Favorite Books of the Year (in no particular order):
Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Smoke Gets in You Eyes by Caitlyn Doughty
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
The Wicked + The Divine comic series
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Honorable Mentions: The HM category is reserved for rereads that I really loved.
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Total Books Read – 255 books
Total Pages Read – 69,739 pages
I averaged 5811 pages per month. My lowest month was October with only 4505 pages. My highest month was August with 7185 pages. I hope to read 50,000 pages next year.
Book Rating Stats
5 stars — 93 books
4 stars — 103 books
3 stars — 46 books
2 stars — 11 books
1 star — 0 books
DNFs — 1 books
Here’s the final breakdown:
Perpetual 11/30 36.7%
UnRead Shelf 21/50 42%
Library Love 60/60 100%
Ebooks 30/30 100%
Random TBR Pick 12/12 100%
Picture Books 70/70 100%
Popsugar 35/40 87.5%
Modern Mrs. Darcy 12/12 100%
Finishing the Series 6/10 60%
Alphabet Soup 22/26 84.6%
Women Authors 30/30 100%
Monthly Keyword 12/12 100%
Monthly Motif 12/12 100%
Literary Escapes 25/51 49%
Nonfiction Bingo 17/25 68%
Graphic Novel 52/52 100%
Dancing with Fantasy and Science Fiction 21/51 41.2%
Horror 10/10 100%
Mystery 9/25 36%
Romance 10/10 100%
Historical Fiction 10/10 100%
Creativity 2/10 20%
Total: 12/22 challenges 54.5% done
Total: 489/639 slots 76.5% done
Next up on the TBR pile: