2011 Wrap-Up

Favorite Books of the Year

1. Fables Series
2. Autumn and Autumn: The City by David Moody
3. The Affinity Bridge by George Mann
4. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
5. The Parasol Protectorate Series by Gail Carriger
6. The Walking Dead Series by Robert Kirkman
7. The Prestige by Christopher Priest
8. At the Scent of Water by Linda Nichols
9. Have Spacesuit--Will Travel by Robert Heinlein
10. The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall

Total Books Read -- 202

Total Pages Read -- 55,636 pages

Book Rating Stats

• 5 stars -- 97 books
• 4 stars --67 books
• 3 stars -- 17 books
• 2 stars -- 3 books
• 1 star -- 0 books
• Multiple non-reviewed books

Special Projects/Features

• NaNoWriMo -- Failed Miserably...  I really don't think I will be trying this again any time soon.  It was interesting to hear about others' experiences.
• Day Zero Project -- Loving this project.  I have 910 days left to complete 96 tasks.
• Meal Plans -- I really focused on this for awhile and then I got lazy.  I think for next year, I will only be highlighting interesting recipes I try.
• Readathons -- I have really come to love these.  I am recommitting to at least one readathon per quarter.
• Friday Fill-in -- Got bored with these, I'm done with them.
• Quote Wednesday -- Somehow I just dropped this.  I am recommitting to Quote Wednesdays especially since a list of  inspirational quotes is one of my Day Zero Project tasks.
• Music Monday -- Keeping... I really like doing this.  But this year, I want to search out some new bands to enjoy.
• Booking Through Thursday -- I had fun with this at first, but grew tired of the questions.  I think I am done with this.
• Top Ten Tuesday -- I've done probably 85% of these since starting blogging.  I usually love the topic, so this will definitely be continuing into the next year.

Reading Challenges

• Science Fiction -- 6/10 didn't finish, but enjoyed the books I did read.
• Steampunk -- 9/12 Great books, just ran out of time.
• Young Adult -- 12/12 Lots of great books
• Historical Fiction -- 6/10 Another one I ran out of time
• A to Z: Authors -- 19/26 Moving along until I got stuck.
• A to Z: Titles -- 24/26 Almost got there.
• Fantasy -- 12/12 Always love this genre.
• Vampire -- 20/20 Always love these books.
• Page to Screen -- 10/10 Bring on the movies!
• Zombie -- 10/10 Loved it!
• Fables -- 20/20 Love this series!
• 2011 -- 21/21 Interesting mix of books.
• Amazon Best of 2010 -- 3/20 Really bad showing on this one.
• Georgette Heyer -- 1/5 Good book just got really distracted.
• Outlander -- 0/7 Failed miserably!  Retrying next year.
• Graphic Novel -- 10/10 Upped this one for next year!
• Contemporary Romance -- 10/10 Mixed bag on this one, just not really my cup of tea.
• Summer Romance -- 24/24 Didn't think I would complete this one, but did it right at the wire.
• Support Your Local Library -- 100/100 So easy to finish!
• Year of Reading -- 43/43 I quit this one after May, because I got really bored.  But I kept with it up until then.

Total: 16 / 24 challenges 66.7% done

Total: 360/ 408 slots 88.2% done

Overall Thoughts/Reflections/Musings/Ideas

I was disappointed that I didn't finish all my reading challenges this year.  however, I think my reading was significant and the numbers show it.  I challenged myself to read lots of different books and genre.  I challenged myself to commit to writing reviews.  I am happy with my progress and

I've come a long way in the one year I've been blogging.   I'm really excited by my record of documenting my reading, activities, thoughts, etc.  I think I'll give this blogging thing another go for the upcoming year!