I’m incredibly late on this post (you can find the first part here), but better late than never I figure. First, here’s a breakdown of the goals I set for the year as well as some information on how I did.
GOALS
books: 52
pages: 20,000
STATS
books: 52 (100% to goal)
pages: 20,595 (103% to goal)
on average, I finished a book every 7.0 days
on average, each book had 396.1 pages
this means I read just over 56 pages per day, on average
24/52 books were by women, 15/32 authors were female
24/52 books were new books (yikes!)
TOP FIVE FAVORITE (NEW) BOOKS (in no particular order)
Ayiti, by Roxane Gay
This Is Not Your City, by Caitlin Horrocks
Mother and Child, by Carole Maso
The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Cataclysm Baby, by Matt Bell
BEST REREAD
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
FIVE MOST DISAPPOINTING BOOKS (not necessarily ones I disliked, just ones I expected more from)
Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
Gourmet Rhapsody, by Muriel Barbery
Out of Sight, Out of Time, by Ally Carter
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
TOP (NEW) BOOKS BY GENRE
literary fiction: Mother and Child, by Carole Maso
poetry: The Folding Star and Other Poems, by Jacek Gutorow
story collection: This Is Not Your City, by Caitlin Horrocks
nonfiction: The Girl Who Was on Fire, edited by Leah Wilson
adult fantasy: The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
SOME BOOKS I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO READING IN 2013
A Memory of Light, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (technically I already read it, but I was REALLY looking forward to it)
In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods, by Matt Bell
We Live in Water, by Jess Walter
Half as Happy, by Gregory Spatz
GOALS FOR 201352 books
18,000 pages
at least 30 new books
