Audiobooks, physical books and e-books
About the same as last year - ebooks are just super convenient. I am happy with how many physical books I read this year, it just doesn't look like a lot percentage wise.
One of my goals this year was to read more of the books I already owned, which I didn't really succeed in. I only used kindle unlimited for about half of the year, but I discovered scribd thanks to Heather. I still went a bit nutty with ARCs and the library. Maybe 2020 will be the year of reading books I already own...
Month by Month Breakdown
I am certainly not laughing at what I went through this year, but I do find it a wee bit funny that you can clearly tell the tough months based on my reading, or lack thereof. Sometimes I use reading as a crutch, sometimes my emotions are just too much and I am too mentally exhausted to read. Thankfully, I got somewhat back to normal towards the end of the year.
Favourite Books
Most of the time, a book is a favourite to me if I had a good time reading it and can see myself either recommending it or re-reading it. Sometimes it's a book that I would never re-read and would hesitate to recommend, but it made me feel all the feelings or think all the thoughts. Some of them are 4 stars, some are 5 stars. In no particular order:
A Curse So Dark and Lonely (and the sequel) - so good!
Saga series - I still think about this series all the time and check to see if the hiatus is over
The Trials of Morrigan Crow (and the sequel) - loved these two so much
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - this was so good! I really recommend this one.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill - one of my favourite characters of all time. Such a good book!
First Grave on the Right - really enjoying this series, it's just so fun. I'm up to book 3.
Then She Was Gone - my first Lisa Jewell and so freaking good.
Last Christmas in Paris - gah, loved this one. So lovely.
Speak - this was a book club book I never would have picked up on my own. Really good.
Things You Save in a Fire - not my favourite Katherine Center but I still loved it.
A Study in Scarlet Women - this was so fun! Can't wait to continue the series.
The Lost Man - so creepy, so aussie, loved it.
Jar of Hearts - I read this in January and I still think about how messed up it was.
The Heart's Invisible Furies - finally finished this behemoth! Beautiful and sad.
Ask Again, Yes - another book club one, it had flaws sure, but I really enjoyed reading it.
The Huntress - this was a slog and a half and I was relieved when I finished, but it's one of those books that seems to have gotten better in my mind as time goes on.
A Madness of Sunshine - hi, everyone read this now, thank you
Anne of Green Gables - Heather made me do it. Ha!
Harry's Trees - this was so freaking sad but beautifully written.
A Woman Is No Man - so hard to read, more than a little bit slow, but I still think about it.
Wild Aces series (first pictured, my fave) // Before Girl // The Widow of Rose House // Sin & Ink (+ the second one)
I always make an effort to fit in re-reads. I want to re-read more, but you know, too many books, too little time. A few I re-read this year:
Happiness for Beginners // Edenbrooke / When Beauty Tamed the Beast (I know that cover is ridiculous, but this is seriously one of my all time favourite historicals) // The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
I re-read all of Jane Austen's except for Mansfield Park and left Pride & Prejudice for last // I re-read the first 5 Winston Brothers to prepare for the last two, Truth or Beard will always be my fave // VIP series // Her Best Worst Mistake
I only have one that I can think of.... the last Winston Brothers book. I ended up rating it 4 stars but I think I was being a bit generous. I was seriously disappointed by it. I don't know if it was my expectations or it just wasn't as good as the others. Either way, I honestly can't see myself re-reading it, and I always want to re-read Penny. So I am sad.
Wish I hadn't read these
I have a few more, but these are the 3 that still kind of make me angry and like I wasted my time:
My main problem with DNFing is I keep going in the hope they will get better or I'll suddenly start enjoying them - but of course since I am forcing it, I end up hate reading it so the book is bound to fail in my eyes. Those are the ones I need to be better at DNFing (I should have DNF'd The Cactus and I absolutely would have DNF'd the Tattooist and Three Women if they weren't for book club). Anyway. Here are 3 I had high hopes for but accepted they weren't working for me so gave up:
There's always one book that stands out to me each year, I wouldn't call it my absolute favourite, but it just stands out in my mind, and 2019's is The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
All in all, a pretty good year of reading! Here's to 2020!
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