Somehow I’m still surprised that it’s 2014, and already the second week! This has been quite a year… pretty great, for the most part, with lots of travel and settling into a work and home routine. The last few months were awful dealing with health stuff at home, especially because we had been humming along so nicely before it all went downhill. But things have quieted down again, and I’m hopeful that 2014 will bring lots of good changes!
Once again, it’s time to reflect on the books I’ve read during the year of 2013. This is always my favorite post to write, whether or not anyone else actually cares 🙂
As you know, I love my stats! And now that this is my fourth year to analyze my reading log, I can compare the data from previous years. I hope this is as fun for you as it is for me!
Some stats I have gleaned from another year’s worth of reading:
| Data | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| (Finished) Books Read | 94 | 61 | 61 | 67 |
| Unfinished Books | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 (3 Abandoned, 3 Still Reading) |
| (Finished) Chapter Books | 80 | 61 | 56 | 61 |
| Picture Books | 14 | 0 (Didn’t count picture books this year) | 5 | 6 |
| (Finished) Audio Books | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| (Finished) Kindle Books | 21 | 15 | 39 | 42 |
| Longest Book to Read (not including Audio books) | Five Sisters, by James Fox 7/7/10 – 10/23/10 = 108 days |
Who’s Your City?, by Richard Florida 1/3/11 – 4/17/11 = 104 days |
The Paper Garden, by Molly Peacock 7/14/12 – 9/3/12 = 51 days |
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir), by Jenny Lawson7/17/13 – 12/29/13 = 165 days |
| Books with A+ Rating (in chronological order) | (1) Anne of Avolea, by L.M. Montgomery(2) The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss (3) The Help, (4) The Annotated Pride and Prejudice, (5) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, (6) Home Game, (7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, (8) The Guinea Pig Diaries, (9) Kitchen Table Wisdom, (10) The Know-It-All, (11) Dear Enemy, by Jean Webster (12) The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, (13) Talkin’ About Bessie, (14) Magic Island, by Elizabeth Waterston (15) A Christmas Memory, (16) The Annotated Persuasion, (17) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,
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(1) The 13 Clocks, by James Thurber(2) The Diamond in the Window, by Jane Langton
(3) The Blue Castle, by L.M. Montgomery (4) The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (5) The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff (6) Two-Part Invention, by Madeleine L’Engle (7) Operating Instructions: A Journal of my Son’s First Year, by Anne Lamott (8) Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
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(1) The Princess and the Goblin, by George MacDonald(2) The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green (3) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, (4) The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier, (5) Among Others, (6) The Magician King, (7) Old Souls, (8) Wool, (9) The Unraveling: Wool Part 4, (10) The Stranding: Wool Part 5, (11) Rilla of Ingleside, (12) Mothership, (13) Looking for Alaska, (14) Will Grayson, Will Grayson, (15) Gone Girl, (16) Paper Towns, (17) Beauty Queens, (18) The Pursuit of Happiness, (19) The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks, |
(1) Young House Love: 243 Way to Paint, Craft, Update & Show Your Home Some Love, by Sherry and John Petersik(2)The Baby Name Wizard, by Laura Wattenberg (3) Dear Daddy Long Legs, (4) The Artist in the Office: How to Creatively Survive and Thrive Seven Days a Week, (5) The Silver Linings Playbook, (6) The Paris Wife, (7) Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar, (8) Little Miss Austen: Pride and Prejudice, a Counting Primer, (10) Eleanor and Park, (11) September Girls, (12) Lonesome Dove, (13) The Book of Lost Things, (14) Fangirl, (15) A Ring of Endless Light, (16) Bossypants, (17) Winter Lights: A Season in Poems and Quilts, (18) Dream Animals: A Bedtime Story, |
| Books with a C or below Rating | (1) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , by Junot Diaz (Grade = C)(2) Girls in Trucks, by Katie Crouch (Grade = C) |
(1) Confessions of a Book Seller, by Robin Soma-Dudley (Grade = C-)(2) More Confessions of a Book Seller, by Robin Soma-Dudley (Grade = C+) |
(1) The Girls from Ames, by Jeffrey Zazslow (Grade = C+)(2) Pope Joan, by Donna Woolfolk Cross (Grade = C+) (3) A Live Coal in the Sea, (4) Fifty Shades of Grey, (5) Where We Belong, (6) Definitely Not Mr. Darcy. (7) The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle book #3), |
(1) Cat Cam: The World of Cooper the Photographer Cat, by Michael and Deirdre Cross (Grade = C+)(2) On Being an Angry Mom, by Kim Foster (Grade = C+) (3) Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen, (4) Divergent, (5) The Summer Girls, (6) A Beautiful Mess Photo Idea Book: 95 Inspiring Ideas for Photographing Your Friends, Your World, and Yourself, |
| Books that were Re-Read | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
I read slightly more books than last year, but not quite as much as 2010 when I was working as a school librarian. Just about exactly the same amount of A+ and under C books as last year. I’m also reading more Kindle books than ever – they are just so convenient for the bus ride commute! Which is also why I’m not listening to audio books as much, since they were for the car ride commute!
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Whew, That was fun!
I’m happy that, as 2014 begins, I’m surrounded by books and a healthy To-Read list!
What was your favorite book you read in 2013? I’m always looking for more recommendations!
Impressive!
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