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Another blogging year has come and gone. Although I took the last two weeks off, I still came home to some books on my doorstep:
Thank you, Tor, Random House, Algonquin, and St.Martin’s!
I always take a moment to reflect on my year of blogging and it’s been a typical year, in many ways. There was some drama, some great books, some not-so-great-books, but I was always glad to be a book blogger. I love the blogging community and the publishers and authors that I have had the privledge to meet and work with on this crazy book roller coaster. The love of books is a strong bond and I’m fortunate to work with people who dedicate their lives to spreading that love.
I am not an engineer, but when you work with engineers for long enough, their love of data starts to get to you, and so one of my favorite things is to break down my reading over the year.
I read 208 books in 2015! My goal was 205, so I was pretty happy with my outcome. I usually just break everything down into broad categories.
Young Adult: 59%
Romance (adult): 28%
Fiction (adult, non-romance): 9%
Graphic Novels and Middle Grade: 4%
I also listened to 9 audio books, but those were counted by their genre. I don’t know if I really have any goals for the type of reading I’d like to do, other than perhaps trying to give those “quieter” books more of a voice.
So, there you have it! I hoe everyone had a great 2015 and it you didn’t, I hope 2016 holds nothing but good things for you! Happy New Year!
Happy 2016 Kate! I hope the new year will be full of awesome books and less drama!
Happy New Year! Make it a great one and enjoy your new books! 🙂
Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed your holidays. I’m looking forward to Truthwitch this year!
Happy 2016, Kate. Looks like it’s going to be an amazing year. I hope you enjoy all your new books.
Grace @ Books of Love
Happy New Year! I seem to have a similar breakdown in reading genres as you. Although, I love YA the best, I plan on reading more adult fiction in the new year. Truthwitch looks like it will be a good one this month. Enjoy.
209 books?! That’s awesome, Kate! I only read half the number you read and surprisingly enough, I read a lot more YA than last year. But audiobooks, though 🙂 iI’m trying to go back to my roots and read more physical books this year.
Happy 2016! I’ve so enjoyed reading your thoughtful reviews over the past year.
Truthwitch is on my TBR already, and now I like Burning midnight book/Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year! I’ve heard so many amazing things about Truthwitch.
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
Ooh, Truthwitch! I’m looking forward to reading that once my library gets a copy 😀 Also, congrats on exceeding your goal! I hope you have an awesome week, Kate 🙂
Zareena @ The Slanted Bookshelf
Happy New Year! I cannot wait for Truthwitch, I have it pre-ordered!
Congrats on beating your goal, Kate! That is pretty awesome. I LOVED Truthwitch. I hope you enjoy all of your new books!
Have a fabulous week. 🙂
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Glad you had a wonderful year, and that you hit your reading goal! Happy new year, Kate <3