A Month of Favorites is finally here! Traveling with T, Estella’s Revenge and I will be sharing our fave experiences from this year . Today, we’re talking about our Bookish Year.
My Reading Year
No. of Books Read: 33 so far.
Genre That Got the Most Love This Year: Mystery/Thriller. Last year it was Science Fiction, which still had a strong showing this year as well. My reading tastes vary wildly.
- Science Fiction – 6
- Mystery / Thriller – 10
- Contemporary – 5
- Horror (Vampires & Zombies) – 2
- Paranormal & Supernatural (Ghost, Witches & Ghouls) – 3
- Dark Contemporary – 3
- Magical Realism – 2
- Fantasy (straight up no chaser) – 2
Most Read Author: I read 2 books by a few authors this year – Stephen King (Revival and Finder’s Keepers), Joe Hill (Horns and Heart Shaped Box), and Susan Hill (The Various Haunts of Men and The Risk of Darkness – Simon Serailler #1 and #3). Last year – my most read author was Jo Nesbo, and I managed to squeeze in only 1 book by him this year (Nemesis – Harry Hole #4).
How I Read: Audiobooks – 17; physical books – 7; eBooks – 9. eBooks are playing a much greater role in my reading now that I’ve discovered I can tolerate reading on my phone.
When I Read: I read the most books in February (6) and the lease in June (1). I’m a slow reader, and tend to average 1 book / week. But I’m also a moody reader, so some months, I just don’t feel like reading at all.
Fave Book of the Year (Just a Hint): I don’t have one favorite this year … I simply cannot choose. My list includes a book of short stories, a book about a psychopath, a contemporary novel about a young boy and a mystery that’s a part of a series.
Most Surprising Reading Thing: No historical fiction read at all – and I also didn’t read as diversely as I would have liked, which is why my Winter reading list is going to be entirely made up of titles written by authors of color, or that feature a person of color on the cover.
How I Blogged
This year, I focused on my fitness during the summer and shed almost 30 pounds. I felt all my energy and free time was dedicated to doing something, and my blogging habits needed to change.
I deleted ALL my blog posts during the summer – and then came back … slightly different. Gone were individual book discussions and posting every week day. Instead I post typically post 4 times a week now (M,W, F and Sun.) and I’m channeling my love of reading lists with more bookish posts like 8 Crazy Good Marriage Thrillers That Belong On Your Reading List or 5 Better Than the Book Audiobooks or #ReadThis … 3 Books With Talent Stealing Bitches. And, I’m still maintaining the Master List of Book Blogging Memes.
The topics are a little more varied and I hope to start focusing more on Digital Lifehacks like How To Use Evernote As A Blogging Editorial Calendar.
What’s your bookish year been like so far?
// Comments //
Stacy @ The Novel Life
Thank you for hosting such a fun and relatively easy blogging event! It’s been fun reading everyone’s posts. I’m so in awe that you post 4 days a week! wow. just wow. that’s so cool! What’s especially cool though is your fitness success! Congratulations on such a great win! I’m working at it so reading about other bloggers’ success at a healthy lifestyle gives me more motivation.
Carl V. Anderson
I’m very much a whim reader as well. My total this year has been very low because there have been several months where I just didn’t feel like reading at all. My biggest reading months are always over December through February, so I’ve already seen things pick up of late.
Tamara @ Traveling With T
Whoooooo! Congrats to you about focusing on your fitness (as I write this comment- I have my yoga pants and sneakers on- going for a walk in a bit!)
I adore mystery/thriller/suspense- I read my first Karin Slaughter book this year and wowza. Twisted and dark!
Wesley @ Library Educated
I can’t even imagine posting every week day! 4 times a week is super ambitious too! I’m a M W F myself 🙂
Tanya Patrice
@Wesley That 4th post is sometimes a toss up but I don’t stress a posting schedule now. If it’s up it goes up.
Chrisbookarama
I don’t know what my favorite book of the year is either. I’m going to have to think about that more. I like the variety of posts you have now! Thanks for hosting A Month of Faves. I just put up my first post ever for this event.
Tanya Patrice
@Chrisbookarama yay! Checking out your post now.
Tara @ Running 'N' Reading
I love great mysteries & thrillers, Tanya; I’m so glad to hear that you’ve found some great ones this year! I was surprised that I found some historical fiction that I really loved; it’s not usually a genre I enjoy, but I’ve found that it just depends on the subject matter. I’ve also really come to enjoy audiobooks; I listen to them while I run and, while it’s taken some practice, I can stick with them now. Thanks so much for hosting the link-up; hope you have a great day!
Tanya Patrice
@Tara I love audio books bit can’t listen to them when I run. Please please post any tricks you have. I’d love to see them.
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