End of Year – Carol's Notebook

2017 Wrap-Up

December 31, 2017January 3, 2018 by Carol6 Comments

I read a total 83 of books, novellas, etc. this year. I don't think I wrote reviews for all of them. A couple were kids books and at least one was a Thursday Tale. Numbers Pages read: 10,323 Time listened: 242 hrs 7 minutes Audiobooks: 26 EBooks: 37 Print: 20 Male authors: 27 Female authors: 46 Multiple authors: 3 New-to-me authors: 46 Genres It's hard to categorize some books into one genre. Some may overlap, but I've tried to put them where I think they fit best. My reading was a little more varied this year than last, but next year I'm hoping to add more nonfiction to my list. Fiction Chic Lit: 2 Classic: 7 Fantasy/Paranormal: 1 General Fiction: 2 Graphic novel/manga/comic - 3 Horror: 2 Humor: 1 Middle School: 3 Mystery: 34 Picture Book: 12 Romance: 5 Sci-fi: 3 Thriller/Crime: 3 Western: 1 Nonfiction Faith: 4 5 star reads Favorite new-to-me author: Edgar Cantero Favorite new-to-me series/trilogy: The Interdependency by John Scalzi Places I Read I've just listed the first book/novella I read set in each state/country. States Alabama - Wooing the Wedding Planner by Amber Leigh Williams California - The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M. H. Boroson Colorado...

2016 Reading Wrap-up

December 31, 2016December 30, 2016 by Carol7 Comments

I read a total of 76 books, novellas, etc. this year. I don't think I wrote reviews for all of them. A couple were kids books that I reread with my nephew and at least one was a Thursday Tale. Numbers Pages read: 6910 Time listened: 310 hrs 51 mins Audibooks: 36 EBooks: 34 Print: 6 Male authors: 32 Female authors: 26 Multiple authors: 6 New to me authors: 47 Genres It's hard to categorize some books into one genre. Some may overlap, but I've tried to put them where I think they fit best. The question becomes, do I care that my reading habits are so skewed toward mysteries? I think yes, I'd like to see a little more diversity in next year's list, especially in the non-fiction and classic categories, but mysteries will always be my first love. Mystery: 42 Fantasy/Paranormal: 9 Picture Book: 9 Sci-fi: 4 Thriller: 3 History (non-fiction): 2 Cookbook: 1 Classic: 1 Romance: 1 Humor: 1 General Fiction: 1 Graphic Novel: 1 Memoir: 1 Favorites 5 star reads Armstrong by Torben Kuhlmann The Serpent by Claire North The Thief by Claire North A Great Reckoning by...

2016 End of Year Book Survey

December 28, 2016 by Carol6 Comments

This great end of the year survey is hosted by Jamie at The Perpetual Page-Turner. I've skipped a few of the questions. Number Of Books You Read: 75 Number of Re-Reads: 0 Genre You Read The Most From: Mystery 1. Best Book You Read In 2016? A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny 2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t? Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read? Arsène Lupin, The Gentleman Burglar by Maurice Leblanc, translated by Nicolae Sfetcu (surprised by how bad the translation was) 4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)? None, really. I'm not a very good pusher. 5. Best series you started in 2016? Best Sequel of 2016? Best Series Ender of 2016? Started- The Checquy Files by Daniel O'Malley, Best Sequel- A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny, Best Series Ender - The Master by Claire North 6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2016? Claire North 7. Best...