2015
has been another great year and it’s hard to believe that 2016 starts tomorrow!
Some of the highlights of this year include:
- Attending
BEA 2015 – for the second year in a row. Another fantastic experience with my partner-in-crime, T from Traveling with T!!! Lots of great books, meeting
other bloggers in person, networking with publishers/publicists, meeting
authors and attending some of the parties! So much fun! Still on the fence as to whether I’m going in 2016 – it’s not in NY this year, which isn’t quite as convenient…stay tuned to see what happens. - I had my name mentioned in the acknowledgement section of a book for the first time – so very cool and yet humbling at the same time!!!
My top reads of 2015 are (in order I read them):
- The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel
- One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis
- The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
- The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy
- Dear Carolina by Kristy Woodson Harvey
- The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
- Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge
- As Night Falls by Jenny Milchman
- Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica
- The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach by Pam Jenoff
- In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
- The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young
- Come Away With Me by Karma Brown
- Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams
- What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
So,
here are my stats for 2015. Overall, I completed 153 books (which
includes audio books) – this is 5 books shy of what I read last year. Here are some stats about how much I read and what I read:
- 153 books completed
- 81 books read – 50 print/31 e-book
- 72 audio books listened to
- 20 books from library
- 3 print/17 audio
- 3 books read from my shelves – NEED TO WORK ON THIS!!!
- Purchased 64 books (includes audio books purchased via Audible)
- read/listened to 40
- 59 books completed were from new-to-me authors
Of
the 7 year-long reading challenges
that I participated in for 2015, I completed 5. To see which ones I did, see my Month in Review: December 2015 post, where I list the final totals of each challenge.
In
the next few days I will be adding
the challenges that I plan on participating in during 2016. I primarily use these challenges to help me keep track of what I read – how many books overall, how many library books I read, how many audio books I listen to, how many new-to-me authors I read, and how many of my own books I read – this last an area that I tend to not do too well in. I found a challenge where I can set the terms and I hope that will make me more successful – I’ll be posting about it in the next day or so.
Thank
you to all my readers – I love reading and sharing with you my
thoughts on the books I read. I also love reading all your blogs. I
look forward to seeing what 2016 brings for my reading!
My daughter and I hope to attend BEA since it is so close. The Nightingale is on my favorite list too. How cool to have your name mentioned in a book. Happy New Year.
My Favorite of 2015
Love seeing all your stats, always fascinating. Some books on your list I'd like to read and 4 that I have. I tried our library for audio books but they have a 'stupid' system that I don't like where can only download to my phone and I hate carrying that around, so just got one and then left it. Disappointing because they had a better one before where I could download to my iPod. Have a great New Year – we are already well into it, sitting here with all doors and windows open and sweltering.
Kristin, congratulations for being mentioned in a book. That's wonderful! You've had an amazing year of reading. As for me, I have not read as much, but I've certainly enjoyed the reading I've done. Have a safe and happy New Year's! Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving comments this past year.
I've read 3 on your 'best of' list and agree. Have several more on my shelves. Kristin, I always love coming here and seeing what you've been reading. A good time and your tastes and mine coincide a lot. Hope you have a wonderful 2016!
You had a great year! BEA will be closer to me this year but not sure if I'll make it.
Happy New Year!
So jealous, I would love to make it to BEA some year. You had a good year. I hope 2016 will be even better!