Happy New Year! Now it is time to say goodbye to 2018 and hello to 2019, I am going to round off my reflection on my reading year with a few statistics:
Books Read: 49 New Reads: 45 Re-Reads: 4
Fiction: 33 Non-Fiction: 16
In 2017, I finished 51 books so I am only a tiny bit behind that this year, but there has been a small downward trend over the last two/three years which I would like to remedy in 2019. However, overall, I am pleased with the amount of fiction and non-fiction read, and the quality of books I have read over the year too. Now for some fun meme categories to help me reflect on 2018 and look forward to 2019:
- Best Fiction – The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier.
- Best Non-Fiction – Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi.
- Best Classic – The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë.
- Best Cookbook – Super Food Family Classics by Jamie Oliver.
- Best Re-Read – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
- Best Series You Discovered – Six Tudor Queens by Alison Weir.
- Favourite New-To-Me Authors – Peter Bartram and Michael R. Miller.
- Most Memorable Character – Alison Weir’s courageous Katherine of Aragon, who I was left in awe of.
- Most Read Genre – Historical Fiction (13), Science-Fiction/Fantasy (10), Christian (8) and Mystery (7).
- Multiple Reads of an Author – Alison Weir (3), Peter Bartram (2), Mark Black (2), Suzanne Collins (2), Laurie R. King (2), Karen Maitland (2), Daphne du Maurier (2), Michael R. Miller (2) and Geoffrey Trease (2).
- Ambitions for 2019 – I would like to continue to make more time for re-reading old favourites, as well as reading more new-to-me books by my favourite authors. I would also like to get fully back into The Classics Club with my second list.
That completes my reflection on 2018, which also consisted of My Top 10 Books of 2018 and My Top 10 Adaptations of 2018, so please do check those out too, if you haven’t already. Later this week, I hope to have up my end of month posts for books read and adaptations watched in December too.
What did you read and love in 2018? Any ambitions or plans for your reading in 2019?
Great post – and I want to read The House on the Strand and the Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
Happy reading in 2019.
Lynn 😀
Thank you Lynn and I hope you have chance to read the equally brilliant The House on the Strand and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall soon. 😀
Looks like you had a great reading year! Hope 2019 is just as good and that you enjoy getting back into the Classics Club. 😀
Thank you FF 😀
I just find it so interesting to read of yours and others experiences of a year of reading. Best wishes for your reading in 2019. May all your plans and wishes come true.
Thank you Judy 🙂 I hope your plans and wishes for 2019 come true too.
Happy New Year, Jessica! My ambitions for 2019 also include re-reading old favourites and working on my second Classics Club list. 🙂
Thank you Helen 🙂 I hope we will both be successful in our ambitions to re-read old favourites and work on our second lists for The Classics Club.
Lovely! I really enjoyed this overview of your reading year! I’m still working on my favorites of the year post. 🙂
Amy, I am so pleased you enjoyed my overview of my year’s reading. I look forward to seeing what your favourites were. 🙂
You’ve done really well! I’m a bit behind with my reading at the moment.
Happy New Year and all the best for 2019! 🙂
Thank you Nikki 😀 And a happy and blessed New Year to you too! 😀