2018 Wrap-Up

2018 Wrap-Up

by Carol5 Comments
According to Goodreads, I read a total of 92 books, novellas, etc. this year. I always think it's fun to see how my reading breaks down. The numbers in parenthesis are last year's just to compare. Numbers Pages read: 11,374 (10,323) [Goodreads shows 22,896. Maybe it's counting the pages in audiobooks?] Time listened: 371 hrs 15 mins (242 hrs 7 minutes) Audiobooks: 40 (26)EBooks: 41 (37)Print: 11 (20) Male authors: 31 (27)Female authors: 33 (46)Multiple authors: 2 (2) New-to-me authors: 38 (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. Fiction Chic Lit: 0 (2) Classic: 13 (7) Fantasy/Paranormal: 0 (1) General Fiction: 2 (2) Graphic novel/manga/comic - 0 (3) Horror: 2 (2) Humor: 1 (1) Middle School: 0 (3) Mystery: 44 (34) Picture Book: 6 (12) Romance: 0 (5) Sci-fi: 9 (3) Thriller/Crime: 6 (3) Western: 0 (1) Nonfiction Autobiography/Memoir: 1 Politics: 2 Faith: 1 (3) Biography: 2 Science: 2 True Crime:...
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2012 End of Year Book Survey

2012 End of Year Book Survey

by Carol10 Comments
I like having an end of the year post that summarizes my reading for the year. Jamie, at The Perpetual Page-Turner, posted this great survey that really helps highlight some of the good ones, and bad ones, of the year. 1. Best Book You Read In 2012? This feels a little like cheating, but I have to say the best book I read in 2012 was Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. It was romantic and funny. 2. Most Disappointing Book/Book You Wish You Loved More Than You Did? The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny. I wanted to love it and it was good but the last bit made me angry at Penny. I'll have to wait anxiously for the next one to see how things resolve. 3. Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2012? Whiplash River by Lou Berney. I had never heard of the author and just loved the eccentric characters, the hijinks. I haven't read many comedy crime novels...
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Best of 2010

by Carol11 Comments
This set of questions is the perfect way to look back on a year’s worth of reading. Best Book of 2010: The Glamour of Grammar by Roy Peter Clark (yes, I'm a geek) Worst Book of 2010: Montana Destiny by R. C. Ryan (didn't even finish it) Most Disappointing Book: Escapade by Walter Satterthwait Most Surprising (In a Good Way): The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen Book You Recommended to Most People: The Help by Kathryn Stockett Best Series You Discovered:The Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny Favorite New Authors You Discovered: Emily St. John Mandel, Kate Wilhelm Most Hilarious Read: The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (but it didn't have much competition- I didn't read many funny books this year that weren't children's books) Most Thrilling, Unputdownable Book: Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth Book You Most Anticipated: Fired Up by Jayne Anne Krentz Favorite Cover of a Book Read: The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill Most Memorable Character: India Black from the book by Carol K. Carr and Crispin...
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