2024 wrap up!

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WELL, I thought 2022 AND 2023 were going to be my saddest reading years, but 2024 took the cake - BUT for very different reasons.  In 2024, I had someone re enter my life and they became a main character in my story.  We spent 2024 building a relationship and a life, so there was little time to read.  NOW 2025 with our life a little calmer, there should be more time to enjoy a good book and maybe a few reads together!

Let's compare 2024 to 2023.  

Total number of books I read in 2024: 38

Total number of books I read in 2023: 49

Total number of pages I flipped, clicked, and so on in 2024: 11,279
Total number of pages I flipped, clicked, and so on in 2023: 29,355

I have been keeping track of WHERE my books were taking place all year. Below is the outcome.  Although my overall numbers were done, I visited 15 states this year and that is 3 more than last year!  I always love to diversify my reading in locations both in the US and abroad.  

States that made the list:

Maine            New York             Alaska

Louisiana      California            Missouri

Iowa               Kansas                Virginia

Maryland      Tennessee          Oregon

Washington, D.C.                      South Carolina

Dakota

My country number went down again this year and I would love to travel more in 2025, so I want to try to keep an eye on this number and be intentional with my reading.  

Countries accounted for:

Germany         Poland          Australia

England

2025 Reading Goals

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2024 was a year of big change and all of that change took a lot of time.  I am hoping that 2025 is a year that I can settle into the life changes and spend a lot more time curled up with a book.  I did not meet my goals last year, so I am going to keep them the same this year and hope for a different outcome.  

Ok now for the Reading Goals of 2025!

1. I want to read a minimum of 124 books.  I read 38 books in 2024 and I am hoping with a quieter year that more quiet time with a book will happen.   

2. As in last year, I want to focus on my Netgalley percentage.  Unfortunately it went down in 2024 to 19%, so I would like it to increase in 2025.  I would really like to make a big dent and get it up to 25%! 

3.   My third goal is exactly the same as last year - incorporate more audiobooks.  I am hoping for more opportunities to put a book in my ears and get things done, so I would like to see my audiobook numbers to increase this year, so I will count them this year and will hope for at least 24 audiobooks by the end of the year.

2023 wrap up

WELL, I thought 2022 was going to be my saddest reading year, but 2023 was worse.  It was a year full of other hobbies taking center stage - making a new house a home, setting up a new garden, and welcoming a new puppy into my house!  All of these things took my time and attention, so hopefully 2024 reading will take up more of my time!

  Let's compare 2023 to 2022.  

Total number of books I read in 2023: 49

Total number of books I read in 2022: 91

Total number of pages I flipped, clicked, and so on in 2023: 14,483
Total number of pages I flipped, clicked, and so on in 2022: 29,355

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I have been keeping track of WHERE my books were taking place all year. Below is the outcome.  For the second year in a row, my lack of reading absolutely impacted where I traveled.  I didn't even read a book in my home state of Virginia!  I visited 12 states this year and this is a number I would for sure like to increase in 2024.

States that made the list:

Maine                     Connecticut                Illinois

New York                Massachusetts          Colorado

Maryland               Ohio                             California

Pennsylvania        Wisconsin                   Washington

My country number went down again this year and I would love to travel more in 2024, so I want to try to keep an eye on this number and be intentional with my reading.  

Countries accounted for:

India        France            United Kingdom

Come back on January 2nd to see what I hope for in 2024! 

Year End Review 2011

My first full year of blogging is complete.  What a ride.  I would have never thought that I would be bringing in another year with the blog up and going and my love for reading has grown so much over the past year.  

So recap this year, in my Where Are You Reading Challenge - I read books in 33 states and 6 countries.  In the Off the Shelf Challenge, I read 20 out of 50, pretty dismal, hoping to greatly increase that one this coming year.  I participated in a few Goodreads Challenges through the Red Dress Ink Fans group and loved loved loved them!!

I read 88 books for review, while I read 96 books of my own accord!  2 of those read were audio books.  I definitely want to increase this number next year, I enjoyed the two I listened to very much.

I flipped, tapped and shuffled 56,331 pages.

My total book reading count is 185 books, both ebooks, paperback and hardback.

What a great year!  I am so excited for 2012.  Maybe a goal of 200 in 2012!

Year End Review 2010

With 2011 in full swing as of today! I am setting a goal of reading 111 books in 2011. I have no idea where I will end up, but I am excited to see what 2011 will be in my blogging, reading and reviewing!

Below are the books I have read since May 13, 2010.

1. The Bay At Midnight by Diane Chamberlain
2. Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers
3. Shelter Me by Juliette Fay
4. The Washingtonienne by Jessica Cutler
5. Alamo House by Sarah Bird
6. I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass
7. The Meaning of Matthew by Judy Shepard
8. Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes by Cathy Holton
9. Billy Graham: His Life and Influence by David Aikman
10. Nightmare on Sunset Lake by Melody Maher
11. The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews
12. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
13. Gossip Girl Prequel - It Had to Be You by Cecily Von Ziegesar
14. Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar
15. Gossip Girl: You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar
16. Gossip Girl: All I Want is Everything by Cecily von Ziegesar
17. Gossip Girl: Because I'm Worth It by Cecily von Ziegesar
18. Gossip Girl: I Like It Like That by Cecily von Ziegesar
19. Gossip Girl: You're the One that I Want by Cecily von Ziegesar
20. Gossip Girl: Nobody Does it Better by Cecily von Ziegesar
21. Gossip Girl: Nothing Can Keep Us Together by Cecily von Ziegesar
22. Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
23. Chris & Nancy by Irvin Muchnick (NetGalley)
24. House Rules by Jodi Picoult
25. Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
26. Dress Rehearsal by Jennifer O'Connell
27. Ana's Story by Jenna Bush
28. Spoken From the Heart by Laura Bush
29. My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster
30. Nursing a Grudge by Chris Well
31. Somewhere Inside by Laura and Lisa Ling
32. A Note From an Old Acquaintance by Bill Walker
33. The Romantics by Galt Niederhoffer
34. Hollywood Stories by Stephen Schochet
35. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

36. The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes
37. The List: A Love Story in 781 Chapters by Aneva Stout (not reviewed)
38. The Fiction Class by Susan Breen
39. Your Roots are Showing by Elise Chidley
40. The Accidental Mother by Rowan Coleman
41. Vision in White by Nora Roberts
42. A Dog Named Slugger by Leigh Brill
43. How Perfect is That by Sarah Bird
44. Bobo's Daughter by Bonnie Barnett
45. Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
46. It All Started with a Dare by Lindsay Faith Rech
47. Saving Max by Antoinette van Heugten
48. A Dance of Sisters by Tracey Porter
49. Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
50. As Always, Julia by Joan Reardon
51. The Crepe Makers' Bond by Julie Crabtree
52. Hope in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum
53. These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
54. The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman
55. Carrie Pilby by Caren Lissner
56. Things Worth Remembering by Jackina Stark
57. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
58. Missing Mabel by Nancy Mehl
59. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
60. My Life as a Doormat by Rene Gutteridge
61. Letters to Ethan by Tom McQueen
62. The Long Road Home by Mary Alice Monroe
63. City of Tranquil Light by Bo Caldwell
64. Sunset Park by Paul Auster
65. A Tale of Two Sisters by Anna Maxted
66. Unless it Moves the Human Heart by Roger Rosenblatt
67. Three Weddings and a Bar Mitvah by Melody Carlson
68. Little Princes by Conor Grennan
69. All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins
70. Can You Get Hooked on Lip Balm? by Perry Romanski
71. I, Emma Freke by Elizabeth Atkinson
72. Everything I Was by Corinne Demas
73. Just Don't Call Me Ma'am by Anna Mitchael
74. The Frugalista Files by Natalie McNeal
75. Conversations with the Fat Girl by Liza Palmer
76. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood

Total Pages Read from May 13, 2010 to December 31, 2010 - 24,332


Audiobooks:
1. When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead by Jerry Weintraub
2. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert


*A great year of reading. I started this blog in May, so my numbers are a little skewed, but 2011 will be my first full of year of reading, reviewing and blogging away!

Here is to a new year beginning!