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My Year in Books
Nicole R wrote: "For me, I always shelve the version that I actually read if reading it in hard copy. ..."Nine times out of ten, I also do this, though occasionally I can't find the edition I read. Or, I should qualify this with - I look for the cover, and assuming it matches pbk, hardcover, ebook, etc, that's close enough for me. I do look for the cover first, but then do my best to match with the format. Sometimes I can't find the cover I'm looking for, or the format listed here on GR doesn't match my cover (in that case, I pick for the cover).
Jess wrote: "Oh how fun! I am not quite as prolific a reader as many of you but I've read more this year than any year before so I'm pleased with that...."Your own personal best is always the best outcome!
Joi wrote: "On the shelving topic- I usually try and shelve the version I actually read also- with the exception being audiobooks (C'mon 14 CD's does NOT translate to 14 pages, lol!)...."On my own spreadsheet (and in a group over at LT), I keep track of page numbering and for audios, I pick a number somewhere in the middle of all the options. That is, if there are different editions with 356, 394, 415 pages, I'd pick the 394.
Funny thing, though. I wonder if GR doesn't include audios in it's average page count? When I saw the GR summary yesterday, I went to my thread on LT and averaged out what I've figured out and it was only a few pages difference.
KateNZ wrote: "Theresa, that is so hilarious! It would have been a great example for the training session I just did for a bunch of data analysts - under the heading of ‘understanding the limitations of data’ ..."Sorry I was too busy to post earlier then! Feel free to use in future. It really does bring home that point...
Joanne wrote: "Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense Military K-9 series book #3 which I gave only 1 star and did not even bother writing a review about....Oh, I am dying here.....it as been a day to remember on PBT..."
😃😃 So happy to have added to the entertainment today, Joanne!
My shortest book was 20 pages, Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience by Rebecca Roanhorse and the longest was 960 pages - 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List by James MustichMy average rating was 3.8. The book that I read which had the highest rating was Crochet Kaleidoscope: Shifting Shapes and Shades Across 100 Motifs by Sandra Eng.
The most popular book I read was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, read by 5,811,451 people!! Better late then never, I guess!
The book least read by others was Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 by Louis Becke - I was the only person who read it, Hahahahaha
Theresa wrote: "This always fascinates me -- well at least for the 2 or 3 years when I actually have kept track of ALL my reading! So here I am -- and there will be quite a few more books read before year end:To..."
Lol!
Kim wrote: "I'm waiting until the real end of the year!"Me too Kim!
This has been a great year so far:125 books for 37,757 pages
Shortest Book: Sea Prayer at 48 pages
Longest Book: The Outsider at 561 pages
Average Length: 308
Most Popular: Lolita which is interesting in that I didn't like this book at all
Least Popular: Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience read by only 74 people
My average rating: 3.7
Highest rated on Goodreads: The Hate U Give
Amy wrote: "Rachel, you have been such a strong and wonderful addition to PBT."
Thank you Amy.:)
Thank you Amy.:)
re page numbers for audio editions. The GR librarians guidance is that the "page number" for audios is the length of the book rounded to closest HOUR. So "14 pages" for an audio equals 14 hours length.
Book Concierge wrote: "re page numbers for audio editions. The GR librarians guidance is that the "page number" for audios is the length of the book rounded to closest HOUR. So "14 pages" for an audio equals 14 hours len..."Yep, but I don't like that because it throws off my page count and averages for the year. It really seems a fairly useless way to report "pages" in an audiobook unless you specifically want to count up the time you spent listening. Which would be a good stat, but I don't see how you can separate that from your other stats in the annual summary.
Book Concierge wrote: "re page numbers for audio editions. The GR librarians guidance is that the "page number" for audios is the length of the book rounded to closest HOUR. So "14 pages" for an audio equals 14 hours len..."Very interesting, this totally seems like it will just throw off people's average page counts. This is why I shelve a different edition for audiobooks.
Nicole- I would love a stat that told me how many hours of audiobooks I listened to this year, lol. Maybe I need to find a way to add that onto my personal spreadsheet.
Theresa wrote: "This always fascinates me -- well at least for the 2 or 3 years when I actually have kept track of ALL my reading! So here I am -- and there will be quite a few more books read before year end:To..."
Yes, I'm the same. It's only recently that I've admitted to anyone that I love romantic suspense. It's easy to read and you don't have to think about it. I still do appreciate good writing and many of them are. The characters can be rather unrealistic but if you can suspend disbelief to read Tolkein then why not these too? The only ones I really dislike are where the woman makes genuinely stupid decisions under any circumstances!
My books this year so far are 337 and the vast majority are the same light, possibly trashy, romances which is actually why I joined this group. My horizons are definitely expanding but I still revert to the same type of book most evenings!
I don't think the page numbers can be right because it's got my shortest at 8 pages and the longest at 746 and neither of those can be correct. Still I don't really care about that. This is the first year I realised you can add re-reads to the list but I might go back to first-time reads only as that's a much more interesting total.
I'm posting this a bit early, since I'm still in the middle of my 30th and final book of 2018. These are the projected stats: I read 11,245 pages across 30 books (although many were audiobooks)
Average length 374 pages
Shortest book Binti at 96 pages (it's a novella and one of my favorite reads of the year!!!)
Longest book Dragonfly in Amber at 743 pages
Most popular The Name of the Wind with 555,795 ratings (what a sweep!!!)
Least popular Soul Catchers with 82 ratings
My average rating 4.0
Highest rated on Goodreads The Name of the Wind with an average 4.55 rating
Danae wrote: "I'm posting this a bit early, since I'm still in the middle of my 30th and final book of 2018. These are the projected stats: I read 11,245 pages across 30 books (although many were audiobooks)
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I loved The Name of the Wind and the second of the trilogy was great too-unfortunately, still waiting on the last installment!
Joanne wrote: "I loved The Name of the Wind and the second of the trilogy was great too-unfortunately, still waiting on the last installment!"Same here! Pat's too busy with his fundraising, appearances and his little boy, it seems! But his fundraising always makes a lot, and I like his Worldbuilders charity. And I waited over two hours to get my books autographed last time he was in LA.
annapi wrote: "Joanne wrote: "I loved The Name of the Wind and the second of the trilogy was great too-unfortunately, still waiting on the last installment!"Same here! Pat's too busy with his fundraising, appea..."
Oh Lucky you!
ShazM wrote: "Theresa wrote: "This always fascinates me -- well at least for the 2 or 3 years when I actually have kept track of ALL my reading! So here I am -- and there will be quite a few more books read befo..."I'm definitely going to start following you! Bet we have a lot of the same likes and dislikes. FYI - skip the Military K-9 series published this year --- the premises was unbelievable from the first. I think I gave just about all in the 6 book series 1 star. I also don't usually write actual reviews of these.
I'm a pretty diverse reader, and have always sprinkled cozy mystery and contemporary or regency romance series amongst more hefty reading. However, I'd really sunk into a rut, was not reading the piles of diverse books I'd buy, and only came out of it when a couple of friends suggested doing Pop Sugar challenge in 2016. From there I started keeping track of all reading on GR. Now I'm here. It's all good!
Joanne wrote: "Danae wrote: "I'm posting this a bit early, since I'm still in the middle of my 30th and final book of 2018. These are the projected stats: I read 11,245 pages across 30 books (although many were..."
Some of us are also waiting for GRRM to publish The Winds of Winter - and he still has one more to go after that! Patience is a virtue...and the wait is usually worth it.
In the meantime, have any of you read either of Dorothy Dunnett's series - either The Lymond Chronicles or Nicolo Rising? Historical fiction rather than fantasy but fantastical for all that. And they are complete.
I reread the Lymond Chronicles a couple of years back - all time favourites. Haven’t tackled Niccolo yet - I made a start once but wasn’t in the mood (and he wasn’t Lymond!) but must try again.
I was thinking it is time to reread Lymond. Only read about half of Niccolo, but as you say, he's not Lymond! Would never read them in close proximity.
Theresa wrote: "ShazM wrote: "Theresa wrote: "This always fascinates me -- well at least for the 2 or 3 years when I actually have kept track of ALL my reading! So here I am -- and there will be quite a few more b..."Thanks, Theresa! I'm sorry about the K9 series - I love a good romance/trained dogs combination. This sort of book is ideal to read between weightier tomes!
ShazM wrote: "Theresa wrote: "ShazM wrote: "Theresa wrote: "This always fascinates me -- well at least for the 2 or 3 years when I actually have kept track of ALL my reading! So here I am -- and there will be qu..."It was disappointing. I still read them...had too much invested...but the entire suspense story was only plausible over 2 books at most , not 6. And I can really suspend disbelief!
Love me a good trained K-9 series too and there are several really good ones like the most recent by Katie Ruggles.
Is there a way to access this. It is no longer on my home page and just curious to see how it changed post finishing some books over the weekend.
Robin wrote: "Is there a way to access this. It is no longer on my home page and just curious to see how it changed post finishing some books over the weekend."Try your profile.
Robin wrote: "Is there a way to access this. It is no longer on my home page and just curious to see how it changed post finishing some books over the weekend."You can click the link in the GR Blog post:
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1...
Okay, I couldn't stop thinking about my audiobook stats so, like any good scientist, I made a little spreadsheet and did a little data analysis! lolBooks listened to: 59 (out of 91, but I will add to this by the end of the year)
Total time listed: 644 hrs 8 mins (or 28.8 days!)
Average length: 10 hrs 55 mins
Longest: 21 hrs 10 mins
Shortest: 2 hrs 7 mins
Most common length: 11-13 hrs
It did not take me long to do! I tag my audiobooks as such and spent less than 30 minutes looking up lengths and putting them in my spreadsheet!
Hopefully you have some more chocolate to go with it tonight! Lol
Books - 89Total pages - 30,902
Avg rating - 3.7
Avg pages - 347
Shortest book - 44 pages
Longest book - 672
Most Popular - Jane Eyre
Least Popular - The Hemingway Thief (313 other readers)
So excited - - I made it to 66 books. A record for me. However, the number of pages was not a record so there's that, lol.
And that was despite all the moving, Anita! I am in awe!
KateNZ wrote: "And that was despite all the moving, Anita! I am in awe!"You are very sweet. It's really nothing compared to what other readers do, but I still felt happy!
Theresa wrote: "In the meantime, have any of you read either of Dorothy Dunnett's series - either The Lymond Chronicles or Nicolo Rising? Historical fiction rather than fantasy but fantastical for all that. And they are complete."I am up to the third book in the Lymond Chronicles - The Disorderly Knights. I love Dunnett's writing. And Lymond.
I read 113,928 pages across 305 books My shortest book was A Soupçon of Poison by - [Ashley|28569] - 89 pages
and my longest was Tombland by C.J. Sansom - 881 pages and a favorite 💖💖💖💖
My Average Rating for2018 was 4.0.
Most Popular Read was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - 5,836,380 readers
Least popular was White and Red Cherries: A Slovenian Civil War Novel read by 14 people
My highest rated on Goodreads was Nameless Serenade by Maurizio de Giovanni - I absolutely love this series
When I finish the last book I'm reading this year I will have:193 books for 56,837 pages
Shortest Book: Lonesome Mama at 53 pages
Longest Book: East of Eden at 601 pages
Average Length: 294
Most Popular: East of Eden - but not my favorite
Least Popular: Crossfire: The Scales of Justice read by only 3 people - This is a pure noir detective story featuring an alcoholic burned out detective with beautiful women throwing themselves at him, a friend on the police force and lots of red herrings. Not my kind of hero but a decent story.
My average rating: 3.8
Highest rated on Goodreads: Magic Binds - 4.62 - love this series and the last volume was published this year. Plan on reading it in Jan
Welp, I'm calling it done at 50 books for 2018.10 less than my goal of 60, but I'm pretty happy with my reading this year considering how busy it's been, and I have high hopes for 2019.
I read 17,068 pages across 50 books. Average 341 pages.
Shortest- The Little Prince used for the Decathalon
Longest- Pachinko 100 times worth it. Didn't manage to read any tomes this year.
Average Rating: 3.6. Not bad, not great.
Highest Rated: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Most Popular- The Little Prince
Least Popular- Court TV Presents: Murder in Room 103.
No surprises here. Here's to 2019!
Got one last book in for the year!My Year in Books:
TOTALS - 176 books for a total of 56,476 pages; average length 320 pages
SHORTEST BOOK - 25 pages - Ruth's First Christmas Tree by Elly Griffiths
LONGEST BOOK - 1,318 pages - 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
MOST POPULAR - 1,944,480 people also read The Help by Kathryn Stockett
LEAST POPULAR - 21 people also read Artfully Wicked by Virginia Taylor
HIGHEST RATED ON GOODREADS - Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews, 4.72 average rating
Since I am not reading anymore books this year, seems appropriate to post.TOTALS
I read 28,478 pages across 92 books
SHORTEST BOOK- 24 pages -The Chocolate War by Martin Walker
LONGEST BOOK- 576 pages- The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
AVERAGE LENGTH- 309 pages
MOST POPULAR- 252,146- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
LEAST POPULAR- 0- Love That Moves the Sun: Vittori...by Linda Cardillo
MY AVERAGE RATING FOR 2018
4.0
HIGHEST RATED ON GOODREADS- Becoming by Michelle Obama 4.71 average
My year in books:I read 18,244 pages across 53 books
Shortest Book: 169 pages - Buzz! by Ananth Panagariya
Longest Book: 717 pages - Barkskins by Annie Proulx
Average Length: 344 pages
Most Popular: 825,540 - The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
My Average Rating for 2018: 4.0
Highest Rated on GoodReads: Born A Crime by Trevor Noah - 4.41 Average
According to my Goodreads Year in Books I read 23,725 pages across 77 books.My shortest book was In the Stacks - 77 pages.
My longest book was Oathbringer - 1,248 pages.
My average length was 321 pages.
My most popular book read was The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1,723,690 readers) and my least popular was Jingle Bell Pop (527 readers).
My average rating for 2018: 4.0
Highest rating on Goodreads was Dream Big Dreams: Photographs from Barack Obama's Inspiring and Historic Presidency. It has an average rating of 4.72 on Goodreads.
I also kept my own stats on a Google Spreadsheet. Here are the stats from that spreadsheet.
Total Books: 77
Total Pages: 24130 (this is more than goodreads because I looked up page numbers for audio books)
Average number of pages/book: 313
Time Listening to audiobooks: 12 days, 15 hrs, and 27 mins
Male Identifying Authors: 34
Female Identifying Authors: 42
Non-Binary Identifying Authors: 1
Person of Color (POC) authors: 21
POC main characters: 30
LGBT authors: 2
LGBT main characters: 3
Audio Books: 29
print books: 5
ebooks: 43
prose: 75
graphic novels: 1
novels in verse: 1
Fiction: 66
Non-Fiction: 11
US/UK authors: 62
other nationalities: 15
Books fulfilling challenges: 63
Books published in 2018: 6
Books published prior to 2018: 71
Books from library: 21
Books I owned: 56
I read 33,579 pages and 95 books. shortest book Double Blank-129 pages
longest book A Court of Wings and Ruin-699 pages
average length 353 pages
most popular Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone-5,627,736 other readers (Wow!)
least popular Clear Cut Murder-24 people have read
my average rating 3.2
highest rated on goodreads A Court of Mist and Fury
As usual, on Jan. 1 when I want to look at my final tally (after I get my last review posted in the next hour or so), GR has hidden the "Year in Review". Does anyone know where to find it? Thanks so much.
Booknblues wrote: "I think this might work:https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1..."
YAY! Thank you so much!
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Hmmm I also read The Fiery Cross this year .. but I always shelve the hardcover first edition (regardless of which edition I actually read) ... so I get on 979 pages for this one (still my longest book)...."
I think Nicole's came in at the same page numbering as mine, so we must have shelved the same edition.