Hi,
I did this post for my 2019 Year in Books and I thought why not do this again 😊
2020 was a wild year. However, read-wise, I think I did better than 2019 which is such a good thing. Although I really give credit to the fact that I barely left home and work had to be done at home thus cutting a significant amount of time wasted on tiring commute.
This year, I set my Goodreads Reading Challenge goal to 51 and I surpassed that goal with 59 books read unlike the 30+ books I got through in 2019. This is also the first time I somewhat seriously took up the Popsugar Reading Challenge that while I failed to complete it, it still pushed me to get through books I probably wouldn't have picked up. So it's still a win for me.
Aside from this post, I'll be having more end of the year and early 2021 posts in the next few days!!
I read 19,978 pages across 59 books
AVERAGE LENGTH: 338 pages
SHORTEST BOOK (55 pages)
The Night is Darkening Round Me by Emily Brontë
LONGEST BOOK (734 pages)
No Longer Human by Junji Ito, Osamu Dazai (Creator)
[ I am soooooo not into poetry. But I pushed through this because why not. I really wouldn't want to count No Longer Human as my longest book since it's a manga but damn it was heavy while I was reading it. Aside from No Longer Human though, the longest traditional books I read were: Night Film and Afterworlds which are both 599 pages ]
MOST POPULAR READ - 4,110,783 people also read ---
Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth
LEAST POPULAR READ - 228 people also read ---
Mission 27 by Mark Feinsand, Bryan Hoch
[ my reread of the Divergent series and ultimately finally finishing the trilogy was a really good accomplishment for me ]
MY AVERAGE RATING FOR 2020: 3.8
HIGHEST RATED ON GOODREADS
The Weight on Skin (Red #2) by Beena Khan
4.20 average
[ this isn't very popular so totally understandable. It's an indie book and while I didn't really love this one, the first book is really good ]
HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS,
How was your reading year in 2020? What was the longest book you read? What's the most popular one?
How was your reading year in 2020? What was the longest book you read? What's the most popular one?
let's connect!
Once I stopped reading fantasy, my books got shorter. Ha! Believe it or not, the longest book was a contemporary romance that clocked in at 592 pages, which is insane! I actually ended up listening to the audiobook, because there was no way I was reading a contemporary romance that long.
ReplyDeletecontemporary going over 500 is kind of unusual and also scary. like how many filler parts are there? hahaha.
DeleteI had a TBR cart of 60-ish books that I wanted to read in 2020 and I thought, for sure, I would get through them with these lockdowns. Instead I'm barely reading at all.
ReplyDeleteI think Goodreads said my longest book was 495 pages - The Fever King.
Karen @ For What It's Worth
these lockdowns really didn't work well for everyone. I hope 2021 turns out to be a better reading year for you, Karen.
DeleteI read a few poetry books in 2020 as well, not sure why.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your reading goals this year!
poetry seems like a good break from all the novels we read, I guess.
DeleteThanks, Joy! Good luck to you as well :)