My 2016 Reading Stats

2016 has been a worse reading year than 2015, but I can blame that on uni - you read a lot more for uni than you do for school, and this ruins a) your time for reading for pleasure and b) your enthusiasm for reading. I've read 18 books total! (But two of these were over 1,100 pages long...) That's 6,633 pages.

But while this hasn't been a good reading year, I have been reading more in the past few months, especially this November. So that's something to be happy about. (Reading makes me happy, and I've noticed I've been happier since I've been reading more these past few months.)

My reading so far this year comprises:

• 8 Adult books 
• 8 YA books
• 2 poetry books (both were related to Sappho)
• 4 contemporary/fiction books 
• 6 fantasy or sci-fi books  
• 8 historical or history-related books
• 7 books with any LGBTQ characters (excluding the poetry)
• 0 books published this year (2016)
• 9 books published 2010-2015
• 6 books published 2000-2009
• 3 books published before 2000

I've written 7 reviews (only 7? It feels like more!) and given:

• 6 three-star ratings
• 9 four-star ratings
• 3 five-star ratings 

That's no one- or two-star ratings! So while I haven't reach much, what I've read has, on average, been very enjoyable. I've DNFed 3 books that just weren't for me, so most of my reading has been worthwhile.

I've also added 57 books to my TBR list, which sounds like a lot! But I've also culled the list a couple of times this year, so even though the number sounds bad it's not as terrible as you'd think (although I still feel the need for a reader's retreat). Most of the culling was of YA - I'm just not as interested in it as I used to be, which you might've noticed from my blog over the past year or two.

So overall, I haven't read much in 2016, but it's not all bad because I found a new favourite book (War and Peace) and finally read Sappho and Sarah Waters for the first time!

As for next year, I don't expect the number of books I read per year to increase until I've got my degree, but we'll see how the next 2 years go. Anything could happen!

How's your reading year been? Good, bad, interesting, surprising?

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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?

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