2019 in Review

2019 in Review

As you might know, I track the books I read in a spreadsheet.  As a matter of fact, I showed you a picture of my 2020 spreadsheet in my last post. I do this so the geek in me can spend some time at the end of the year and look at the data.  Here are a few highlights: 

(numbers are not exact, because I’m tallying with a week still left in 2019)

# of books started: 120

# of books finished: 115

Wondering what books didn’t hold my interest?

•     One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
•     The Fairer Sex by Michelle Miller
•     Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor
•     The Confidence Code by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
•     The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker

46% of my books were in audio format

22% were from the library

9.5% were e-books, I clearly need to dust off my kindle and show it some love!

5 were self development books

5 were re-reads

Fiction was by far the top genre, with sub groups of Historical Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Family Drama, Suspense and Humor showing up often on my list.  I confess, I am not good at assigning a genre.

Total pages read: 38,582!!!!

Wondering what some of my favorite books of 2019 were?  Here are some that I really enjoyed:

•     Winter Garden – Kristin Hannah
•     Winter Solstice – Rosamunde Pilcher
•     Harry’s Trees – John Cohen
•     Where the Forest Meets the Stars – Glendy Vanderah
•     The Enchanted April – Elizabeth VonArnim
•     The Mother-In-Law – Sally Hepworth
•     The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
•     The Gown – Jennifer Robson
•     Firefly Lane – Kristin Hannah
•     The Garden of Small Beginnings – Abbi Waxma
•     All We Ever Wanted – Emily Griffin