Another year has come and gone.
At the last count, I have reviewed a total of 46 books for the year to date. This works out to be an average of 3.8 books per month; almost 1 book per week. Though I have will preferred exactly 1 book a week, I think almost is good enough for me these days.
Year 2019 @ 46 (-16 YOY)
Year 2018 @ 62 (+10 YOY)
Year 2017 @ 52 (■ YOY)
Year 2016 @ 52 (-22 YOY)
Year 2015 @ 74 (-23 YOY)
Year 2014 @ 97
2019 is even more so a year of non-fiction as compared to 2018. It is hard to believe that I have spent the better half of the year on non-fiction. Twenty-two of them in all.
I am also happy to say that I have managed to keep my "Did Not Finish" reviews at four. Though easier said than done, I shall endeavour to continue with minimizing such write-ups in the upcoming year.
My count has, for the first time since I started my review blog, dropped below 50. Well, there is always a first time for everything. In any case, what's done is done. The past - books that have been completely or partially read - is what it is. There is no changing it. I may not have managed to read all the books on my reading list nor reviewed all the books I have chosen to read. But in my immediate past, I know pretty much why I choose to read a certain book or genre, and what I will have done, or not done differently. Ultimately, what matters most, I feel, is to enjoy the reading process, engage myself in the story and be transported out of my world into another.
As a matter of course, my 2020 New Year's resolution is to read books, enjoy the stories and write - preferably and hopefully - short reviews.
Finally, to all booklovers out there, may the Year 2020 bring along good books, better reads and best of all, discoveries of all things bookish.
Happy New Year
&
Happy Reading
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