2014 Reading Challenge

Dana has
completed her goal of reading 30 books in 2014!

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33 of 30 (100%)

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I was able to complete my reading challenge of reading 30 books this year, but I did lower the number, as the last two years in a row, I had tried and failed to read 52 books. I am giving it another go this coming year. Is 2015 going to be the year I can finally read 52 books? We shall see…

Stats breakdown:

• Total number of books read: 33
• Fiction books: 31
• Nonfiction books: 2
• YA books: 5
• Audio books: 10
• E-books: 3
• Re-reads: 14

I am most surprised about the large number of re-reads. Many of those were from the Chronicles of Narnia. The first time I read these books, I stalled out somewhere in the middle of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. This time I finished them all, and they were also all audio books, which accounts for the unusually high number of audio books as well. I didn’t realize, however, that I was re-reading so many books that I had read before. Only two re-reads happened because I was teaching the books (The God of Small Things and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn).

Favorite reads of the year (reviews linked):

• Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer (my hands-down favorite)
• Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
• Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell
• The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger

Least favorite reads of the year:

• The Last Battle, C. S. Lewis
• The Silver Chair, C. S. Lewis

Reading Challenge Stats:

• R. I. P. Challenge: I read one of the four books I challenged myself to read. I am chalking that up to having a new position and becoming accustomed to the resulting increased workload in September and October, which coincide with the challenge months.
• 2014 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge: Completed with two books extra. I read seven books and challenged myself to read five. I still haven’t seen any word about the 2015 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. Hmm.
• Foodies Reading Challenge: I didn’t even start this one. I had good intentions of reading some of the foodie nonfiction I have been meaning to get to for some time, but I didn’t do it.
• Witches and Witchcraft Reading Challenge: I read four of the five books I challenged myself to read.
• Postal Reading Challenge: A very cool challenge that I never even started.
• Book Bingo Reading Challenge: I scored BINGO twice, so I am calling that one met. I challenged myself to score BINGO once, which was five books, and I was able to count ten books for this challenge.
• Where Are You Reading? Challenge: No set number of books, but I mapped each book I read.