Becky's Book Reviews: Year in Review: Reflections

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Year in Review: Reflections

According to GoodReads, I read 668 books in 2017. I trust their math more than my own. But I do have my own way of keeping track. I do track the number of books read each month in various categories. And these--when totaled--present me with a lovely graphic chart.

Here are my categories:

Board books and picture books
Early readers and early chapter books
Contemporary (realistic) fiction
Speculative fiction
Historical fiction
Mysteries
Classics
Nonfiction
Christian fiction
Christian nonfiction

Here's how I did compared to last year:

In 2016, I read 105 picture books.
In 2017, I read 281 picture books.
In 2016, I read 38 early readers.
In 2017, I read 81 early readers.
In 2016, I read 28 contemporary books.
In 2017, I read 32 contemporary books.
In 2016, I read 71 speculative fiction books.
In 2017, I read 64 speculative fiction books.
In 2016, I read 51 historical fiction novels.
In 2017, I read 49 historical fiction novels.
In 2016, I read 28 mysteries.
In 2017, I read 30 mysteries.
In 2016, I read 47 classics.
In 2017, I read 67 classics.
In 2016, I read 63 nonfiction books.
In 2017, I read 66 nonfiction books.
In 2016, I read 31 Christian fiction novels.
In 2017, I read 39 Christian fiction novels.
In 2016, I read 120 Christian nonfiction books.
In 2017, I read 124 Christian nonfiction books.

I've spent the past few days making best-of lists.