My Reading Stats in 2015
This year I have read fewer books than any other year. There are several things that have got in the way of my book reading: school, TV shows, and fanfiction (both reading and writing huge amounts). I knew these would interfere with my reading even at the start of the year, so I set a fairly low Goodreads reading challenge of only 40 books. With only a few months to go, even though I just finished a 600-page novel this afternoon, I'm four books behind schedule.
So far this year I have read:
- 2 books for school
- 27 books total
- 10,309 pages
- 16 YA books
- 11 Adult books (I'm finding YA not mature enough, now I'm nearly 18)
- 2 books published this year (2015)
- 15 books published from 2010-2014
- 7 books published from 2000-2010
- 3 books published before 2000
- 8 books with LGBTQIA characters (that is not a coincidence, in fact it's a factor that made me want to read some of these books in the first place)
- 2 non-fiction books
I have given:
- 1 two-star rating
- 7 three-star ratings
- 17 four-star ratings
- 2 five-star ratings
I have reviewed 7 books, which averages less than one review a month, which is pretty bad, but they were all positive reviews. This year I have given high ratings to nearly every book I've read. This is partly because I didn't finish 3 books as I wasn't enjoying them, but must also be because I picked interesting and unique books.
So far this year I've added 30 books to my to-read list and only bought one book for myself. That's good self-control on the latter but definitely not the former. I haven't bought books this year because a) I don't have enough money, b) I don't have bookshelf space, and c) I already have a bunch of books I own that I need to read before I buy any more.
Of course, summer's coming up, so after my last ever school exams (I finish high school in less than two months, eep!) I should be able to use December to catch up. I don't like to lose a challenge, so I will finish those 40 books.
How about you guys? What have your reading patterns been this year?
