I really thought my reading would be
down this year. Especially since there were months when I didn't read a
single thing. I know right? Even I'm amazed at that. Then again THAT
year says it all really. Doing mammoth reading sessions just wasn't really in the cards. And yet here we are... 215 books read or
listened to by me. Even in a off year I still managed to read a lot.
61 Graphic novels
43 Chick Lit
27 Crime
22 YA
21 Non fiction
11 Audio books
7 Children's fiction
6 General fiction
6 Contemporary romance
6 Thrillers
3 Science fiction
2 Fantasy
Pretty much every genre went down compared to the previous year (no surprise considering the year that was). Though graphic novels and audio books increased hugely which kind of
shows exactly where my brain was at. I am though pleased that my non fiction
reading managed to stay over 20 books for the year, if only just.
Disappointments were a few. Crime on the whole just didn't work for me this year but that's probably due to my brain and the state of the world at the moment than poor writing. It was a year of escapism, and murder just wasn't going to cut it. Not that there weren't still the odd one that hooked me in. Though these were a lot less murder and much more thrills.
Favs as always were so many that I've had to be ruthless and I've managed to cut the list down to a more reasonable handful. A mixed bag of exciting thrillers and science fiction with the odd made you think kind of book. There's even one called Pandemic which was an "oh so scary that could almost be true" audio book.
I know. What was I thinking. Still it was seriously good. So there's that.
At least the rest of the books on the list are all feel good reads and look there's even some of my fav genre - Christmas chick lit.
So a win all round then.
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