2014 Reading Recap

[katekintailbc]

Total number of books read: 139 (last year was 122)
Number of those that were re-reads: 6

Format:
Paper: 94
Audio (earread): 45
Ebook: 1
WHOA. This surprises the heck out of me. But a lot of these were graphic novels and picture books, so it makes sense.

Types/Genres:
Picture Book: 21
Juvie Fiction: 18
Young Adult: 17
Tie-in: 16
Graphic Novel: 16
Fiction: 16
Sci-Fi/Fantasy: 13
Manga: 12
Memoir: 8
Nonfiction: 7
Mystery: 6
LGBT: 6
Horror: 2
Romance: 2
Essays: 1
Humor: 1
Art: 1
Other: 1
I should probably be embarrassed by the number of picture books, but I'm really not. Most of them were excellent! The high number of Juvie Fiction is because of one of my 101 Things in 1001 Days projects. Otherwise, I think I'm pretty well within the limits of what I'd expect from myself. Note that this number does not add up to 139 because some books were in multiple genres.

Acquired from:
Library: 77
BookCrossing: 28
Used book purchase: 15
New purchase: 11
Audio downloaded from library: 4
Borrowed from friend: 2
Audio from library instead of BookCrossing: 1
Permanent collection: 1
Work: 1
Wow. Thank goodness for the library, huh? Next year I should probably keep track of how many came off of my TBR shelves directly, as one of my resolutions is to decrease the number of books on those bookcases. I'm glad to see that I read almost a dozen that I purchased new.

List of all books read/reviewed in 2014:

11/22/63 by Stephen King
13 Gifts by Wendy Mass
29 Gifts by Cami Walker
A Circle of Cats by Charles De Lint & Charles Vess
A Perfect Day by Remy Charlip
A Pillow for my Mom by Charissa Sgouros
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Accepting Me by Jo Ramsey
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life: The Plants and PlacesThat Inspired the Classic Children’s Tales by Marta McDowell
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Blue Bloods: the graphic novel by Melissa de la Cruz, Robert Venditti, others
BookCrossing Through Middle-Earth by Skyring
Boston Boys Club by Johnny Diaz
Breakaway by Deirdre Martin
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Coffin: The Art of Vampire Hunter D by Yoshitaka Amano
Crimson Snow by Hori Tomoki
Deceptions (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice Special Edition 1) by Jude Watson
Doctor Who Quiz Book 3 by the BBC
Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories by Zack Whedon
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say
Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
ECHO: A Chronological History 1968-2010 by Various
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Exorcisms and Pogo Sticks Vol 2 by Stephen Doerr
Exorcisms and Pogo Sticks, Vol 1 by Stephen Doerr
First Grade Ladybugs by Joanne Ryder
Forever by Roy MacGregor
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
Good Night, Harry by Kim Lewis
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Happy Yaoi Yum Yum Volume 1 by Yamila Abraham, Grace Hume, W.H. Tony
Hawkeye, Volume 1 by Matt Fraction, others
Hip Check by Deirdre Martin
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Iron Armory by Fred Van Lente, others
Jazz Volume 2 by Sakae Maeda, Tamotsu Takamure
Journey by Aaron Becker
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
Little Cry Baby by Keiko Kinoshita
Little Elephants by Graeme Base
Love Circles by Laura Carboni
Love Control by Renai Sousa
Lucky by Eddie De Oliveira
Madness Volume 1 by Kairi Shimotsuki
Mandela: An Illustrated Autobiography by Nelson Mandela
Marvel Comics Presents Wolverine Vol 4 by Dwight Zimmerman et. al.
Midnighters #1: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Nonprofit by Matt Burriesci
Not Left Behind by Best Friends Animal Society
Oliver by Birgitta Sif
Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson
Picasso and Minou by P.I. Maltbie
Picnic by Yugi Yamada
Polar: the Titanic Bear by Daisy Corning Stone Spedden
Raf by Anke De Cries
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Serenity: Leaves on the Wind by Zack Whedon
Shug by Jenny Han
Spells by Emily Gravett
Spider-Man, Volume 1 by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Daniel Quantz
Spider-Men by Brian Michael Bendis & others
Star Trek: I, Q by John de Lancie, Peter David
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 Vol 1 by Scott Tipton, David Tipton, others
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Supernatural: The Roads Not Taken by Tim Waggoner
Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
The Avengers, Volume 2 by Brian Michael Bendis, others
The Call to Vengeance (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice 16) by Jude Watson
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
The Daria Diaries by Anne D. Bernstein
The Dark Half by Stephen King
The Death of Hope (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice 15) by Jude Watson
The Followers (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice Special Edition 2) by Jude Watson
The Gingerbread Girl by Stephen King
The Girl Who Was On Fire edited by Leah Wilson
The Good Neighbors: Kin (book one) by Holly Black
The Good Neighbors: Kind (book three) by Holly Black
The Good Neighbors: Kith (book two) by Holly Black
The Grannyman by Judy Schachner
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech
The Green Mile by Stephen King
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise Borden
The Little Book of Celtic Wisdom by John Matthews & Caitlin Matthews
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Only Witness (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice 17) by Jude Watson
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
The Reader by Amy Hest
The Rockaways by Gilles Peress
The Scarecrow and His Servant by Philip Pullman
The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon
The Sherlockian by Graham Moore
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake
The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
The Threat Within (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice 18) by Jude Watson
The Ties that Bind (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice 14) by Jude Watson
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements
This Star Won't Go Out by Esther Earl & others
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson
Torchwood: The Dead Line by Phil Ford
Torchwood: The Undertaker's Gift by Trevor Baxendale
Touching Darkness (Midnighters #2) by Scott Westerfeld
Tricky Prince by Yukari Hashida
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Uglies: Cutters by Scott Westerfeld
Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 11: Carnage by Brian Michael Bendis, others
Uncanny X-Men: Quarantine by Fraction, Gillen, Land
Veronica Mars: the Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham
What Really Happened in Peru by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan
Whittington by Alan Armstrong
Wolf Won't Bite! by Emily Gravett
Your Love Sickness by Hayate Kuku
Z is for Zamboni by Matt Napier

Comments

I used to break it down like this

[rhodeygirl.livejournal.com]

But, really, this year's list was so small (22) that I would be embarrassed to go to the trouble. Here is to more prolific reading year.

Re: I used to break it down like this

[katekintailbc.livejournal.com]

I recommend picture books. They increase the number of books read quite easily. LOL I read more of those in 2014 than any other genre!

Actually, for a swap-bot swap, I had to answer tons of questions and do things like count anyway.

I do one of everything I write in a year also and haven't yet done that one.

Happy reading in 2015 to you! :-)