2017: My Year in Books

Hey everyone!

I'd like to share my year in books. I started out with some lofty goals most of which I didn't make, but at least I had fun trying.

 Today I'll recap some of my bookish stats for this year, and tomorrow I'll be back with some of my goals (both bookish and personal) for 2018!

I wonder how long it's going to take me to get used to writing 2018 instead of 17? My guess is at least 3 months.

Here were my goals for 2017:

Goals

1. Read 100 books Currently I'm at 13/100    There was too much going on to make this. I changed it to 40 a while ago, and can successfully say I have read 40 books
2. Read 17,000 pages 10,843. Close-ish but no cigar. Goodreads also counts pages differently in some cases, so my total is what I actually read, but won't necessarily match up with the GR totals below.
3. Read 15 unread books on my shelves: Currently, I've read 21/15 Here's one I actually surpassed! A combination of books that already were on my shelves and a lot of new ones that I won via GR this year.
4. Check out and read 15 library books  I managed 15/15 here. I stopped being able to go to the library after my lockout at work ended, but I still managed to make this one!

And, here's my year in books according to Goodreads.

Some Stats That I Tracked Myself:

Number of Books Read: 40

Shortest Book: 28 pages

Longest Book: 470 Pages

Average Number of Pages: 274.5 pages

Number of Pages Read: 10,980

Sources: I owned, or someone bought for me: 9/40 (22.5%)

Library: 15/40(37.5%) Goodreads Giveaway Wins, past and current years 16/40(40 %)

New To Me Authors: 33/40

Average Rating:  3 Stars

Average Number of Days Spent Reading Per Book: 5.47 Days

(Some of these took a really long time for me to get through

I was very fortunate this year with Goodreads Giveaway wins. I started entering giveaways again in July of this year and was fortunate to have won 24 books.

Do you have any 2017 accomplishments you want to share? Please let me know in the comments!

Check back tomorrow to see my 2018 goals.

2012 End of Year Recap: The Year in Books

I can't believe another year is coming to a close already. I can't say I'll be sad to see this one go. It's been a mixture of both good and bad, as all years are, but this one has been somewhat tougher for a variety of reasons.

I know that a lot of people are doing top ten recaps of their favorite books of the year, but it's really hard for me to narrow the books I've read down like that so I figured I'd just do a compiled list with links to reviews of all the books I've reviewed on the blog in 2012.

  I always wanted to do monthly recaps but never got around to it, so I figured I'd do this yearly recap now, and then start with monthly recaps at the end of January.

For now, these reviews are going to be listed in the order they were posted, by the title of the book. Clicking the link will take you to the review.

January:

1. Dirk Danger Loves Life by Chris Rothe- 5 stars

2. Peas and Thank You: Simple Meatless Meals the Whole Family Will Love by Sara Matheny 4 stars
3.A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay 5 stars

February:
4. In My Shoes by Adrian Stephens 1 star
5. Letters in Cardboard Boxes by Abby Slovin 5 stars
6. A New Death and Others by James Hutchings 1 star

March:
7. Finding Jolie by Jamie Lynn Goldenberg 4 stars
8. The Evolution of Human Intellect by L.N. Smith 3 stars
9. The Incredible Shrinking Bully by Mona Schmitt 5 stars

April:
10. Strange Places by Jefferson Smith 4 stars
11.Stop Eating Your Heart Out by Meryl Hershey Beck 5 stars
12. The Forever Girl by Rebecca Hamilton 5 stars
13. My Fairytale Life by Heather M. White 2 Stars
14. The Coincidence Engine by Sam Leith 2 Stars
15. When Destiny Knocks by Heather M. White 1 star
16. Strike: The Hero From The Sky 4 Stars

May: 
17. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson 5 stars
18. Breath of A Child by Donna M. Rinelli 1 star

June:
19. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 5 stars
20. Last Chance Beauty Queen by Hope Ramsay 3 stars
21. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 5 stars
22. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 5 stars
23. Dark Passage by M.L. Woolley 3 stars

July:
24. Citizen Scientists: Be A Part of Science From Your Own Back Yard by Loree Griffin Burns 5 stars
25. All the Right Stuff by Walter Dean Myers 4 stars
26. The Sugar Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner 1 star
27.The Legend of Mickey Tussler by Frank Nappi  4 stars
28. Sophomore Campaign by Frank Nappi 4 stars
29. Misfortune Cookie by Michele Gorman 4 stars

August:
30. Elemental Magic by Angela Wallace 4 stars
31.The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin 5 stars
32. Jaime Lea and the Bumblebee by Adrian Thorpe 5 stars
33. Ambition's Not an Awful Word by Zack Zage 5 stars
34. Then Again by Diane Keaton 3 stars
35. You Know Your Way Home by Suzanne Jauchius 4 stars
36. The Sword and the Prophet by Missy LaRae 3 stars
37.  Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins 3 stars
38. Free Falling by Susan Kiernan-Lewis 4 stars
39. My Love by Joanne Clancy 2 stars
40. Catastrophically Consequential by Stephen C. Bird 1 star
41. Crank by Ellen Hopkins 4 stars
42. Broken City by D.D. Chant 3 stars

September:
43.  The Mirror in the River by Dale Lovin 2 stars
44. Wow! Glowing Bride in 30 Days by Laura Pepper 4 stars
45. A Lovely, Indecent Departure by Steven Lee Gilbert, 2 stars
46. Sparks Off You by Anita Felicelli 4 stars
47. Echoes From the Infantry by Frank Nappi 5 stars

October:
48. Wicked: Witch and Curse by Nancy Holder and Debbie Vigue 5 stars
49. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins 5 stars
50. Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins 5 stars
51. A Whisper to A Scream by Karen Wojcik Berner 3 stars
52. Until My Soul Gets It Right by Karen Wojcik Berner 4 stars
53. Twelve Days to Christmas by Michele Gorman 4 stars
54. Phoebe Who? by Emma Harrison 3 stars
55. Dream Magic: Awakenings by Dawn Harshaw 2 stars
56. Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright 4 stars
57. An Imperfect Wife by Grace Wen 3 stars
58. With Honors by Grace Wen 3 stars
59. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer 3 stars
60. Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft by Jody Gehrman 5 stars

November:
61. Sebastian's Poet by Kevin Craig 5 stars
62. Twelve Months by Steven Manchester 5 stars
63. Anthology I: The Other Side by Hamidah Gul 1 star
64. Catalyst: The Passage of Hellsfire by Marc Johnson 3 stars
65. 34 Pieces of You by Carmen Rodrigues 5 stars
66. Scrambled by Kathryn Elizabeth Jones 2 stars
67. Moonlight Dancer by Deb Atwood 4 stars
68. What I Did on My Midlife Crisis Vacation by Debbianne DeRose 5 stars
69. Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult 4 stars
70. Henrietta the Dragon Slayer by Beth  Barany 4 stars
71. Shifted Perspective by J. Bridger 3 stars
72. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling 2 stars

December: 
73. Four in the Morning by Christi Goddard 4 stars
74. Last Chance Christmas by Hope Ramsay 4 stars
75. Heaven or Hell by Roni Teson 3 stars
76. Beautiful Wild Rose Girl by B. Magnolia 5 stars
77. The How and What of Gift Giving by Antonio Hajden 4 stars
78. Broken Christmas by David S. Henderson 4 stars
79. Volunteers for Literacy by Gretchen Elhassani 3 stars
80. Christmas in Wine Country by Addison Westlake 4 stars
81. Cadence Beach by Linda Juliano 3 stars
82. Cupid's Christmas by Bette Lee Crosby 4 stars
83. Keeping Score: A Guide to Love and Relationships by Marc Brackett 4 stars
84. Silver Bells by Sadie Hart 3 stars
85. My Happy Birthday by Mary Ryan 3 stars
86. We're All Different But We're All Kitty Cats: First Day of School by Peter J. Goodman 5 stars

Note: There are 18 other books I've read this year that are not listed here. 
Some of the books were only reviewed on Goodreads due to their content.
 Some of the books I just haven't published reviews for yet (always have to have that reserve of reviews) 
And some of the books weren't in the GR database so that's why my GR total only shows 102


2012 Stats (Includes stats of books with reviews not listed above):

Total books read: 104
Average Rating: 3.51
Number of Different Authors Read: 92
Number of Pages Read: 25, 851
Shortest Book Read: 9 pages
Longest Book Read: 756 pages
Average Length of Book: 248.5 pages

So that's my reading year in a nutshell. Be sure to stop by tomorrow to see my reading goals for 2013!