Once again, a crazy goal. This year, I officially set a goal of 50 books. Unofficially, I was still trying to read 100 books. Almost made it.
Overall, I read 91 books, totaling 35,154 pages (an average of ~96 pages per day). Still a bit of a range on length, from The Nameless City at only 23 pages up to 995 in White Sand. An average of 386 per book comes in just 2 shy of last year, so I think the short stories still count. 😄
For the longest time, I was average right at 100 pages per day, but over the last week or so (in a last burst to finish the year), that bumped up slightly. I ended up at an average of 104 pages / day. None too shabby.
Rating-wise, my average was even higher than last year at 4.6 stars… Hey, I read what I like. I had fewer did-not-finishes and books I chose just on the cover, which helped a bit.
Compared to my original list, I at least started everything. I actually finished Mere Christianity this time around1. On top of that, I got more into audiobooks this time around, listening to (series, all):
It’s a nice way to add a few more books. Something I can actually do while I’m working (depending on what I’m working on).
Overall, I greatly enjoyed reading as much as I did. Let’s see how 2017 goes!
Here’s the full list of reviews:
Posts in 2016 Book Reviews:
- 2016 Reading List
- Sir Thursday
- Lady Friday
- Superior Saturday
- Lord Sunday
- The Name of the Wind
- Revelation Space
- Chasm City
- The Aeronaut's Windlass
- Storm Front
- Fool Moon
- Grave Peril
- Summer Knight
- Death Masks
- The Wise Man's Fear
- Blood Rites
- Staked
- The Slow Regard of Silent Things
- Dead Beat
- Proven Guilty
- White Night
- Nexus
- Small Favor
- Turn Coat
- Changes
- Ghost Story
- Cold Days
- Skin Game
- Crux
- The Final Empire
- Apex
- Warbreaker
- The Well of Ascension
- Ancillary Justice
- Ancillary Sword
- The Hero of Ages
- The Alloy of Law
- Ancillary Mercy
- Shadows of Self
- Red Rising
- The Fifth Season
- The Nameless City
- The Colour Out of Space
- The Festival
- The Call of Cthulhu
- The Bands of Mourning
- The Dunwich Horror
- Moon Called
- Blood Bound
- The Shadow Over Innsmouth
- Iron Kissed
- A Short Stay in Hell
- The Shadow Out Of Time
- Bone Crossed
- Silver Borne
- Golden Son
- At the Mountains of Madness
- The Horror from the Mound
- Legion
- Skin Deep
- River Marked
- Frost Burned
- Night Broken
- Aurora
- Fire Touched
- Cry Wolf
- Hunting Ground
- Fair Game
- The Three-Body Problem
- Dead Heat
- Steelheart
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Morning Star
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Cruel Beauty
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Firefight
- Calamity
- Welcome to Night Vale
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- The Color of Magic
- The Time Machine
- The Light Fantastic
- Coraline
- 2016 Reading List Retrospective
- Not my favorite. [return]