I still award a score to all the books I read – recorded on my Reading List page. I score out of 10, including half points (so out of 20 really!). Those scores are only snapshots of course, and some books fade from your memory as others, which maybe scored lower initially, stay or grow. Read More
Category: Year in Review: 2022
Review of the Year #2 – 2022 – Time for Book Stats!
I always say this, but this post really is my favourite of the year! The master spreadsheet is still going strong. I love playing with all the data, mining it for nuggets of information that will tell me if my reading habits have changed. In truth, they bobble along generally, but there are some general Read More
Review of the Year #1 – 2022, A Year of Reading and Blogging
As always, I’m saving my books of the year for the 31st, and you’ll get my book stats (my favourite post) on the 29th, but today I plan to share some other blogging highlights, discovered authors and the few disappointments of my reading year. Where did 2022 go? JANUARY – When I proposed running a Nordic Read More
Non Fiction November: My Year in NF
November has a plethora of reading themes and challenges, and Non Fiction November is one of my favourites, precisely because it does encourage me to read more of it! This year so far 27/118 books I’ve read have been NF which is 23% up on last year in numbers and percentage of books read. This Read More
2022 Reading Plans
For my 2021 reading goals I had simplified things down to just two targets. Diversity in reading – I hope to increase reading in translation and by BAME authors. However, my male:female reading ratio will be what it will be – I do not choose books because of the author’s gender, never have. Joining in elsewhere Read More
