2018 Wrap Up & Reading Stats

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Goodbye 2018

2018 has ended which means its time I talk about the books I've read.

2018 started with me having high hopes. Because not only did I wanted it to be a mellow year but I also wanted it to be a great reading year. And for the most part, it was. I managed to read 73 books. Not more than in 2017n where I was, at some point, reading a book a day. But I'm so proud of myself for those 70 books I did read in 2018.

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I'm going to try and do some stats here and math is not my best friend so I might be wrong in some parts but I'm still gonna try.

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Goodreads says that I read 18,789 pages in the 73 books I read but I totally read more pages than that since I would pick up a book and just not finish it.

The shortest book I read was The Flowering of the Strange Orchid by H. G. Wells. And the longest was Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. 

Both were really fun to read.

I also read Romeo and Juliet which happened to be amongst the most popular. Which makes sense since its a well known classic.
But it makes me sad that only 28 people have read The Diver. A cute picture book with a cute inspirational story about following your dreams no matter what.

And my average rating was 3.7. 

Okay, so this kind of makes a lot of sense to me. Because I did read a few books that were below 3 stars. And surprisingly a lot of them weren't 5 stars like last year.

If you want to see the full Goodreads stats. I will include a link here.
I also did a Goodreads list on all the books I read during 2018. So I won't include individual links.

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Apart from my Goodreads stats here are more stats that I've figured out.

Books Read in (month):

January: 9

February: 0

March: 4

April: 1

May: 4

June: 6

July: 16

August: 4

September: 1

October: 11

November: 9

December: 8

Written by (gender) Writers:

Female: 60

Male: 12

Did I Read Them Completly?:

Finished: 73

DNFs: 0

Rating:

★★★★★: 15 Books

★★★★☆: 27 Books

★★★☆☆: 25 Books

★★☆☆☆: 3 Books

★☆☆☆☆: 1 Book

Books Read (according to page count):

Over 500: 1

From 450 to 499 pages: 2

From 400 to 449 pages: 5

From 251 to 399 pages: 37

Under 250 pages: 26

In What Format did I Read the Most:

Paperbacks: 26

Hardcovers: 18

ARCs: 8

Audiobooks: 19

Books I Read That Came out in 2018:

The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel
Kens
Not Her Daughter
Broken Dolls
The Lucky Dress
Murder on Memory Lake
The Serial Daters Shopping List
Kissing Games
Strawberries & Creme Murder
Out, Out, Away From Here
The Perfect Catch
Wait With Me
The Beau & the Belle
The Diver

Books I Read That Came out Before 2018:

Love, Life, and the List
Man Hands
There's Someone Inside Your House
Dear Bridget, I Want You
She Be Damned
The Knocked Up Plan
The Secret of Black Rock
The Museum of Heartbreak
The Upside of Unrequited
A Lie for a Lie
Nine Women, One Dress
What Happens Now
This is My Brain on Boys
The Princess Saves Herself in This One

The Inn Between

A Week Without Tuesday

The Killing Jar

Oliver: The Cat Who Saved Christmas

Dashing Through the Snow

Ruthless

Ruby on the Outside

My Last Kiss

P.S. I Still Love You

And We Stay

Killer Instinct

Dark Places

Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda

When We Were Sisters
No One Else Can Have You

Tagged for Death

Sister Eve, Private Eye

Now & Forever

Year of Mistaken Discoveries

Fangirl

Plum Deadly

All I Need

The Selection

The Sandman: The Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie

Men Who Wish to Drown

Queen of the Dead

When I Was Small

The Ghost and The Goth

Dear Vampa

Shug

Books I Read That Came out Before I Was Born (1994): 

1992 - The Quiche of Death, 

1930 - The Secret of The Old Clock

1927 - The Tower Treasure

1905 - The Strange Orchid

1904 - Peter Pan

1897 - Dracula

1872 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass

    "    - Carmilla

1843 - The Tell-Tale Heart

1820 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

1600 - Hamlet

1598 - Much Ado About Nothing

1597 - Romeo and Juliet

Books I Got as Gifts: This year most of the books I got were gifts from my mom.

Books I Bought Myself: Mostly because my PayPal failed me.

Books I Won Through Giveaways: 10 from Goodreads

Books Sent by Publishers: 12

Readathons I Participated In:

Spookathon

Tis the Season a Thon

Most Books Read by One Author: 

Wiliam Shakespeare - 3
Stacey Kade - 2
Jenny Han - 2
Susane Colasanti - 2
M.C. Beaton - 2
Becky Albertalli - 2

Series Started:

No One Else Can Have You (No One Else Can Have You #1) by Kathleen Hale

The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin #1) by M.C. Beaton

Plum Deadly (Pie in the Sky Mysteries #1) by Ellie Grant

Tagged for Death (Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery #1) by Sherry Harris

Strawberries & Crème Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #1) by Susan Gillard

Murder on Memory Lake (Ferrara Family Mystery #1) by J.D. Griffo

The Selection (The Selection #1) by Kiera Cass 

Man Hands (Man Hands #1) by Sarina Bowen

The Tower Treasure #1 (The Hardy Boys #1) by Franklin W. Dixon

Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones #1) by Helen Fielding 

The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew #1) by Carolyn Keene

Sister Eve, Private Eye (A Divine Private Detective Agency Mystery #1) by Lynne Hinton 

Killer Instinct (Killer Instinct #1) by S.E. Green 

Series Continued: 

P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before #2) by Jenny Han

Queen of the Dead (The Ghost and the Goth #2) by Stacey Kade 

A Week without Tuesday (Tuesday McGillycuddy #2) by Angelica Banks

Series Ended:

NONE

Series I Started and Will Continue:

No One Else Can Have You  by Kathleen Hale

Agatha Raisin by M.C. Beaton

Pie in the Sky Mysteries by Ellie Grant

Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery by Sherry Harris

Donut Hole Mystery by Susan Gillard

Ferrara Family Mystery by J.D. Griffo

Killer Instinct by S.E. Green 

Series I Started But Will Probably Not Finish:

The Selection #1 by Kiera Cass 

Man Hands #1 by Sarina Bowen

The Hardy Boys #1 by Franklin W. Dixon

Bridget Jones #1  by Helen Fielding 

Nancy Drew #1 by Carolyn Keene

A Divine Private Detective Agency Mystery #1 by Lynne Hinton 

Book Blog Stuff

First Post of 2018:  I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Allison Rashkin | Book Review #82

Last Post of 2018:  The Perfect Catch by Cassidy Carter | Book Review #136

Number of Post Written in 2018: 112

Reviews Posted in 2018: 55

Most Views: 538

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