Favorite Books of the Year

1. Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
2. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
3. You're Doing a Great Job by Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn
4. The Wicked + The Divine series
5. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
6. Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
7. The Mummy by Anne Rice
8. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
9. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
10. A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner

Honorable Mentions: The HM category is reserved for rereads that I really loved.

• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Total Books Read – 123 books

Total Pages Read – 36,664 pages!!!!!

I averaged 3055 pages per month.  My lowest month was January with only 1793 pages.  My highest month was March with 3966 pages.  I hope to read 35,000 pages next year.

Book Rating Stats

• 5 stars — 59 books
• 4 stars — 44 books
• 3 stars — 16 books
• 2 stars — 4 books
• 1 star — 0 books
• DNFs — 2  books

Reading Challenges

Here’s the final breakdown:

• Perpetual 20/20  100%
• Mount TBR 56/60 93.3%
• Read Your Book Shelf 7/10 70%
• Popsugar 39/70 97.5%
• Retellings 12/12 100%
• What's in a Name 3/6 50%
• Discworld 1/12 8.3%
• Back to the Classics 4/6  66.7%
• New to Me 20/20 100%
• Wired into Scifi 0/10 0%
• Graphic Novels 24/24 100%
• Library Love 24/24 100%
• Picture Books 92/92 100%

Total: 6/13 challenges  46.2% done

Total: 302/336 slots  89.9% done

Overall Thoughts/Reflections/Musings/Ideas

I think 2017 was a good reading year. I surpassed my page and book number targets. I also knocked off a ton of books that either sat on my unread shelves or had been on my TBR for what seemed like forever. I didn't do much rereading. However, I think the fact that over half of my reads ended up being 4 or 5 star reads, I'm okay not rereading. I've got my January stack of books all ready to dive in and get 2018 started. 

Next up on the TBR pile: