2018 Reading in Review

So in 2018 I set my goodreads target to 50 and managed to read a total of 153 books. Below are some stats about my year of reading.

My best reading month was August 2018 in which I read 18 books and my worst was September when I read 6.

Genre wise the split was as follows:

Fantasy 100
SciFi 28
Historical 8
Dystopia 8
Contemporary 4
Urban Fantasy 2
Adventure 2
Thriller 1

The contemporary surprised me as I don't usually enjoy contemporary but of the 4 I read I most enjoyed Floored.

I read in different formats this year too.
40 Hardbacks
38 Paperbacks
30 Audiobooks
29 Graphic Novels
11 ARC copies
5 ebooks (some arcs were ebooks so this may actually be more)

98 books were YA
28 Middle Grade
27 Adult


87 of the books I read were published in 2018 with the remaining 66 published before then.

I also DNF'd 7 books.

112 of the books I read were part of a series and 40 were standalones. 15 of the series reads completed series and 43 of them were beginnings of new series/duologies. I had 4 re-reads which was all part of the Spellslinger series as I listened to them all on Audiobook.

December 2018 Wrap Up

So in December 2018 I managed to read a total of 14 books, .

In order of reading I completed Ms Marvel vol 2 by Various, Small Spaces by Katherine Arden, Explorers on Witch Mountain by Alex Bell, Blood and Sand by CV Wyk, Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare, Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman, Sakura Clear Card vol 5 by CLAMP, Father Christmas and Me by Matt Haig, Guardians of the Galaxy vol 1 by Various, Skyward by Brandon Sanderson, All the Wandering Light by Heather Fawcett, Poe Dameron vol 5 by Various, New Avengers AIM vol 2 by Various and Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody.

 

 

                            

Stats:

Hardback = 5

Paperback = 1

Graphic Novel/Manga = 5

Audiobook = 3

Ebook = 0

 My 5 star reads were Explorers on Witch Mountain, Queen of Air and Darkness, Thunderhead and Skyward. Explorers on Witch Mountain was a brilliant middle grade polar fantasy sequel which was just as endearing as the first book. Queen of Air and Darkness was a brilliant ending to the Dark Artifices trilogy, with enough set up for the next lot of books too. Thunderhead, blew me away just as Scythe did in November and I now begin the long wait for the last book in September/October time. Skyward was the most amazing sci-fi and my first ever Brandon Sanderson book - but it won't be my last!

This month all of the books I read were brilliant! I don't think any of them were less than a 3 and a half with most getting 4 stars.

(*From 30th November until 30th December I took part in the Summoning Spells: A Summoner Readathon. And all of these books were completed as part of that readathon)

(Original readathon blog post here.)