 will be even better. How did your year in reading go?
Just for my records, the following is a list of books I read this year:
Happy New Year! Congrats to your son on getting married and congrats on a pretty impressive reading year. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! 2020 wasn't all bad around here :)
DeleteHappy New Year, Susan. I'm so pleased your son's wedding went off well. That could not have been easy at the moment.
ReplyDeleteWow, what an amazing reading year you had! Congrats. Hope 2021 is as good for reading and that we get some freedom restored by the summer.
Thanks, Cath! Holding a wedding during the holidays AND a pandemic was a *little* stressful, but everything went really well, thank goodness.
DeleteI hope the same for 2021. Hang in there with your lockdown!
Congrats to your son on getting married! You've a great reading year in 2020 and here's hoping that this year will be another good one for us!
ReplyDeleteThank you! And, yes, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that 2021 will be a better year. I think it will be ... eventually :)
DeleteI always cry at wedding and wedding photos. Beautiful! You were so close, so good job!
ReplyDeleteHa ha. This one was actually taken by my mother-in-law during the photo session at the wedding reception. I'm a terrible photographer, so I don't even try!
DeleteI actually didn't cry as much at the wedding as I thought I would, but I definitely shed a few tears. Happy ones, of course :)
Congrats on your son getting married!!
ReplyDeleteWow, 191 books read in 2020!?!?!? I can't even imagine getting that many books read in a year. Impressive!
The most books I've read in a year was 174 books back in 2017 and it was tough getting to that number... I read a lot of shorter books that year and listened to a lot of audiobooks!
Good luck with your reading goals this year. Happy reading!!
Same! Because of being a judge for the Cybils Awards, I read a TON of middle-grade books. That helped me with my book count for sure. I listened to a few audiobooks as well - I need to do more of that this year.
DeleteGood luck with your goals as well!
What a wonderful year of reading you had! And, a wedding... so much fun. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteA lot of good things happened for me and my family in 2020. My son (the one who just got married) said 2020 was his best year so far!
DeleteWow, I love her dress. They both look so nice together, and very happy. Glad it went well!
ReplyDeleteReading stats are so fun, thank you for sharing. It's really cool that you kept track of settings. Just glancing over my list, it looks like England was my #2 as well, with Canada swinging in third. I'll have to go through states later, just for fun. Very cool that the library managed to be your top source, despite how long it was closed.
I agree - they're a good-looking couple :) And they're so happy together that they make me smile whenever I see them!
DeleteIt is fun to keep track of where my reads take place. I need to branch out a little from the U.S. and the U.K., though!
Congratulations to your son and his new wife! They look beautiful and happy. Great job on your reading! I didn't have a record breaking year but I definitely blew 2019 out of the water which was good.
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