226 Books in 2013

I beat last year by 5 books but there were weeks when I didn’t finish a single book. I can do better. Here’s how it shaped up:

– I finished the Cybils Shortlist Challenge – barely. Had to buy the last book in order to finish because it was not available at my library.
– I only read one book from the Nancy Drew Challenge, which is really annoying – and I probably wouldn’t have managed that if Texasebeth hadn’t sent me a Nancy Drew book. I’m going to do better with that in 2014.
– The Book to Movie Challenge didn’t go quite as well as I’d hoped. It wasn’t BAD but I never managed to watch the last movie, for a book I didn’t particularly love. I thought I’d watch it with Chris and Michelle over the Christmas break but the darn iPhone/iTunes madness got in the way. Maybe I’ll watch it this weekend — it won’t count toward the 2013 Challenge but I’ll feel better about it. I read three books but only watched two movies. Darn it.
– From the Stacks? 4 — Pathetic, as usual.

* 18 were audiobooks.
* 35 were YA.
* 83 were non-fiction.
* Of the non-fiction, 19 were about art, journaling, crafting etc. 2 were cookbooks. 12 were travel books. 6 were short stories.
*15 were graphic novels.
* Only 12 had a significant queer storyline or characters (though a lot more books had queer characters tossed in for fun.)

* I think I quit more books this year than I ever have — at least six, that I can think of.

* I loved 74 and hated 6.

I’m definitely going to remember 2013 as the year of Maisie Dobbs (and the year of children’s picture books, since I read so many with JMP.)