2013 Reading Goals Summary for all

[Lu]

Hi guys,

So for those interested, lets all post a summary for this year? (Only when you are done with this year's books that is).

Sample of how it can look:

Book Goal? How many? Completed?
Word Goal? How many? Completed?
Big Challenges completed? Which ones?
Word of the Month completed?
Author of the Month completed?
Book of the Month completed?
How many E-books?
How many Paperback/Hardcover?
How many Audiobooks?

And anything else :)

[Lu]

Here we go:


Books Read - 50 (My original goal was 30)
Word Goal - 17,083 (My original goal was 10k)
Challenges Completed - 5
(Dr Who, Making Connections, 2013 A-Z Character, Mini Visiting Old Friends, Mini Me, Myself and I)

Word of the Month completed - 3
Author of the Month completed - 5
Book of the Month completed - 14

E-books - 28
Paperback/Hardcover - 18
Audiobooks - 4
Review Books - 6
Netgalley - 13

1 Star - 0
2 Star - 4
3 Star - 10
4 Star - 25
5 Star - 11



Re-Reads - 0
New Authors - 33

Fiction - 47
Non-Fiction - 3
Choosing the one that is the overall theme:
Urban Fantasy - 1
Sci-Fi - 7
Fantasy - 5
Paranormal - 14
Contemporary - 8
Mystery/Crime/Horror - 7
Dystopia - 3

Comics - 24
Manga - 3
Graphic Novels - 5

Favourite book of the year: Oryx and Crake
Most memorable book of the year: The Night Circus or A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent or Looking for Alaska
Favourite new author: Marissa Meyer or Stephen King

Improvement/changes from last year

- Read 26 less books than in 2013
- Read 9109 less words than in 2013
+ Read 5 more book of the months than in 2013
+ Read 1 more word of the months that in 2013
- Read 1 less author of the month that in 2013
- Read 7 less Ebooks in 2013
- Read 8 less Paperback/Hardcover in 2013
- Read 12 less Audiobooks in 2013

[Carolien]

I read 95 books. My goal was 80.

My personal goal was to read a book published in each decade since 1900 which I managed.

I completed A-Z author, character, location and SA book lovers as well as the Mishmash, Parasol Protectorate, Goodreads recommends, Meeting Old Friends, Deserted Island and Grimm's Fairytales challenges.

Favourite book of the year: Howl's Moving Castle
Most memorable: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn or The Tea Rose
Favourite new author: toss up between Ben Aaronovitch and Gayle Forman
Favourite challenge: Deserted Island
Favourite bookstore: Daunt in Marylebone High Street, London and the Oxfam charity shop in Braamfontein.

[Claudia]

I had a goal of 80 books in the beginning of the year, which I then lowered to 60 because of too much work and too little reading time. But in the end I still managed to read 81 books, yay!

Favourite book of the year:


Best "discovery" (new to me author/series):


Memorable reads:


Favourite challenges:
Parasol Protectorate
Word of The Month
(I didn't finish all the words, nor all the parts in PP, but I had fun participating!)