Happy 2019 everyone! I’m jumping on the 2018 stats post bandwagon today mostly because I love reading stats. Do you track your reading stats? I would love to get more detailed info on my reading so please let me know how to do it below.
I set a goal of 100 books at the start of the year and read 110 which is pretty good. It’s a lot of books to talk about in a single post though so I’m just going to list them at the bottom and share my top and bottom 5 books and some stats. I LOVE stats!!! Bring on the charts!
Stats from Goodreads
(some books are missing because I don’t set them to read until after I review them)
Started the year with a 3 star review and ended with a 3 star review. What does that say about my reading year…
Format
- Print – 14 books
- eBook – 36 books
- Audiobook – 60 books
Ownership
- Own – 51 books
- Borrow: Scribd – 41 books
- Borrow: Library – 10 books
- Borrow: NetGalley – 8 books
Top 3 Authors
- Kresley Cole – 10 books
- Seanan McGuire – 10 books
- Laurell K. Hamilton – 8 books
Male vs Female Authors
- Female – 86 books
- Male – 21 books
- N/A – 3 books
Top 5 Books
Bottom 5 Books
- Manfried the Man by Caitlin Major ★★☆☆☆
- RoomHate by Penelope Ward ★★☆☆☆
- Nightlife by Rob Thurman ★★☆☆☆
- Devil to Pay by Jeaniene Frost ★★☆☆☆
- Dad Jokes? I Think You Mean Rad Jokes! by Elias Hill ★★☆☆☆
The list is arranged as book title, author, date finished, genre, format, rating.
- Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawernce – January 2nd, Classics, Paperback ★★★★☆
- Sunglasses After Dark by Nancy A. Collins – January 12th, Urban Fantasy, eBook ★★★☆☆
- Red Rising by Pierce Brown – January 16th, YA Dystopia, Audiobook ★★★☆☆
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Uprooted by Naomi Novik – January 25th, Fantasy, Paperback ★★★★★
- Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire – January 27th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Nightlife by Rob Thurman – January 28th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★☆☆☆
- MacRieve by Kresley Cole – January 28th, Paranormal Romance, eBook ★★★★☆
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander – February 7th, Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★★
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor – February 15th, Science Fiction, Audiobook ★★★☆☆
- We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – February 17th, Nonfiction, Audiobook ★★★★★
- Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou – February 17th, Memoir, Audiobook ★★★★★
- Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire – February 17th, YA Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Dark Skye by Kresley Cole – February 19th, Paranormal Romance, eBook ★★★★☆
- The Hound of Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle – February 21t, Classic Mystery, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde – February 21st, Classic Play, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- The Head That Wears a Crown: Speeches for Royal Men by William Shakespeare – February 25th, Classic Play, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones – February 25th, Literary, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole – Paranormal Romance, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Black Friday by Karen Chance – February 26th, Urban Fantasy, Online Short Story ★★★★☆
- The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett – February 26th, Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Tempt the Stars by Karen Chance – March 3rd, Urban Fantasy, eBook ★★★★★
- Wild Fire by Christine Feehan – March 4th, Paranormal Romance, eBook ★★★☆☆
- Salomé by Oscar Wilde – March 5th, Classic Play, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith – March 5th, Classic Play, Audiobook ★★★★★
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A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire – March 5th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★★
- An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire – March 6th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★★
- Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire – March 7th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★★
- One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire – March 8th, Urban Fantasy ★★★★★
- Mammy Walsh’s A-Z of the Walsh Family by Marian Keyes – March 10th, Humour, Audiobook ★★★★★
- Herding Cats by Sarah Anderson – March 14th, Comic Humour, eBook ★★★★★
- Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire – March 17th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★★
- Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands – March 18th, Paranormal Romance ★★★☆☆
- Asking For It by Louise O’Neill – March 27th, YA Contemporary, Paperback ★★★★★
- The Happy Pear: Recipes for Happiness by David & Stephen Flynn – April 4th, Cook Book, Hardback ★★★★★
- Room Hate by Penelope Ward – April 4th, Contemporary Romance, Audiobook ★★★☆☆
- Wicked Cravings by Suzanne Wright – April 5th, Paranormal Romance, eBook ★★★★☆
- Dad Jokes? I Think You Mean Rad Jokes by Elias Hill – April 5th, Comic Humour, eBooks ★★★☆☆
- Vegan 100 by Gaz Oakley – April 10th, Cook Book, eBook ★★★★★
- Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal – April 10th, Contemporary, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Manfried the Man by Caitlin Major – April 11th, Comic Humour, eBook ★★☆☆☆
- Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire – April 11th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Braving the Elements by K.F. Breene – April 13th, Paranormal Romance, eBook ★★★☆☆
- Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell – April 13, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Veggie Burger Atelier by Nina Olsson – April 15th, Cook Book, eBook ★★★★★
- On the Edge by Ilona Andrews – April 18th, Paranormal Romance, eBook ★★★★☆
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon – April 28th, Comic Urban Fantasy, Paperback ★★★★☆
- Little Moments of Love by Catana Chetwynd – May 7th, Comic Humour, eBook ★★★★★
- My Lady’s Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran – May 7th, Historical Romance, eBook ★★★★☆
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do… But You Could’ve Done Better by Hilary Campbell – May 7th, Comic Nonfiction, eBook ★★★☆☆
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Rockabilly/Psychobilly: An Art Anthology by Jamie Kendall – May 8th, Art, eBook ★★★★★
- Afterburn & Aftershock by Sylvia Day – June 4th, Contemporary Romance, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare – June 4th, Historical Romance, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews – June 4th, Paranormal Romance, eBook ★★★★☆
- The Hating Game by Sally Thorne – June 4th, Contemporary Romance, eBook ★★★★★
- Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare – June 4th, Historical Romance, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Falling for a Dancer by Deirdre Purcell – June 17th, Historical, Paperback ★★★★★
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie – June 17th, Self Help, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- The Virgin and the Gypsy and Other Stories by D.H. Lawrence – June 17th, Classic Short Stories, Hardcover ★★★☆☆
- Nadiya’s Family Favourites by Nadiya Hussain – June 24th, Cook Book, Hardcover ★★★★★
- Only for the Weekend by Ella Sheridan – June 29th, Erotica, eBook ★★★☆☆
- Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton – July 7th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- The Love Story of W.B. Yeats and Maud Gonne by Margery Brady – July 9th, Nonfiction, Hardcover ★★★★☆
- The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton – July 17th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★★
- Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton – July 18th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- The Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K. Hamilton – July 18th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★★
- Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton – July 19th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton – July 25th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- The End of the Affair by Graham Greene – July 26th, Classics, eBook ★★★★☆
- Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton – July 29th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★☆☆
- Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton – August 1st, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★☆☆
- The Professional by Kresley Cole – August 2nd, Erotica, eBook ★★★★☆
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The Second Sex (extracts) by Simone de Beauvoir – August 2nd, Feminism, Paperback ★★★★☆
- Sweet Ruin by Kresley Cole – August 5th, Paranormal Romance, eBook ★★★★☆
- Lover’s Knot by Karen Chance – August 6th, Urban Fantasy, eBook ★★★★★
- Shadow’s Bane by Karen Chance – August 13th, Urban Fantasy, eBook ★★★★★
- Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews – August 17th. Science Fiction, eBook ★★★★★
- One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews – August 19th, Science Fiction, eBook ★★★★★
- Devil to Pay by Jeaniene Frost – August 20th, Urban Fantasy, eBook ★★☆☆☆
- Shadow’s Seduction by Kresley Cole – August 28th, Paranormal Romance, eBook ★★★★☆
- Shadowed Souls by Jim Butcher – August 31st, Urban Fantasy, eBook ★★★★☆
- The Matchmaker’s Playbook by Rachel Van Dyken – September 1st, Contemporary Romance, Audiobook ★★★☆☆
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman – September 4th, Fantasy, Paperback ★★★☆☆
- Dragon’s Claw by Karen Chance – September 27th, Urban Fantasy, eBook ★★★★★
- The Price of Pleasure by Kresley Cole – October 10th, Historical Romance, eBook ★★★★☆
- I Am Heathcliff by Kate Mosse – October 11th, Short Stories, Audiobook ★★★★★
- How Not To Be a Boy by Robert Webb – October 18th, Memoir, Audiobook ★★★★★
- A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde – October 26th, Classic Play, Audiobook ★★★☆☆
- Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell – October 31st, Classic Romance, Paperback ★★★★☆
- Red Queen by Elizabeth Aveyard – November 3rd, YA Dystopia, eBook ★★★★☆
- When a Scot Ties the Know by Tessa Dare – November 4th, Historical Romance, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare – November 4th, Historical Romance, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Poison Princess by Kresley Cole – November 7th, YA Dystopia, eBook ★★★★☆
- Racing Hearts: First Heat by Ruth Gowan – November 9th, Contemporary Romance, eBook ★★★☆☆
- Endless Knight by Kresley Cole – November 9th, YA Dystopia, eBook ★★★★★
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik – November 10th, Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★☆☆
- Dead of Winter by Kresley Cole – November 12th, YA Dystopia, eBook ★★★★★
- A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare – November 14th, Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★☆☆
- Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire – November 20th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★★
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – November 24th, Classic, Audiobook ★★★☆☆
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The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire – November 25th, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook ★★★★★
- Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard – November 29th, YA Dystopia, eBook ★★★☆☆
- Once Upon a Christmas Eve by Elizabeth Hoyt – November 29th, Historical Romance, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- The Bite Before Christmas by Lynsay Sands & Jeaniene Frost – November 26th, Paranormal Romance, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb – November 30th, Historical Fiction, Audiobook ★★★★★
- I Thee Wed by Amanda Quick – December 1st, Historical Romance, Mystery, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Wicked Widow by Amanda Quick – December 2nd, Historical Romance, Mystery, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Voyeur by Fiona Cole – December 3rd, Contemporary Romance, eBook ★★★☆☆
- Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood – December 13th, Cosy Mystery, Historical, Audiobook ★★★☆☆
- Murphy’s Law by Rhys Bowen – December 15th, Cosy Mystery, Historical, Audiobook ★★★★☆
- Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen – December 21st, Cosy Mystery, Historical, Audiobook ★★★★☆
How was your reading year?
I used Online Chart Tool to create my graphs
Elaine Howlin 
Great books you have read last year, Elaine! Congratulations on a wonderful reading year! Loved your YouTube video too! Hope you have a wonderful reading year in 2019 too! Happy reading!
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Thanks Vishy
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Woo! What a year in books! 😀 I hope you have an amazing new year of reading and everything else you venture into with life in general! ❤
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You read so many audiobooks!! What is your secret? I have a really hard time getting into them but I’m determined to use them this year!
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I tend to listen to them instead of music.
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Great post and a great list of books, Elaine. Funnily enough, my first and last books read in 2018, I rated 3 stars too.
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It’s like the year fizzled at both ends 😂 my first book this year was 4 stars
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I love this post so much!! Epic!! And I was just thinking about Lady Chatterley’s Lover the other day (and how I’ve never read it but should). I read an excerpt for The Hating Game and it sounded really good. So glad to see you liked that one too!!
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Two great books 😊 I want to reread them both this year
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Do you count your audiobooks on your goodreads challenge? I have been tempted to as it’s still a book. Might start doing that!
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I do. They’re still books
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My thoughts exactly 👌
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Love your #1 classic. Haven’t read it in years. Think I might again.
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