Category: Year-End Stats

END OF YEAR THOUGHTS…

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As the year ends, I find myself delving into bookish blog moments, especially since I do a lot of tabulating of my reading here.

I have pages created to total what I have read, and spent some time this week setting up the pages for the New Year.  And adding numbers of what I accomplished this year.  Which was not that great, I’ll admit.  Toward the end of the year, my reading picked up a bit.  Throughout the year, however, my monthly totals ranged between two, in some months, to seven in most.  

I am not sure why my reading dropped so much, but I do know that I had a lot more outings and family time…and viewing of streaming shows, some I have even watched before.

I enjoyed my time, however, but I do hope to read more in the upcoming year.  In this week alone, I spent all day reading…a couple of times.  LOL.

Today I am reading a book by Dominick Dunne:  Another City, Not My Own.  In this tome, he fictionalizes the O.J. Simpson trial, where he spent time in a front row observing.  When I watched the miniseries again, I enjoyed seeing him, in person, taking note of it all.

One of my favorite books of his, however, was An Inconvenient Woman, which was also made into a movie.  I no longer have the film, which was recorded on VHS, but rereading the book reminded me of special moments. Rebecca DeMornay did an excellent job as the “inconvenient woman.”

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Now I will return to my reading and viewing.  And I think I’ll have another cup of coffee.

Enjoy your New Year!

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MY YEAR IN BOOKS: NUMBERS, FAVORITES, & PATTERNS

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Today I’m inspired by those who are posting about the books they loved the most, which ones captured their interest more than others…and stats.  Yes, stats.

Like Elizabeth, at Silver’s Reviews, who wrote a wrap-up of what she read this year, and examined her favorite authors and genres.

Of course, I had to take a look at my Read in 2015 page.

I am happy that, in the year 2009 when I created this blog, I started tracking my reading through my pages.

Here’s what I discovered about my activity over the year, in terms of numbers of books read, as well as favorites:

January – 16 – (Favorite Book – Catch Me, by Lisa Gardner)

February – 15 – (Favorite Book – The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes, by Diane Chamberlain)

March – 16 – (Favorite Book – Hush Hush, by Laura Lippman)

April – 18 – (Favorite Books: Lacy Eye, by Jessica Treadway, & A Spool of Blue Thread, by Anne Tyler)

May – 19 – now that number stunned me! (Favorite Books:  Black-Eyed Susans, by Julia Heaberlin, & The Sound of Glass, by Karen White)

June – 15 – (Favorite Books – Crash & Burn, by Lisa Gardner, & The New Neighbor, by Leah Stewart)

July – 10 – this did not surprise me – house guests! – (Favorite Books – Pretty Baby, by Mary Kubica, & The Murderer’s Daughter, by Jonathan Kellerman)

August – 14 – (Favorite Books – The Mistake I Made, by Paula Daly, & The Summer Girls, by Mary Alice Monroe)

September – 12 – (Favorite Book -Pretending to Dance, by Diane Chamberlain)

October – 14 – (Favorite Book – Smoke, by Catherine McKenzie, & Corrupted, by Lisa Scottoline)

November – 11 – (Favorite Book – The Perfect Son, by Barbara Claypole White).

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I think it’s interesting that most of my favorites came from authors I have read and enjoyed in the past.  But one favorite came from a new-to-me author:  Lacy Eye, by Jessica Treadway.

What does that tell me?  That I shouldn’t be afraid to try new authors.  Yes, I’ve ranted about those who disappointed me, but then there are those who bring treasures…and become favorite, go-to authors.

What have you discovered about your reading choices, favorite authors, and favorite books?

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