2016: The Year in Review

[Louie]

David wrote: "I "quit" East of West, despite it being up my alley, because there were only 3 volumes out."

There are 6 volumes out now, or two larger hardback collections divided into Year One and Year Two.

[Trike]

Louie wrote: "I read 269 titles in 2016. Only 6 of them were novels, the other 263 were comics in trade or omnibus."

Are there any comics left to read?

[Louie]

Trike wrote: "Are there any comics left to read?"

My very large TBR pile says, "Yes. Very much so."

[David H.]

Trike wrote: "You sir are a robot and I claim my five pounds."

Thanks for sending me down a linguistic rabbit hole--I had actually never heard that phrase before.

I think I could've actually more this past year, actually! I had two games I got really into this year, which really cut into my reading time: Civilization V (with all expansions) and Crusader Kings II (with most expansions). And I now drive to work instead of taking the train.

All the shorter fiction I read definitely impacted it--my Goodreads page count is the least it's been since 2008 (I didn't break 50k pages--I had almost 64k last year).

It also helps that I have a job in which I can read at work on the evening & weekend shifts.

Louie wrote: "There are 6 volumes out now, or two larger hardback collections divided into Year One and Year Two."

Thanks for letting me know! However, I will probably still wait... I've found that I really prefer completed series or really episodic series: I really enjoyed Brubaker's Fatale and Criminal series, but I'm not going to continue with like, Bitch Planet for a long time, since it only came out with 1 volume so far.

[Brendan]

I read 11 of the monthly picks for an average score of 3.27. The best were Radiance and The Fifth Season. Worst were Time Traders, ADSoM, The Rook, FVaFS. I only read 7 of the books last year so its hard to compare.

In total for the year (not counting multi-author anthologies): 51 books read. 28 by women authors (avg score 3.86), 23 by men (avg score 3.52).

Favourite book I read in 2016: probably either Radiance or Cyteen.
Favourite sci-fi published in 2016: Too Like the Lightning
Favourite fantasy published in 2016: The Weaver.

All my favourite books this year were written by women. Men better step up their game.

[Louie]

David wrote: "I'm not going to continue with like, Bitch Planet for a long time, since it only came out with 1 volume so far."

Yeah, I get that. Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch is finally coming out at the end of the month, after being delayed several times over 6 months.