Reading Challenge- 2019 Review

Today’s post is a review of how I fared on my Goodreads Reading Challenge 2019.

I love to see what my year looked like on the site. It’s always interesting. (You can see yours in your account too!)

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My challenge was to read 35 books in the year. I read 39! Yahoo!

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The average number of pages per book was 206. (When I saw this all I could think of was – that’s the number of bones in an adult human body) sigh! The irrelevant trivia I have in my head. No wonder I have no space in my brain for stuff like appointments, grocery lists and hav to rely on my trusty iPhone list for those!

Anyway, I was delighted to see what were my longest and shortest reads.

Of course, what else but Michelle Obama’s bestseller Becoming?

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It also is the most popular book among all the books I devoured this year.

The shortest book is definitely the most useful career advice I read this year.

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And don’t take my word for it being so splendid- even Goodreads informed me that this book by Ann Rajaram was the highest rated read of my year!

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Obviously, ratings and reviews go hand in hand.

I’ve reviewed quite a few books this year – so, seeing the first and last was a nice walk down the memory lane.

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It’s always amazing to look back at all I read. It’s fun. I recall all the great ideas and prose I came across.

And it serves as a good boost to read even more in the coming year. Confession: my target is less this year. I figured since my second child will be turning into an active crawler and walker , I’ll spend more time keeping an eagle eye on her than on my hobbies.

What do your goals look like this year? Do you reflect on your reading? What is your process?

Leave your thoughts in the comments below.