The results are in – I read 177 books this year. I didn’t quite reach my goal of 180, but I did exceed last year’s count by 22. I logged on both Goodreads and StoryGraph, and I’ll probably continue to do so this next year (or at least until most of my community on Goodreads moves over to StoryGraph).
My second favorite thing about StoryGraph (the first being that it’s not owned by Amazon) is the end-of-year graphics. This is my favorite part of this year’s reading synopsis:
My top five genres were all fiction, of course – contemporary, romance, fantasy, literary, and historical, in that order. The average length of the books I read was 319, and it took me an average of 9 days to finish a book (or, at least, to record it). It probably took me less time in reality to finish most of the books, but I do have a habit of putting something on my currently-reading list, getting distracted, and coming back to finish it later. Of all the books I read, 63 were part of a series.
I do enjoy spending extra time with my favorite characters.
I finished two reading challenges – the Overeducated Women With Cats and Libro.fm Listening Challenge. I averaged about 40% completion on the other four I started.
I participated in four reading retreats – three in conjunction with my online community at Dewey’s and one extended retreat on my own while I recovered from surgery. I hope to do more of these in 2025. A reading retreat is one of my favorite things to do.
All in all, a very successful reading year!
M. Suzanne Terry 