Athena Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 Reading in 2013 - Favourite reads from 2013 Favourite fantasy George R. R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire series (I've read the first two books and part one of book three) Favourite science-fiction Arthur C. Clarke - The Other Side of the Sky OR: Ken Grimwood - Replay Favourite contemporary fiction Diane Chamberlain - Breaking the Silence OR: Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time Favourite chick-lit Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones series OR Sinéad Moriarty - Emma Huntington series (re-read) Favourite historical fiction Markus Zusak - The Book Thief Favourite literature Anna Sewell - Black Beauty Favourite detective A. C. Baantjer - Baantjer 2: De Cock En De Wurger Op Zondag Favourite horror Stephen King - IT (re-read) Favourite manga Nagaru Tanigawa - The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan series Favourite information read Ian Ford - A Field Guide To Earthlings - An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior Favourite biography John Grogan - Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog Favourite children's Roald Dahl - Matilda or Ann M. Martin - The BabySitter's Club 4: Mary Anne Saves the Day Favourite short story Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 (edited) Reading in 2013 - Statistics of books in 2013Some of these statistics may be slightly inaccurate.Amount of books read: 143Amount of re-reads: 21Amount of new books read: 122Amount of Kindle books read: 41Amount of physical books read: 101Amount of pages read (averaged): 37549Average amount of pages per book: 263One book per x days: 2.6 daysAmount of books bought (physical): 644Amount of books bought (ebooks): 170Amount of free Kindle ebooks downloaded: 271Amount of physical books received as gifts: 24Books read that were bought in 2013: 80Books read that were bought earlier: 54Books read owned by others: 7?Statistics of books readPercent male authors: 81, 52%Percent female authors: 75, 48%Plus one time "Various Authors"NationalitiesUS: 69UK: 42Netherlands: 10Japan: 9Ireland: 6Australia: 2France: 1Belgium: 1New authors vs. known-to-me authorsNew authors I've read a first or multiple books of: 69Known-to-me authors that I've read one or multiple books of: 28Most read author: Roald Dahl, 9 booksStandalones: 95, 67%Series books: 46, 33%Genres:(note: some books have multiple genres)Fantasy: 11Manga: 8Biography: 6Information 37Chick-lit: 20Children's: 14Contemporary Fiction: 16YA: 7Detective: 5Graphic Novels: 1Historical Fiction: 3Horror: 3Literature: 7Science-fiction: 6Fiction and nonfictionFiction: 101, 70%Non-fiction: 43, 30%LanguageEnglish: 125, 89%Dutch: 16, 11%Publication years1975: 11987: 11990: 11993: 21995: 31996: 11999: 22000: 12001: 112002: 12003: 32004: 42005: 42006: 92007: 52008: 72009: 92010: 142011: 252012: 212013: 17My rating1: 02: 03: 04: 15: 26: 97: 158: 389: 3510: 41Average rating: 8.5 Edited January 3, 2014 by Athena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 Reading in 2013 - Reflection In 2013 I read 143 books. This is a lot more than I had expected to read! I estimated I'd read 50-75 books, with a stretch goal of 100. So I went way passed that! This year I've read more shorter books, compared with last year. The shorter books were mainly children's books, shorter adult reads and Kindle short stories. Read-a-thons The read-a-thons have made me read much more, of books I wouldn't much normally read otherwise (which was my goal). The first one took place in May-June, and there have been 7. I enjoyed most of them a lot! I'm glad I came up with this idea and that some of you have participated . Goals I have read books off the TBR (as I planned) and I also read some manga from my boyfriend (as planned). There were a couple of books I specifically wanted to read this year. Of those, I've read some of them. Here's the list of specific books I planned to read: Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson - Wheel of Time #14: A Memory of Light (once the paperback is out) Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time #0: New Spring Peter V. Brett - Demon Cycle #3: The Daylight War Stephen King - It (reread) Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace (will see if I actually read it this year XD, been planning to read it for a while) Joe Haldeman - Peace and War (omnibus) Suzanne Collins - Hunger Games #2: Catching Fire Suzanne Collins - Hunger Games #3: Mockingjay I didn't read A Memory of Light, because it's not out yet in paperback. I also didn't read The Daylight War, which I've only just bought. I did read New Spring, IT and the rest of the Hunger Games series. I didn't read War and Peace or Peace and War. I have read more literature in 2013, as I planned. My experience with this was mixed. There were a few books I quite enjoyed (ie. Anna Sewell - Black Beauty and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - The Little Prince), but there were also some I didn't enjoy as much as I'd hoped (ie. Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's and Charles Dickens - Christmas Books. In terms of other genres, I think I read quite a variety of things. I read mainly fiction (70%, non-fiction 30%). I did read more non-fiction than in previous years, though, which is good. Mainly, I read a lot of information books (mostly on the Kindle). In terms of genres, I didn't read as much fantasy and science-fiction, instead I read more chick-lit and contemporary fiction (not that there's anything wrong with that!). I also read some books of genres I didn't read a lot of in the last few years before 2013, such as horror books, historical fiction and literature (see above). I also read some children's books and young-adult books. I did more re-reads than last year, mainly children's books but also a few adult ones. I bought a lot of books in 2013, because of my stress. I also downloaded some free ebooks (once I'd bought my Kindle). Most of the books I read were in English, but more than previous years I read some books in Dutch as well (some which were Dutch originally and some which were translations). I had quite a few fantastic reads this year. My average rating is 8.5, which is pretty good I would say. Most of the books I read were rated between 6 and 10 (out of 10), only a few books I rated below 6. This was the year I bought my Kindle, and I've read quite a bit on it. I haven't used it as much in the last few months, compared with the first six or so months I had it. I still much prefer paper books, but for traveling I find it very easy to use my Kindle. The free books are also really nice, it's got a nice light, and the dictionary on it and the ability to highlight things are both very handy. All in all, I'd say 2013 was a very successful reading year for me . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Congrats Athena ! 143 books ! Whoo ! I like your stats, especially the gender mix and the nationalities. That`s a really good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 It's great that you've enjoyed so many of them, too. I'm thinking of reading the Peter V Brett next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchultz19 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 I love all of your stats! Now I'm inspired to try to keep the same sort of statistics throughout 2014. 143 books is also quite the accomplishment. I'm not sure that I have time to read that many books in a year. I wish I did though! Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timstar Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Great achievements this year Athena, you setting your goals higher for next year then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 143 books this year is awesome .. well done Gaia .. and great to hear that quite a few of them were brilliant reads Good luck in 2014 .. as Tim says you'll probably be thinking of setting higher goals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Stunning, Athena ! You are the most organized person ! I try to be, but usually don't do real well with it . Interesting stats, mainly between male vs. female authors. I think I read lots more male authors ,but have no idea what the numbers are . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Wow, Athena! What an intricate breakdown analysis of your reading this year! Hats off to ya!! You are an excellent analyst. For sure. Very ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Awesome stats Athena! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 Thanks so much for your comments , all of you!! I had tremendous fun compiling my statistics. Yes, I'll be setting my goals higher for next year. I don't want to put too much pressure on myself though, at the moment at least, so we'll see how things go . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 So.. I ordered two more books: Alan Bennett - The Uncommon Reader Holly Smale - Geek Girl 1: Geek Girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 I was in town yesterday and while I said I wasn't going to buy any more books in 2013.. I couldn't help myself when I saw an English paperback of Veronica Roth - Divergent 3: Allegiant. Other shops told me this wasn't going to be out for another 9 months, so I bought it and can now read the whole trilogy (statistics edited accordingly). Also, I should shortly be receiving my paperback copy of the 14th Wheel of Time book (A Memory of Light) which I'm really excited to read . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Exciting news Gaia! I thought you might find this interesting - it shows how A Memory of Light was physically made at the printers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 So.. I ordered two more books: Alan Bennett - The Uncommon Reader Oh, I downloaded the Kindle excerpt for that the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Exciting news Gaia! I thought you might find this interesting - it shows how A Memory of Light was physically made at the printers. x Thanks for the link, that's amazing to see ! x Oh, I downloaded the Kindle excerpt for that the other day. x Nice ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 I'd just like to say thank you to all who've commented in my thread. It's been wonderful , I hope 2014 will be good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I always enjoy reading your thread Gaia, and I look forward to seeing how your reading year works out in 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Thanks! I always enjoy reading your thread too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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