Reading Summary & Comparisons
My favorite books:
5 of 5 stars
I achieved my Goodreads goal of 100 books–read 102 books.
Summary
Genres I read (these numbers don’t add up since there’s some overlap)
- Fantasy–65%
- Urban Fantasy–19%
- Science Fiction–12%
- Mysteries–17%
- Romantic Suspense–4 %
- Romances–17%
- Young Adult–12%
- Short Stories/Novellas–2%
Book Format (overlap in these numbers, too)
- E-books–75%
- Audiobooks–16%
- Print Books–10%
- Library books–11%
- NetGalley–2%
Number of pages read
- 33,278 pages
Books Read by Year
- 2014 — 27.4%
- 2013 — 13.7%
- 2012 — 15.7%
- 2011 — 10.8%
- 2010 — 5.0%
- 2009 to 1928 — 27.4%
Book Ratings (I use letter grades on my blog, but on Goodreads I have to use the star versions)
- A — 8%
- A- — 19%
- B+ — 37%
- B — 20%
- B- — 6%
- C+ — 5%
- C — 3%
- C- — 2%
Author most glommed in 2014–Deborah Crombie
- 9 books in four months
- Fueled my return to mysteries
Comparing 2014 and 2013
- In 2013 I read 88 books so I’m happy to read 14 more books.
- I read mostly Science Fiction and Fantasy in both 2014 (75%) and 2013 (68%).
- In 2014 75% of the books I read were E-books; in 2013 it was 100%!
- In 2014 I read 17 mysteries, but in 2013 only 1.
Check out my posts about favorite new authors and favorite books I read in 2014.
Notes from a Readerholic 
No 2 or 1 star books? That’s what I call a good year 🙂
And I so wished Goodreads did half-stars, it would make my stats so much more accurate!
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I agree, Mogsy. 1/2 stars would make it more accurate. That’s why I pay more attention to my own grades! And I fear I overrate my books…lol. Also if I really hate the book I stop reading it. That’s one reason I don’t do many NetGalley books.
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That’s interesting that in 2013 you only read ebooks. Was that a deliberate choice or just accidental. I had noticed the Crombie glom. 🙂 I love finding an author to glom and how woderful that she brought you back to mysteries. It looks as if overall, you had a good reading year in 2014. 🙂 I hope 2015 is a good one too.
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Thanks, Bea! I did have a good reading year!
And, yes, it was a deliberate choice to only read e-books! After I got my first e-reader 3 or 4 years ago I stopped reading paper books. It was only in 2014 I started listening to audiobooks and reading some paper books again.
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I noticed your Crombie glom as well! I read the first book in her series this year, and want to continue reading them in 2015.
Great list of 5* reads – I was totally nodding as I read your list 🙂
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I hope you will read some more of her books, Li! I read lots of great books last year.
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The Goodreads star system is so flawed. Personally I use half star ratings all the time, so I usually have to add at the beginning of my reviews that although I gave the book 4 stars it was more like 3.5. Generally speaking I round up. Seems like your reading has really changed this year, what with all your mystery novels. It’s funny how that happens sometimes; this year I’ve read more urban fantasy than ever before and I can’t really explain why.
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I agree, Danya. I don’t know why Goodreads can’t change it. Oh, well, I do like keeping track of my books and seeing what other people are reading.
I love that reading can be so dynamic . . . changing through the years.
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