This year I read a grand total of fourteen books. Fourteen! So while I am sticking with the same year-end format I’ve used every year since I started this blog way back in 2011(!), for some categories I chose not to give an answer because I had so few options I felt like my answers would become default answers.
I had a tough year on a lot of levels and since I usually read before bed, a lot of that time got ditched for actual sleep. Which is very important! But little reading happened this year as a result.
Maybe unsurprising though. Whenever I have a major life change to deal with, I pretty much stop reading while I try to figure my life out. So I’m hoping that 2020 is the year things will get a bit back to normal! I’m setting my goal for 2020 at 24 books…a modest two books a month!
Here’s to a New Year and a new decade!!
HOW MANY BOOKS READ IN 2018?
–14 books
FICTION/NON-FICTION?
– 10 Fiction / 4 Non-Fiction
MALE/FEMALE AUTHORS?
– 6 Male / 10 Female
OLDEST BOOK READ?
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (1936)
NEWEST BOOK READ?
Kado: Lost Treasure of the Kadohadacho by E. Russell Braziel (November 2019)
LONGEST BOOK READ?
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas (984 pages)
SHORTEST BOOK READ?
Saved as Draft by N.D. Chan (123 pages)
ANY IN TRANSLATION?
Not this year!
BEST BOOK READ IN 2019?
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
MOST BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BOOK IN 2019?
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
MOST SURPRISING (IN A GOOD WAY!) BOOK OF 2019?
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. I didn’t know at all what to expect, but I really enjoyed it and got captivated by the writing style.
MOST THRILLING, UNPUTDOWNABLE BOOK IN 2019?
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
BOOK THAT HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT ON ME IN 2019?
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BOOK THAT HAD A SCENE IN IT THAT HAD ME REELING?
Several in Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson and Kingdom of Ash
BOOK I MOST ANTICIPATED IN 2019?
–
MOST MEMORABLE CHARACTER IN 2019?
Lee Westfall in Walk on Earth a Stranger and all the main characters in Kingdom of Ash.
HOW MANY RE-READS IN 2019?
None
BOOK I READ IN 2019 I’D BE MOST LIKELY TO REREAD IN 2020?
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BOOK I RECOMMENDED TO PEOPLE MOST IN 2019?
The Rules of Civility to everyone who liked A Gentleman in Moscow
FAVORITE NEW AUTHORS I DISCOVERED IN 2019?
Rae Carson!
MOST BOOKS READ BY ONE AUTHOR THIS YEAR?
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FAVORITE COVER OF A BOOK I READ IN 2019?
FAVORITE PASSAGE/QUOTE FROM A BOOK I READ IN 2019?
“If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us…then there wouldn’t be so much fuss about love in the first place.” – Amor Towles, The Rules of Civility
“People value shiny stones and lucky charms, but they forget that the most powerful talismans of all are the stories that we tell to ourselves and to others.” – Kate Morton, The Clockmaker’s Daughter
DID I COMPLETE ANY READING CHALLENGES OR GOALS IN 2019?
Not even close!
BOOK I CAN’T BELIEVE I WAITED UNTIL 2019 TO FINALLY READ?
–Kingdom of Ash because I actually started it when it came out in 2018…yes that is crazy, I KNOW. Full review for the book and why it took me so long to actually finish it coming soon!
