In 2011 I read 45 books out of 50 books, which was my set goal for the year. I didn't reach it but I read some great books this year and will attempt to crack those 50 this year again.
I already did a post about my favorite books of 2011, which you can find here.
As my native language is German I certainly read books in German. Out of 45 books I read 21 in German and 24 in English. I hope to keep reading books in both languages in balance for 2012, too.
I read 10 of those books on my e-reader.
13 books were written by men and 32 books I read were written by women.
Only 5 of the books were non-fiction. That is why I hope to read some more non-fiction this year.
Only 10 books I read were from the library and though I am happy to own many books I sure want to support my local library and would be happy to read more books from the library this year.
Of the 45 books I read, 32 books were written by authors new to me.
I am not sure exactly how many pages I managed to read in 2011 but my shelfari account told me that I read more than 15,000 pages and reached my goal for 2011.
All in all I am happy with my reading year 2011. As I already mentioned I'd like to read more non-fiction and more books from the library in 2012. Also I hope to explore some more new great authors this year, but also to revisited some "old friends and favorite auhtors".
Sounds like a successful year for you! I'm hoping to read more non-fiction as well in 2012, we can encourage each other :)
ReplyDeleteAnd as an opposite to you, I'm hoping to use the library less. About 60-70% of my reads at the moment come from the library, which is great, but I own hundreds of books that I haven't read yet and I really should get to some of those first this year.