And here we are at the end of the year…
December was meant to be a “catch up” “get ahead” type of month, and in that respect I sort of succeeded. I managed to read three of my January books and nearly completed a fourth, so go me! However, I only posted three reviews this month, an all time low for me. But at least I’m a bit ahead with my January reading.
I also wanted to post a visual recap of my reading this year, according to Goodreads. I met my goal of reading 95 books, but at one point I was five books ahead and I was sure I’d hit 100. Oh well, something to aim for next year!
Here are the books I read/reviewed in December (click on the links to read my reviews):
Revelator by Daryl Gregory
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
My December was okay. It’s always such a weird month with my birthday and the holidays. I never end up reading or reviewing much. But you did great! 95 is amazing!
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Thanks Stephanie!
Ninety-five books is awesome, but yeah, “100” has a certain ring to it. I’m trying to wrap up my December with a classic, Matheson’s Hell House. I don’t think I’ll make it. It’ll have to be a January read.
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I’m trying again next year for 100:-)
Yay for getting ahead!
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I know it won’t last, but it’s nice right now:-)
I’m all about looking for anything positive within the negative, so congratulations on an all new record, even if it is an all time low. 😉 Seriously, though, you’ve read a LOT of books this year, and it appears you’ve enjoyed the vast majority of them, so that right there is a win any way you look at it. As for myself, I’m short of my goal by 4 books, and one less read than last year. But like you, I enjoyed more than not, so I’m happy. 🙂
Yes, I feel like I was more careful about selecting what I wanted to read, and that made it a great year overall.
I thought for sure I would make 100 this year when I looked at my progress about half way through the year. I ended up with 81, so much shorter of that than you, but still I beat my Goodreads goal of 10 books, so technically I did amazing this year, number wise. LOL It is quality over quantity though, right? And it sounds like you read a lot of wonderful books. I hope you have a Happy New Year, Tammy!
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You did do amazing! I think it’s easy to have lots of steam the first half of the year, and then slow down later in the year, at least that’s what happened to me. Happy New Year, Wendy!
Fair, but I didn’t make my Goodreads reading challenge, though! 🙂
Maybe next year:-)
I always aim for 100 even back when I used to blow through more than 200 books a year! Ah, those are the days, I don’t think I’ll get back to that kind of output anytime soon. Now I’m pulling off 130-140, so my 100 goal still lets me feel good haha. 95 is very impressive though, you will do 100 next year for sure!
I’m definitely going to hit 100 for sure:-) Although I’m still setting my goal for 95.
95 is still pretty incredible so pat yourself on the back!! Happy New Year!
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Thanks Freda! Happy New Year:-)
You should be proud of your 95 books: it’s an outstanding number!
Happy New Year! 🙂
Thank you, I know it is, but I really want to hit 100:-)
well, quality is far more important than quantity, and it looks like you read great books this year. I’m so glad I discovered your blog this year! Happy new year of reading!
You’ve seen my December recap post. Starting on Monday, I will post 3 posts of recap for 2021, my top best, stats, and a fun meme!
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Thanks Emma, I’m glad we discovered each other!
You did great!! My December was pretty good, even if I didn’t read all the books I wanted to. But I can’t really complain!
I’m glad you had a good month, it’s nice to end the year on a high note:-)
Well done Tammy. I just made my 100 – 101 in total. That’s a bit low for me but life interfered this year and to be honest I always stick with a 100 target – it feels like a nice amount to me – two books a week more or less. Here’s to a great reading year in 2022.
Lynn 😀
That’s awesome!
December was meant to be a catch up for me as well but then schools closed early because of covid and I had a 5yo at home. So there was no actual catching up happening haha. Sounds like you did pretty great!
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Oh no, sorry that happened! I was just plain lazy in December, lol.
December was an amazing reading month for me, which was so refreshing. I want to get ahead and get some of my overdue reads done in January.
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I’m glad you had such a great month!
You had a great reading year!!!
Yes, I think so too:-)
I was ahead on my reading until this past week when I got right back on track. Oh well! At least I’m still on track with here I’m supposed to be. Looking forward to your review of the James Rollins book!
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I always start January ahead but I can never keep that up. Oh well:-)
95 is pretty great, especially since so many of the books you read are long ones. 🙂