2009 in Review

This is the first time I've ever put numbers to my reading, so forgive me if they all don't add up....this is my first stab at tallying and all of the different categories!!

Final Total for 2009- 189 books

Categories-
Fiction: 98
Non-Fiction: 11
YA:54
Graphic Novels: 20
Short Stories: 3
Childrens: 3


Where the Books came from-
Book blogger Recommended: 69 (I got most of these from my local library)
ARCS/Author/Publisher: 22
Books From My Shelves: 6 (pathetic!)
Books from the Library: 137

Favorite Books read in 2009:

• Guernsey and Literary Potato Peel Pie Society
• The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
• Still Alice
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
• The Cellist of Sarajevo
• Willow
• Undercover
• A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes From My Kitchen Table
• Little Bee
• Undone
• Labor Day
• The Grand Sophy
• The Road

Challenges Completed:
Winter Reading Challenge
2009 Pub Challenge
2009 YA Challenge
RYOB Challenge - I set my goals really low for this one.
Everything Austen Challenge


Challenges that I didn't complete:
Classic Challenge- didn't read a one!!!
Unshelved Reading Challenge
What's In a Name-bombed this one


Reading Resolutions for 2010:

• will only accept 1 ARC per month
• continue to do book tours
• try to keep my library check out to 10 books and less so that I can get all of them read!
• will not buy any "new" books from stores for the first 6 months of the year
• will READ my own books!!!
• will try to get through all of the ARCs just sitting on my shelves right now. Or if I don't read them I will give them all away!!!!!!!!
• keep my reviews short and sweet!!
• Continue on with Six Sentence Saturdays
• read deliberately!! I love that!

I would like to thank each and every person who visits my blog and leaves me comments. Let's face it, it's nice to have someone interested in what you have to say and those comments really make me feel great! I hope to be an even better commenter during 2010, not sure if I will pony up the $ to get high speed but I do try my best to visit all of the blogs I dearly love to read. As I ring in the New Year tonight I will be toasting and wishing all of the best to each and every one of you!!!!

I welcome 2010 with open arms
and can't wait to see what new reading experiences
will come my way!