Thirteen days late, but I wanted to look back at my reading this past year.
Number of books read: 38
More than half of those were romance. Not surprising! And in fact, most of the other books have significant romantic elements. I had actually thought I’d read more urban fantasy, but I guess it’s just been Patricia Briggs. Must try to change that. I was surprised that I read so much YA, since I don’t consider myself a YA reader. But one author was responsible for half of those.
In romance, I read more paranormal than historical, but only just. I hadn’t realized historical romance was so popular with me. There are, in my opinion, some very good historical romance authors out there right now.
Anyway, below are the stats:
- Romance 21
- Paranormal 7
- Historical 6
- Contemporary 6
- Futuristic 1
- Suspense 1
- YA fantasy 6
- Mystery 3
- Horror 2
- Historical 2
- Urban Fantasy 2
- Suspense 1
- Science Fiction 1
Below are the authors whose books I read most this past year:
- Josh Lanyon 4
- Patricia Briggs 3
- Megan Whalen Turner 3
- Jo Goodman 2
- Emma Holly 2
Not surprisingly, I’m a big fan of all five authors and the top four are autobuys. (Emma Holly, much as I like her, can be hit or miss.) Two of Lanyon’s were novellas and one of Briggs’s was a short story in an antho. And frankly I’m not alone in admiring Lanyon, Briggs and Whalen Turner—you’ll see reviews and raves of their work around the internet. What I find interesting is all three use totally different material. Josh Lanyon writes mysteries/mystery romance with gay protagonists, Briggs writes urban fantasy with shapeshifters and, to date, minimal romance, and Whalen Turner writes YA fantasy with a compelling young protagonist at its core.
Here’s the breakdown in marks:
2 A
3 A-
8 B+
9 B
3 B-
5 C+
5 C
3 C-
So not bad, I don’t think. Lots of books are B reads and up, which I consider success. I rarely finish D reads, so don’t list them.
To be specific, A reads were Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs and The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner. A- reads were The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, A Dangerous Thing by Josh Lanyon and Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon. B+ reads include other books by the “A” authors, as well as books by Kresley Cole, Elizabeth Hoyt, Sandra McDonald and Emma Holly.
By the way, of the 38 read, 9 were ebooks.
Anyone else compiled their last year’s reading?
