The last day of the last month of 2010, a day of reflection.
I spent hours today visiting various blogs and jotting down book titles that appear on "best of" or "top [insert number here]" reads of 2010. Then I looked at my list, and all in all, felt pretty good about my Year in Reading--the 2010 version. While I didn't blog on each and every book, I managed to finish 75 books this year, an all-time high number for me. Of course, reaching that number is far easier when that pesky little thing called a 9-5 job doesn't interfere (probably the only plus of being unemployed). Lack of that "little thing" allowed me to become much more familiar with my local public library, and that reacquaintance was one of the highlights of the year. Inter-Library loan rocks!
Favorite reads of the year include The Postmistress by Sarah Blake, Every Last One by Anna Quindlen, The Search by Norah Roberts, A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg, and How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O'Neal. The biggest surprise of the year was finally reading--and liking!--Naked in Death by J.D. Robb, first in her In Death series. With 32 waiting in the queue, catching up on this series and the uber-couple, Eve and Roarke, will be fun!
The year in numbers:
Total Books: 75
Category:
13 Non-Fiction
16 Romance
19 Mystery
27 Fiction
Source:
6 Mt. TBR
32 New
37 Library
Format:
5 Trade Paperback
8 Mass Market Paperback
14 Kindle
48 Hardcover
Total Pages: 23,978
Looking ahead to 2011, my library request list already has sixteen books listed including Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt, Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland, and Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Heading into the new year, my reading resolution, as always, is to read whatever I want whenever I want with no apologies for my selections. Added to that this year will be the resolution to spend more time reading and less time writing about what I read. To that end, I'll post a monthly reading summary here at Owlsfeathers and perhaps a separate post now and then on a book that particularly captures my reading fancy or on an event of note. (And, of course, any post-worthy pictures of the extended family of dogs and cats.) My booknotes will also be updated at Shelfari as well as at Goodreads.
Wishing everyone health, happiness, and unending pages of reading joy in 2011.
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