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2019 Wrap-up

Favorite Books of the Year (in no particular order):

  1. Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin

  2. All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness

  3. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

  4. Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

  5. Smoke Gets in You Eyes by Caitlyn Doughty

  6. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

  7. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

  8. Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

  9. The Wicked + The Divine comic series

  10. 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: