Happy New Year! Sorry to have been missing in action for the last few weeks of 2012. I got wrapped up in family stuff and holiday stuff and just didn't have a lot of time to read and write about books. But it's a new year and I'm ready to take a look back at what I read in 2012.
Here's a breakdown of the types of books I read last year:
It's a bit different than 2011. I read a lot more nonfiction in 2012, and fewer thrillers/mysteries. This is mostly due to the fact that I hosted the Non-Fiction, Non-Memoir Reading Challenge. The other genres were fairly close to the prior year in terms of percentages.
I will say that I got a little tired of nonfiction by the end of the year. I had planned on reading 15 nonfiction books for the challenge, and I read 13, so I was pretty close! I read 6 memoirs as well, but those didn't count toward the challenge.
Overall, it was a good year of reading, although I read fewer books than the year before (only 59 in 2012).
2013
I plan for 2013 to be very different here at My Book Retreat. I'm taking a break from accepting books for review. I still plan to read books and review them, but once I get through my backlog of review books, I'll be focusing on books I buy or get from the library. I need a break from the obligation of book tours and author requests.
Speaking of my backlog of review books, I have the following books to review (already read):
I also plan to feature more author interviews in 2013. I started doing so toward the end of the year, and I really enjoy learning more about authors. If you're an author who would like to participate in an interview, let me know!
Finally, I have decided not to participate in any challenges this year. There are some that would be fun, but I don't want to have any specific obligations as to what books I read this year. I want to be able to read whatever I feel like reading at any given time.
What are your plans for 2013? Are you making any changes too?
Here's a breakdown of the types of books I read last year:
I will say that I got a little tired of nonfiction by the end of the year. I had planned on reading 15 nonfiction books for the challenge, and I read 13, so I was pretty close! I read 6 memoirs as well, but those didn't count toward the challenge.
Overall, it was a good year of reading, although I read fewer books than the year before (only 59 in 2012).
2013
I plan for 2013 to be very different here at My Book Retreat. I'm taking a break from accepting books for review. I still plan to read books and review them, but once I get through my backlog of review books, I'll be focusing on books I buy or get from the library. I need a break from the obligation of book tours and author requests.
Speaking of my backlog of review books, I have the following books to review (already read):
- Clout by Colleen Jones
- Tastes Like Human by Noel Boivin and Chris Lombardo
- These Ties by William Bortz
- The Secret Life of Cee Cee Wilkes
- Santa's Sugar by Jane Gerencher
- Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Content Strategy for the Web by Kristen Halvorson
- Watering Heaven by Peter Tieryas Liu
- Crossing the Rubicon by R.C. Richter
- The Prophet by Ethan Cross
- The Cydonia Objective by David Sakmyster
- The Color of Greed by Jack Thompson
- The Forever Year by Lou Aronica
- The Spanish Agenda by James Houston Turner
I also plan to feature more author interviews in 2013. I started doing so toward the end of the year, and I really enjoy learning more about authors. If you're an author who would like to participate in an interview, let me know!
Finally, I have decided not to participate in any challenges this year. There are some that would be fun, but I don't want to have any specific obligations as to what books I read this year. I want to be able to read whatever I feel like reading at any given time.
What are your plans for 2013? Are you making any changes too?
Oooh...I love the pie chart! I'm a bit of a data geek myself. Very nice - I wouldn't even know how to do that, though!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a nice mix of genres this year.
I gave up on accepting review books a few years ago for the same reasons. I needed to just enjoy reading whatever I wanted - in between book group books, that is!
I just started doing reading challenges last year, and I am enjoying them and plan to sign up for some again this year (though I don't know which ones yet!)...but I have a caveat. I only sign up for challenges that line up with what I want to read anyway and not ones that add extra obligations (sensing a theme here?). For instance, I like the Where Are You Reading Challenge because it only involves tracking what I read,; it doesn't affect what I choose. And last year, I signed up for a challenge to read books off my TBR shelves because I really wanted to do that. This year, I plan to look for a challenge to read some classics because I have some on my shelves I really want to get to.
Looks like you have a good plan for 2013 - I need to get busy!
Sue
Book By Book
This is cool!
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