Some or most of you may know that I became slightly obsessed with books and reading in general
last year. It started when I discovered booktube and fell in love with people such as Booksandlala
and BookswithChloe. I decided in March that I was going to start up my Goodreads account and set
myself a goal of 26 books, averaging out at 1 book every 2 weeks. I didn't want to set my goal too
high as this was the first time I was properly getting into reading, rather than just picking up a book
on holiday. I have no idea how I went so long without reading a lot, and definitely won't be looking
back. As I'm writing this I've already read 2 books and have started my third. Hitting that goal!
I completed the challenge of reading 26 books on July 22nd and I obviously wasn't going to stop
there. Since I managed to complete my goal in 4/5 months, and had 5/6 months left I decided my
last year. It started when I discovered booktube and fell in love with people such as Booksandlala
and BookswithChloe. I decided in March that I was going to start up my Goodreads account and set
myself a goal of 26 books, averaging out at 1 book every 2 weeks. I didn't want to set my goal too
high as this was the first time I was properly getting into reading, rather than just picking up a book
on holiday. I have no idea how I went so long without reading a lot, and definitely won't be looking
back. As I'm writing this I've already read 2 books and have started my third. Hitting that goal!
I completed the challenge of reading 26 books on July 22nd and I obviously wasn't going to stop
there. Since I managed to complete my goal in 4/5 months, and had 5/6 months left I decided my
next goal was to double it and attempt to read 52 books. A lot of people don't like setting a high
number or any number as a goal, as it feels like too much pressure to hit it and it can often put a
damper on your reading as it starts to become a need rather than reading for fun. I like to set myself
goals because it gives me something to work towards and hit. Since I managed to double my goal
number or any number as a goal, as it feels like too much pressure to hit it and it can often put a
damper on your reading as it starts to become a need rather than reading for fun. I like to set myself
goals because it gives me something to work towards and hit. Since I managed to double my goal
last year, I've decided to set 2020's reading goal at 52 books. However I do have a secret number in
my head for the amount of books I want to read, but because it is so high I don't want to share it and
feel disappointed if I didn't reach it or pressured to read by other people. Reading is something I do
because I love it and it gives me a chance to escape from todays society.
my head for the amount of books I want to read, but because it is so high I don't want to share it and
feel disappointed if I didn't reach it or pressured to read by other people. Reading is something I do
because I love it and it gives me a chance to escape from todays society.
STATISTICS
March - 2 books read (342 pages)
April - 4 books read (996 pages)
May - 11 books read (1837 pages)
June - 5 books read (1170 pages)
July - 7 books read (1658 pages)
August - 5 books read (1567 pages)
September - 3 books read (905 pages)
October - 2 books read (592 pages)
November - 5 books read (615 pages)
December - 8 books read (2079 pages)
11,761 pages were read across 52 books.
My shortest book was 40 pages and my longest book was 421 pages.
5* - 11 books
4* - 16 books
3* - 14 books
2* - 9 books
1* - 2 books
My overall average rating was 3.5*
50 pages or less - 4 books
Between 51-100 pages - 6 books
Between 101-200 pages - 14 books
Between 201-300 pages - 15 books
Between 301-400 pages - 10 books
Between 401-500 pages - 3 books
I read from 39 female authors, 11 male authors and 2 co-authors. 47 of those books were fiction and 5
were non fiction. Within those genres I read 15 poetry books, 13 romance books, 8 graphic noels, 6
contemporary books, 5 non fiction books 3 feminist books, 1 middle grade book and 1 political book.
(This is based off the main shelf they've been placed on, within Goodreads)
Top 10 books of 2019
1 - The paper and hearts society (Lucy Powrie)
2 - Five feet apart (Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis)
3 - Doing it! (Hannah Witton)
4 - The summer I turned pretty trilogy (Jenny Han)
5 - To all the boys trilogy (Jenny Han)
6 - Our stop (Laura Jane Williams)
7 - If you could go anywhere (Paige Toon)
8 - Heartstopper vol 1 and vol 2 (Alice Oseman)
9 - Twilight: the graphic novel vol 1 and vol 2 (Stephenie Meyer)
10 - Adultolescence (Gabbie Hanna)
Since these are my favourites, is basically guarantees that I would recommend them to you. But I would also like to recommend some books that weren't in my top 10 such as; Orbiting Jupiter, Pumpkinheads, Christmas with Billy and me, No one is too small to make a difference, Frankly in love, The poet X, Our stop and Feminists don't wear pink and other lies.
Every book I read in 2019
March - Username Evie and The chaos of longing
July - Mind your head, I'll be there for you: the one about friends, Our numbered days, My brief history, Five feet apart, P.S I still love you and Always and forever Lara Jean
December - Let it snow, Doing it, The paper and hearts society, Milk and honey, The sun and her flowers, The hormone diaries, Directing Herbert White and Bookshop girl
What was your favourite book that you read in 2019?
xoxo
Lea-Mai
This is the coolest thing ever.. such a goal of mine! I've already read a full book this year and my aim is to read as many as possible in 2020! Absolutely adore this post!
ReplyDeleteRosie
Loverosiee.co.uk
Thank you! I loved putting this together x
DeleteWow 52 books!!!! That's amazing! I need to read more in 2020 because I feel like the more you read, the better you write, if that makes any sense at all
ReplyDeleteI totally know what you mean! I just love escaping to that new world that books provide x
DeleteOh wow you read so many books! I only got to 24! I love reading and have set myself a challenge this year too, so will check some of these out for sure!
ReplyDeleteSoph - https://sophhearts.com x
That's still a huge amount of books! So many amazing reads from last year x
Deleteyou are a reading LEGEND! I missed my goal of 50, only by a few, but life gets sooo in the way doesn't it haha x
ReplyDeleteIt really does. I had only just managed to do it. Finished my last book on New Years Eve x
DeleteI find reading very hard with balancing a full time job which is very demanding, a relationship and then life outside of all of that. I did do well last year, I think I did 12 books which was a vast improvement to previous years. This year I have set a target of 20.
ReplyDeleteAmy x
The July Rose
It's definitely hard to find the time, but as soon as you do you sit wondering what you did before! x
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