2019 Year in Review: the Stats

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Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!

  2019 was a great year for discovering new authors and building an impressive five-star stack of books. I rekindled my love of comic books. I attended many book-related events. And I ended the year feeling that this was the best reading year I have had. 

  Without further chit chat, let's see those final numbers!

  Off we go!

Overall 

Average Rating: 4 stars
Number of Books Read: 104
Number of Pages read: 24, 732

Favorite Book of 2019

https://xepherusreads.blogspot.com/2019/06/book-review-nos4a2-by-joe-hill.html

Book Types Read

Adult Fiction Novels:7
Children’s Picture Book:1
Comic Books/ Graphic Novels: 42
Contemporary Romance Novels: 3
Horror Novels: 8
Middle-Grade Novels: 3
Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller Novels: 37
Reference Books:
Science Fiction: 1
Television Tie-In Books:
Young Adult Novels: 2

Monthly Books Read Breakdown

  • January- 10
  • February-7
  • March-11
  • April- 15
  • May- 9
  • June- 6
  • July- 5
  • August- 4
  • September-18
  • October- 9
  • November-8
  • December-2
  There you have it, my 2019 in stats. I look forward to looking at this list a year from now and comparing my 2019 reading year.

  Have fun reading this week. Let me know in the comments below what are some of your favorite reads of 2019.

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2020 Reading Challenge (blank version)

 
 2019 Reading Challenge (my challenge)


  Because there is always time to read,
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