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2021 turned out to be an odd yr, did not it? There for a number of months it was trying just like the nation could have lastly turned the COVID-19 nook and was shifting in the precise course. For a number of months through the second half of the yr it actually regarded that manner, however then we ended the yr with a brand new covid outbreak that leaves us questioning if this can ever finish. Frankly, I used to be extra optimistic an individual this time final yr than I’m at this time.
That is not going to cease me, although, from my annual crunching of the E-book Chase studying stats (my inner-accountant’s favourite publish of the yr):
Variety of Books Learn – 130
Fiction – 105:
- Novels – 98
- Quick Story Collections – 7
Nonfiction – 25:
- Memoirs – 5
- Biographies – 3
- Books on Books – 3
- True Crime- 1
- Historical past – 6
- Science – 2
- Leisure – 1
- Politics – 1
- Journey – 3
Complete books are up 10 from 2020, and I appear to have settled comfortably right into a 120-130 e book per yr vary for the final a number of years. (Unusual, although, that I do not really feel very that optimistic about hitting these numbers in 2022).
- Books Written by Males – 70
- Books Written by Ladies – 55
- Books Written by Each – 5
That is the second yr in a row that I’ve learn virtually as many books authored by ladies as by males. Till final yr, my male-to-female writer ratio at all times ran 2-1 in favor of male authors.
- Audiobooks – 24
- E-Books – 32
- Library Books – 85
- Overview Copies – 25
- From My Cabinets – 21
- Deserted/DNF – 16
- Common Pages Learn per Day: 120
- Complete Pages Learn: 43,700
The source-mix of my books is similar to final yr’s combine, however I am critically contemplating a change of plan for 2022. I discover myself getting somewhat burned out on chasing so many new books on a regular basis, so I could focus extra on older stuff and loads of “catch-up” studying that I by no means appear to get round to. That may imply even fewer overview copies than ever…a quantity that has been dropping from year-to-year already. I am going to see how that works out.
My objectives coming into the yr had been easy ones: learn extra in translation, extra from my very own cabinets, extra literary classics, extra from the years 1920-1979, extra overseas authors from nations aside from the UK and Canada, and make amends for a number of of the detective sequence I comply with. Let’s simply say I did higher on a few of the objectives than on others:
- 12 translated works (completely satisfied sufficient)
- 21 from my very own cabinets (happy)
- 1 literary basic (embarrassed)
- 11 from 1920-1979 (pissed off)
- 14 early books from my favourite sequence (completely satisfied sufficient)
- 13 overseas authors not from the UK or Canada (completely satisfied)
- 30 books by UK and Canadian authors (completely satisfied)
I’m feeling somewhat pissed off to see how closely I relied on newish books for my studying materials once more this yr. Thirty-nine of the books I learn in 2021 had been revealed in 2021, one other 5 might be revealed in 2022, and nineteen had been revealed in 2020. Numbers like that make me surprise if I am going to ever make the time to determine what I missed throughout all these years I used to be manner too busy dwelling life to learn greater than twenty or thirty books a yr. I suppose I am going to by no means know until I lastly discover sufficient willpower to raised resist all the intense and glossy new ones that hold getting dangled earlier than my eyes. Perhaps 2022 would be the yr it lastly occurs.
All in all, I really feel blessed to be a dedicated reader as a result of I feel the final two years would certainly have been so much harder if not for books, my native library, and the entire studying buddies I’ve made through E-book Chase. Thanks all for being there and sharing the yr with me.
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