Hello, friends. I'm finally back in Florida, unpacked, and ready to resume reading and blogging! But before we get much deeper into the New Year, I'd like share my reflections on 2024 reading and lay out some intentions for 2025. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the way my reading year unfolded. I made a couple of small changes that made a big difference in my overall enjoyment.
But first, the numbers...
46 books read - fewer than previous years (more below)
84% fiction, 16% nonfiction
56% new-to-me authors, 44% authors I'd read before
7% books in translation
16% classics
9% rereads
format:
print/ebook only 24%
audio only 7%
read/listen combination 68%
average rating: 4.2 (That's high, but I don't finish books that aren't to my taste.)
Shortest book / Longest book
Recitatif by Toni Morrison, 96 pages
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 945 pages
Most shelved / Least shelved (goodreads)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Where the Forest Meets the River by Shannon Bowring
My favorite books of 2024 are listed in this post.
The biggest change I made in 2024 was to abandon the goodreads challenge. This turned out to be a big success!
Reading one book per week is a comfortable pace and I typically set a goal of 50/52 books each year. For the past couple years I've struggled to meet that goal. What ended up happening, especially in the last quarter, was that I found myself searching out and reading shorter books rather than the longer books I really wanted to read. Without the challenge, my 2024 reading turned out to be more satisfying. I read several books from my goodreads 500+ page tbr shelf... including two over 900 pages that I've wanted to read for years!
I also became more active in the Modern Mrs. Darcy book club in 2024. I read (or DNFd) all the selections, attended online author talks each month, participated in online forums, and took part in other group events. I'll continue this in 2025.
INTENTIONS for 2025
After a one-year experiment, I will no longer use The Storygraph. I found that it didn't add much to my reading life beyond an attractive monthly graphic. Plus, my reading community is all on goodreads.
Buddy reads (with blogging friends and MMD members) were a lot of fun in 2024. I'd like to do a few more in 2025.
Be more intentional in my reading selections, especially when it comes to nonfiction titles.
Read all MMD book club selections... and it's okay to dnf if they're not working for me. I will also participate in a small bimonthly world lit book club.
Continue making a monthly list of tbr possibilities. This helps guide my reading in a planned direction while still allowing for spontaneity.
How was your 2024 reading year? Will you be making any changes in 2025?
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