In December, I read a few new releases, but mostly I picked up books from my TBR, some of them from the beginning of the year, and others from 2012. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I was on vacation for two weeks and am still catching up with my December reviews. Nevertheless here is my list:
Contemporary Romance: 6
Historical Romance: 1
Contemporary Women's Fiction: 1
Science Fiction: 2
Non-Fiction: 1
Mainstream Contemporary Fiction: 3
LGBT: 10
Favorite Book of the Month:
Tenth of December by George Saunders: A-
Christmas Kitsch by Amy Lane: A-
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout: B+
The Birthday of the World: and Other Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin: B+
The One That Got Away by Kelly Hunter: B+
Sweet & Sour by Astrid Amara: B+
The Haunted Heart: Winter by Josh Lanyon: B+
Cards on the Table by Josh Lanyon: B+
Love A Little Sideways (Kowalski #7) by Shannon Stacey: B
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris: B
The Sum of All Kisses (Smythe-Smith #3) by Julia Quinn: B
A Familiar Beast by Panio Gianopoulos: B
Fall Hard by J.L. Merrow: B
I Spy Something Bloody by Josh Lanyon: B
Someone Else's Love Story by Joshilyn Jackson: B-
I Spy Something Wicked: B-
The Kassa Gambit by M.C. Planck: C
I Spy Something Christmas: C
The House on Main Street by Shirlee McCoy: C
All She Wants for Christmas (Kent Brothers #1) Jaci Burton: C
A Rare Gift (Kent Brothers #2) Jaci Burton: C-
The Best Thing (Kent Brothers #3) Jaci Burton: C-
Try (Temptation #1) by Ella Frank: D
Secrets & Ink by Lou Harper: D
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2013 YEAR-END RECAP:
I read more in 2013 than I have in the past few years. I suspect the reason is that due to my crazy schedule and stressful family issues, my blogging took a hit during the second half of the year. I needed every single minute of my spare time to relax and I made a conscious decision to spend that time reading. Fortunately, that led me to read loads of great books!
Total Books Read: 222 (including rereads)
Total New Books Read: 212
LGBT (all categories): 76
Contemporary (includes romance & fiction: 53
Historical (includes romance & fiction): 23
Paranormal Romance: 6
Urban Fantasy: 19
Sci-Fi/Fantasy: 27
Non-Fiction: 3
Poetry: 5
Grades:
A= 27
B= 117
C= 56
D= 13
My numbers always surprise me at the end of the year. I'm not surprised that my LGBT numbers are the highest, but I read more contemporary romance and fiction than expected, and my science fiction/fantasy and urban fantasy numbers really went up in 2013. Unfortunately, my historical romance numbers are way down. That number up there is combined with historical fiction! When it comes to grades, I dished out more A's, C's and D's in 2013 than in previous years, however, not surprisingly, the B's have the highest number.
I'm not really setting specific goals for myself for the coming year. If possible, I would just like to get back to my regular blogging schedule of three or four times per week. As far as reading goes, I will continue to read where my mood takes me, I can't do anything else. :)
That's it for my 2013 yearly recap. On to 2014!
Thank you all for your continued support.
Hilcia
YAH for lots of reading - I know when things get stressful I turn to books :) All the best for 2014 - and a three-to four-times-a-week blogging schedule sounds like a good aim....but no stress if it's less :)
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Orannia, I read like a fiend during the last half of the year. All that stress led to lots of reading… yes. I'm going to try to blog more, but I won't stress it… I'll do what I can with the time I have in my hands as long as it stays fun!
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Another awesome month you had there, Hils!! No wonder you read 200+ books this year!
ReplyDeleteAnd wow, the numbers of As! I'm envious :P
Nath, December was a really good reading month. I saved quite a few books to read during my December vacation that I thought I would love or really enjoy. For the most part it worked that way.
ReplyDeleteThe second half of 2013 was great reading-wise, but you know that is because my spare time was dedicated to reading instead of blogging. I'm hoping to balance that out again in 2014. My grades reflect the amount of great books I read -- new & old. :)