It’s my favourite time of year, my small fiends of the darkness! ANALYSING STAT TIME.
Oh hush. I can be a nerd if I want. I literally live for analysing my reading stats. I keep spreadsheets and sticky-note lists tapped to my bookshelf and I update Goodreads and obsess over it like it’s a magical dragon hatchling just discovered by the light of heaven’s glory. * I LOVE STATS OKAY. **
Ahem.
So since the world year is ending I’m joining in the End of Year Survey hosted by the Perpetual Page Turner! You can see my 2015 and 2014 years although I don’t know why you’d do that because my posts were weird back then. ***
LOKI WARNING: I won’t be doing ALL the sections and I’ll also make up my own sections (BECAUSE I’M LOKI AND I DO WHAT I WANT THAT’S WHY IT’S CALLED A “LOKI WARNING”).
In this post I will:
- analyse my reading stats
- recap some great books I read this year
- generally shout about books and throw photos of nice books around because that’s who I am as a person
- generally say too much, probably, and whoever makes it to the end of this post will get a small cupcake
- I get to make LOTS OF PRETTY GRAPHICS FOR MYSELF TO ADMIRE (you can admire them too, if you like #magnanimous)
* Which, to be honest, is EXACTLY what Goodreads is.
** Sometimes I ask myself, “Cait, darling,” I say, “do you actually enjoy reading or cataloguing all these books better, hmm?” To which I reply “NO COMMENT” because myself is an invasive little melon and I have rights here.
*** They’re not weird now. Stop it.
ACTUAL SUMMARY OF MY YEAR
NUMBER OF BOOKS READ
Thanks, Goodreads. I happen to be really excellent at eating cake and forgetting where I put my left sock.
STAR RATINGS
Erm, so it’s awkward to note that MOST of my reads were 2 or 3 stars….like am I getting picky in my old age? Someone watch out while I wield my granny cane and be cranky about my oLD BONES and THE WEATHER.
GENRES READ
I MEAN, PEOPLES. I DON’T KNOW. IS MY FAVOURITE GENRE FANTASY MAYBE???? IT’S HARD TO SAY.
WHERE DID THE BOOKS COME FROM?
Who are you calling a library addict??????? Because: yes those accusations are true. Honestly I’m keeping them in business. Also it’s come to my attention that I don’t buy many books for myself. Wow. I need to become rich and famous and change that.
HOW MANY WERE DIVERSE?
Yay that the majority were diverse books! Although I do want to see the day where I don’t even track this because ALL BOOKS SHOULD BE DIVERSE.
TYPES OF DIVERSITY REPRESENTATION?
This is calculated out of the 168 diverse books I read. And it’s definitely noticeable that it’s more common to be a secondary/supporting character who represents a minority instead of the main character. (PS. I plan to do these stats better next year, because I didn’t always record if it was the protagonist or supporting cast who fit the diverse category. MY BAD.)
YEAR PUBLISHED IN?
What can I say? I keep up with the current books. #Trendy AND I read a grand total of three 2017 books early, so like go me and organisation. We be friends. (Lies. We hate each other generally.)
MALE VS FEMALE AUTHORS
GO MY GIRL POWER.
(NOTE: All covers will link to their reviews, so clickity click if you’re curious.)
BEST BOOKS OF 2016?
This question kills me every time BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF FAVOURITES and am not good at decision making. Seriously it takes me 9 working days to pick an ice cream flavour. (Although, unsurprisingly due to my new found crankiness status, I have had about half the amount of books on my 2016 favourites shelf on Goodreads. HELP ME I’M TOO HARD TO PLEASE.)
BOOKS YOU THOUGHT YOU’D LOVE BUT THEN DIDN’T?
Ugh, I am put out by my non-love of these books. How dare they not be everything I hoped for. Off with all the heads. *
* Don’t you think I’d make an epic Red Queen though?????? SOMEONE HIRE ME I’VE FOUND MY CALLING.
GOOD SURPRISES?
Sometimes going into a book with low expectations is actually the best?!? AND LOOK AT ALL THESE CONTEMPORARIES. Things can be good without dragons??? I never would’ve guessed.
BOOKS YOU FORCED PEOPLE TO READ (AND THEY DID)?
I say this every year but…
…MAGGIE STIEFVATER BOOKS.
The day my answer changes is the day my brain explodes, the stars combust, the zombies come, the earth swallows the moon, I conquer my TBR, and when I drop my toast it doesn’t land jam side down. So to translate: it’ll never change.
FAVOURITE NEW AUTHOR DISCOVERED IN 2016?
I should have tracked the stats of how many new vs old authors I read this year….BUT I DIDN’T BECAUSE SOMEONE DIDN’T THINK OF IT TILL NOW AND THAT SOMEONE IS FIRED. *
* Fine. I’m packing. I’m leaving. I don’t get paid enough for all the obsessive reading-stats tracking I do anyway. If you want me, I SHALL BE IN THE BAHAMAS AND I SHAN’T BE SORRY.
FAVOURITE BOOK FROM A PREVIOUSLY-KNOWN AUTHOR?
I actually cry a little when I find an author that CONSTANTLY serves me winning books on golden platters and says “my liege, this was designed just to please thine magnanimous self”. It’s nice. * I approve.
* Obviously this happens all the time. Particularly the golden platter bit. I basically have a whole room full of them, sheesh, the trials I face being queen.
BEST SERIES FINALES?
You know what I’m terrified of? SERIES FINALES. There is just so potential for them to be as much fun as as frying pancakes whilst using your face for a pan. So I generally do the logical thing and, you know, never ever read them.
But Crooked Kingdom, The Raven King, The Winner’s Kiss, and Half Lost DID NOT DISAPPOINT.
I’m broken, of course, but that’s just a normal state of bookworm affairs. I didn’t want happiness anyway.
FAVOURITE COVERS?
Do I judge books by their covers and am a totally shallow bookworm who thinks “COVER FIRST, INSIDES LATER”???? Of course not.
FAVOURITE SQUAD GOALS?
I would like to immediately be adopted into Kell and Rhy and Lila’s gang. Not that they’re a gang. Not that they even like each other half the time. But still: adopt me. Also I obviously want to be an honorary Raven Boy. I’d probably have to be dead first, but I can work with the ghost life.
BEST BOOK YOU READ BECAUSE SOMEONE RECOMMENDED IT?
I’m horribly peer-pressured. If you read a book, then I want to read it. If you eat a pear, than I want a pear. If you decide to crown yourself queen of Gotham, than I take over 9 galaxies, two continents, and three duck ponds and crown myself universal queen of all because I’m also competitive.
It’s probably something I should work on, you know? Not being so pressured? But whatever.
I definitely picked up all these books because I saw other bloggers talking/raving about them like mad lunatics. WHICH HONESTLY IS THE JOB DESCRIPTION OF WE BLOGGERS.
BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY?
Okay here’s the truth: I NEVER ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY CRY WHILE READING. I think I have once?? And I think that was more because that was the day I was also smote on the head by goblins of the north. BECAUSE I DON’T CRY. Ahem.
But I do cry on the inside. So I’m counting that.
Woah, did these ones coordinate their outfits or WHAT?!? Very nice. Honestly if I could coordinate my own outfits half as well of these covers, I might actually be able to leave the house. But no. The shirt I’ve had for 5 years it is.
OTHER RANDOM BOOKS I NEED GIVE MY AFFECTIONS TO BECAUSE REASONS?
Because apparently I just want to THROW all the books I loved at your face. Which is highly unusual for me. I’m like the model of The Chill And Collected Blogger. *
Like these books aren’t ones I’m going to marry at dawn and pledge my firstborn dragon son to. ** But they’re still good. And I enjoyed them!!
* #lies
** To be honest, I’m not pledging my firstborn dragon son to ANYONE because I don’t have one.
MADE YOU SUPER MAD?
When I named myself Paper Fury, it was mostly because it sounded good. But it was also partially because (A) I think maybe I am Nick Fury and will lead the Avengers someday, (B) I actually meant to spell “fry” in honour of my love of potatoes but then I just worked with the typo I had, (C) I actually do get VERY EMOTIONALLY SHOUTY about many matters pertaining to books because I’m passionate about it. Am I passionate about a lot of things? Eh, no. It’s mostly just books. And I’m also passionate about avocado chocolate pie because it’s GREAT and no one agrees. But I digress.
These books made me THE FURY.
- PAPER PRINCESS: for romanticising sexual harassment
- THE READER: for having disability erasure and no one else commenting on it which is really frustrating
- EVERY HEART A DOORWAY: for dissing Narnia which was my childhood life omg
- NEVER NEVER: by ruining Peter Pan by having the DUMBEST most whiny Hook villain ever
- STEALING SNOW: so so cliche I actually decided to use it as a hat instead of reading material
BEST BOOKISH AND BLOGGING MOMENTS?
- I reached 3,000 followers on bloglovin! WHICH IS JUST INSANE. Because honestly I just don’t even know why you all put up with me???? I flap around shouting about useless things and never never never never thought my blog would get this book. (PS. Thank you omg.)
- I had a tweet that went viral! Well, I’m calling 5,000 favourites “viral”, okay?! OKAY.
- My #bookstagram account reached 22K. Which, again, WHAT INSANITY IS THIS. Did I accidentally bribe a dark wizard???? And I’m laughing because my 2015 recap had “reach 5K on bookstagram” as my goals. HAHAHAHAHHA HAHAH. #overachiever
- I just have really really epic blogging friends. You humans are the kindest things of ever and so supportive and just AHHHHH. Excuse me while I gush a moment but we need to thank the universe for the existence of Maraia, Emily, Jeann, Kelly, Lisa, Shanti and Shar, Esther, Bee, and Shannon!! And, obviously, THE REST OF YOU TOO. LIKE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I FLAIL OVER GETTING TO CHAT WITH ALL OF YOU. If you comment here = I think you’re the most marvellous piece of cake of ever. #TrueStoryBro And if you don’t comment, then feel free. We could be friends. I don’t bite. (Well I sometimes bite, but only biannually. I have a schedule for being scary.)
- UGH I’M GUSHING. SOMEONE SHUT ME UP.
- Also I’m so so so glad I discovered an intense love for Adult Epic Fantasy. It kinda changed my writing life because I want to write this genre so so bad. So bless the creature that is V.E. Schwab who says you can write amazing YA and Adult fantasy things and be fabulous and also stab your readers in the face all the time. #ActualWriterGoals
MOST CHALLENGING THINGS THIS YEAR?
- Humans on the internet. HAHAHAHH HAHAHHA….oh gosh. Okay, I’m sorry. The internet is great, I swear. But ugh. I have been stabbed in the eyeball a few times this year. I’ve been subtweeted and attacked super viciously and it shook me. Plus just having people say I’m stupid, or my reading tastes are horrible, or slamming my reviews, or lying about me, or telling me what to blog about because “well you have a big blog so you should be blogging about this and this” IS ALL JUST DISGUSTING. I’m my own person and I shall have my own thoughts, opinions, and feelings thank you very much, sir. I wish the internet was kinder and thought about the other people behind the screen more. But you know what? That has been like 10% of my year. 90% has been awesome. So I’m not dwelling on these grapefruits of sourness.
- Anxiety. I’m actually mildly private about it, but sometimes I want to mention it so if any of you struggle with anxiety disorders too…just know I understand you!! Let’s cry occasionally, eat cake, and then continue being awesome.
- MY TBR KNOWS NO CHILL. Even less than me. Help. It’s crushing me flat and is definitely a challenge. Stop feeding this child. #AndImNotEvenThatSorry
BEST AND MOST POPULAR BLOG POSTS?
BOOK YOU SHOULD’VE READ BY NOW, SO WILL BE #1 PRIORITY IN 2017?
Erm, this is embarrassing. But like how did I read 245 books and STILL FEEL MAJORLY BEHIND WITH MY TBR???? It’s a conspiracy. Needless to say, I shall be onto these books first thing in 2017. Or else, you know, first thing in 2018. Or 2034.
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED 2017 RELEASES?
I did write a WHOLE POST on this which you should read and watch your TBR explode in your face and then we can cry together with how broke we’re going to be in 2017.
Is it just me or is 2017 going to be WICKEDLY INSANELY AMAZING for books???? I want them all. I need to rob a bank strike gold or at least become rich and famous for my ability to mention cake in every single post without fail.
GOALS FOR 2017?
- Read 200 books. (And not, like, stress over reading because I need to have time to write too.)
- WRITE SO SO MUCH!! Because I have a ridiculous amount of books outlined. No joke, I outlined at least 6+ books this year. Who’s going to write them all, hmm?? I need to get busy.
- Reach 40K on instagram. (SHHH I’M DREAMING BIG HERE.)
- Host a blog party! Because I always think about doing it AND THEN DON’T because #lazy.
- Do more writing-advice posts. Even though I know not what I’m doing. I KNOW NOTHING, JON SNOW. But at least I know nothing fabulously.
- Actually sort out my review shelves on the blog. Because the goal is to have them all interactive but so far I only have the Retelling shelf like HALF DONE. Someone smite me. Why do I read 200+ books a year and have 800+ reviews to catalogue?
- Continue my reign of terror. I’m just working on the “terror” bit. You all don’t seem scared???? What is this???? Fear me????
I just found out about this this year and I am going to do it too!
But you’ve inspired me to go back and make pretty our charts too! Did you do it from your own lists of books? They are magical.
I’ll let you know when I do mine :))
You’ve been such a great help to my blogging! Thank you so much!!! 🙂
And by help I mean your advice and your how to posts. Seriously. Thank. You!!
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Aww, you’re so very welcome!! I’m glad I’ve done some helpful posts amongst all the wild rambling here.😂
Do you mean the pie charts? I just did them on canva.com and yes they’re analysing the stats of the books I read. 🙂
I don’t calculate my reading stats (because I’m lazy and, ew, maths), but the Goodreads ‘Your Year in Books’ thing is in-depth enough for me. 🙂
I’ve tried to push The Invisible Library onto literally everyone. It…hasn’t worked. I’ve also tried to get my friend to hurry up and read Half Lost (she’s read the first two), but she’s taking her sweet time about it (always does), and I’m just over here like, “oh, I’m dying here, but never mind.” *Glare of passive-aggressiveness* You would think the promise of an absolutely agonising ending would spur her on, but no.
Hope you had a good christmas! XD
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I love the GR your year in books thing!! Although it’s not in depth enough for me.😂 Sliiiiiightly obsessed with ALL THE STATS AND NUMBERS HERE OMG.
Hey I actually bought The Invisible Library because I saw you raving over it!! I haven’t…read it…yet…but that’s because my tBR is a horrible mountain but I SWEAR I’m reading it next year!! Libraries! *flails* 😀
Omg what even is wrong with this friend of yours. Obviously we ALL want books that end in despair and rip apart our souls.
OK SO A FEW THINGS, I haven’t read any of Maggie Stiefavter books *runs away and hides* ALSO VENGEANCE ROAD IS ACTUALLY STUNNING!!! Ahhh I read ADSOM a few days ago and IT WAS SO GOOOOODDDDDD! Also you haven’t read GEMINA??????!!!! Crooked Kingdom was amazing, and I cried….I couldn’t help it. STEALING SNOW AND HEARTLESS WERE MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENTS! The hype let me down ): ): ): ): Glad you’ve had a good blogging year! It’s been so nice reading your comments on my blog and commenting on yours!
YOU MUST READ A STIEFVATER BOOK, JULIA. LOOK I BASICALLY SHOUT ABOUT THE GLORY OF HER BOOKS EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. SO YOU MUST MUST TRY!! *pauses to hyperventilate a moment* I’m actually working on a post of reasons why her books are the best.😂 Because I don’t flail enough obviously hahahaha. *shrieks from the hilltops*
And omg ADSOM is like the best thing of my life. And I nearly cried over Heartless because I wanted it to be awesome but it was such an insipid villain story. 😭😭
It’s been so great meeting you this year, Julia! YOU’RE WONDERFUL!
Thanks for the cake 😉
But HOW LONG IS THAT POST??? I feel like I’ve spent the last 20 minutes reading it ^^ (English not being my mother tongue it can be explained)
Your blog is the best blog I discovered in 2016 so THANKS and what’s nice is that you always answer to comment and we can have a real discussion. ❤
Compared to you I don’t even read but I’M FRENCH SO JUST LOOK AT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND YOU’LL SEE WHY. Sorry about that ^^
Now that I’ve received some books you reviewed for Christmas, I hope that I’ll read them in 2017 (my best friend and I challenged ourselves not to buy books in 2017 except in book fairs (and we don’t receive ARCs so 2017=TBR+library))
Keep your blog as it is 😉
I WARNED YOU IT WAS GOING TO BE LONG!!😂 And it only took me like a week to write it hahah. But congrats on surviving to the end. *gives you all the cake*
But omg, the best blog you discovered this year?!? I’LL DIE HAPPY NOW. THANKS YOU PRECIOUS BEAN. <33
I honestly need to like...strangle myself before going to the library again.😂 But I can't help it?!? All the books there are so tempting?!? But it'd be nice to get my TBR down from the 70+ books it is now to something more manageable hahah. *buries self* 😂
Rambles are the best things to support really, especially if they’re fun to read. Also: most of your “things I should’ve read by now” list I still need to read to. Shout if you want to buddy read any of them 🙂
Yayyyyy for rambling!!😂 IT CAN BE FUN. And awk, we are both sitting in the corner of shame with these books we should’ve read. At least we can have a little part here and not feel too alone.😂 I’ll let you know!! Honestly my TBR is out of control atm and I have no idea when I’ll get to them.🙈🙊
Hi, Cait!
I hope you had a happy christmas! 🙂
Oh, that’s pretty cool. I love bookstats and graphs and all the things. Yours are really impressive. How do you have time for all these books? My Goodreads goal were 52 books – one book a week – and I did that. If I finish my current book, I’ll have 80 which is pretty great, actually. I think I will aim for that in 2017 and surpass it. Ha, overachieving is great!
I started taking pictures of my books – which of course are not as glamorously gorgeous as yours are, but I will try – and hey, I found you! If that’s not a reason to throw flowers in the air then I don’t know what is. 😀
I found Victoria Schwab, which is great! (She and V.E. Schwab are the same person, right? Goodreads has me confused.) And I will finish some series like the Lunar Chronicals and “Dreams of Gods and Monsters” in 2017. I’m actually terrified. I don’t want them to be over, so: I feel you, sister.
I twirl through the driveway with angelic grace ’til I slip on the sidewalk and fall on my face.,
This peppermint winter is so sugar-sweet,
I don’t need to taste to believe,
I AM REALLY SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT I GOT THIS SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD AND I CAN’T GET RID OF IT!!! O_o
LG, m
I did have a nice christmas! (NICE FOOD, ANYWAY.😂) How was yours??
And hahha, I just read pretty fast, I guess!! And I don’t sleep very much.😂 Hello insomnia, my fun friend. But reading is SO WONDERFUL I JUST CAN’T STOP BASICALLY. (Okay, well, I have been having a reading break over the Christmas week because I’ve been watching a TV show haha, but I’m about to get back into it!)
Zomg I looooove Victoria Schwab! (And yes, she publishes her adult books under VE Schwab and her YA ones under Victoria Schwab. I think it’s just to kind of separate them a little because they’re from different categories? Maybe?)
Oooh, Winter is so so good so I hope you enjoy it!!
THIS IS SO EPIC AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE GENEROUS MENTION. I may go and die happily now. I habe SO MUCH ADMIRATION for your patience to write such an amazing blog post. I don’t even have enough stats to shout about yet BUT NEXT YEAR #goals.
I pushed Splintered in my sister’s face until she broke and bought all of them. #noregrets.
I NEED TO BE MORE DILIGENT YOU ARE SHOWING EVERYONE UP OKAY. I want to read all the books BUY I’M SMOL AND ALSO HAVE ANXIETY PROBLEMS (seriously it’s kind of wierd how much we have in common?????? WUT R U?) So it’s nice to know I’m not the only one. I’m lowkey freaking out about my ENTIRE LIFE most of the time.
I BASICALLY LIVE FOR YOUR GENIUS BY THE WAY
Anyways…. maybe I’ll do a recap this year….MAYBE????? Who can know.
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DON’T DIE YET, ESTHER, I NEED YOUR SPLENDID COMMENTS AND EPIC BLOG AND GORGEOUS PHOTOS TO MAKE MY DAY 10000 X BETTER. HONEST TRUTH.
Did you break your sister’s face? Because honestly that’s been my plan of action so far. I’ve just left my sister with The Serpent King. I’m waiting for her to dissolve into weeping and gnashing of teeth. IT’S GOING TO BE GREAT.
I think we’re probably TWINS. That’s the only logical conclusion. *nods* And we can just flop like sad burritos about anxiety because it seriously sucks, but at least we manage to be queens despite it??? We deserve an extra crown honestly????
At your request I SHALL PREVAIL. Also STAAHHHHP YOU’RE MAKING ME BLUSH 😳
Maybe it cracked? JUST A LITTLE?? I’m a good sister. She loves me. SISTERS FOR THE WIN. And may yours break down hopelessly in tears.
SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. Perhaps the crown of an Empress?? Or is that even grand enough????
i cannot believe that I actually read this post from start to end, including the gushing part. ugh
Roseblood seems to be a favorite for the month XD definitely will pick that
hopefully next year I get to do pie charts, good reads?
Oh…well thanks for reading it all! 🙂 Sorry it made you go “ugh”.
I totally can’t WAIT to start Roseblood! I think I’ll start it this week. *flails*
Great post! I also try to calculate my reading stats, but may be kind of jealous of how organised you are 😉
I totally agree with you about Gemina! I loved Illuminae so much and hope to convince lots of people to read it!
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Organisation is my favourite thing.😂😂 But ahhhh ILLUMINAE IS EVERYTHING! It was one of my favourite books this year, even though it was a re-read, but I liked it EVEN MORE the second time?!? I hope Gemina lives up to it…and doesn’t kill everything I love.😂
This is an amazing post! I love how you’ve put up your stats! AND YOUR PHOTOS ARE GORGEOUS!! And I swear Cait, you’re the prime reason why by TBR is expanding and will definitely explode soon! I’ve added literally all the books above that I haven’t read to my TBR! And I agree about the humans on the internet! Like honestly people have you heard of “Live and Let Live?” 2016 has been a great year book wise but otherwise it hasn’t been that great..I’m desperately waiting for 2017 to start!!
Yes I do love KNOWING my reading stats but actually never DO it cause I’m a lazy ass who would rather read and eat all day 😛 I pushed people to read Nevernight and a lot of other lesser known books I found on NetGalley and the library…It’s sad how some books are awesome but not many people know about them 🙁
Amazing blogging moments? I started my blog this year..that’s gotta be the biggest moment! 😀
Awesome post as always Cait.
P.S. Didn’t choke on anything this time cause I almost finished off all the snacks at home so my mom hid whatever snacks I spared :/ 🙁
I’M HERE TO BE HELPFUL AND MAKE YOUR TBR GROW SO TALL IT FALLS ON YOUR HEAD. Which is a good thing???? I’m sure it is???😂 Ahem. But yeS. Like there have been some wonderful things happen this year, but people have been a bit awful online. (And well a lot of tragedies have happened this year which is horrible. So overall 2016 has been sad. 🙁 ) 2017 promises to be EXCELLENT for books though!! I’m so excited!!
NEVERNIGHT IS AMAZING. <3
And congrats on starting your blog this year! *FLAILS WILDLY FOR YOU*
(I'm glad you didn't choke though because it is a good way to end the year without too much choking. *gives you virtual cake anyway for you to virtually choke on* 😂)
Why did it take me so long to find your fabulous blog? TELL ME!
Firstly, wonderful and accurate representation of you drowning in books! (Like, WOW)
And then, your STATS (and here I thought al you did was eat cake, write & read) That is just like so COOL (People could hire you just to calculate their bookish stats, NEW JOB!) Well, Cait you just did the best job at adding 50 BILLION books onto my TBR, THANK YOU!
“So I’m not dwelling on these grapefruits of sourness.”
Don’t waste your time on that 10%. I seriously don’t know how people could do that to you! LIKE HELLO, IT’S CAIT HERE (Do you know who she is. lemme tell you she is a kind, kinda crazy, awesome, ASDFGHJKL person) and so, what were you saying? FOCUS On that 90& because we’re all here for ya’!
Well, I admit, I do CRY at books (ver, rarely) but you have a STRONG heart ( who can eat that much cake and write Nano in like 3 days, of course, you have a strong heart!)
And congrats on all those followers, you seriously deserve MORE (or is this your plan for world domination?)
OH PLEASE DO HOST A BLOG PARTY (it would be so much fun because there would be so much CAKE!)
OH YEAH, CUPCAKE FOR ME *eats away*
“amazing noteworthy blogging moments that i can flail over with you??!!”
Um, yikes, this sounds small compare to yours, but I reached 400 followers (considering this is my first year of blogging, I’m actually quite proud…)
Oh, and YOU commenting on my blog (BIGGEST highlight EVA!)
And then you know joining online magazines, group blogs etc… YA KNOW, the usual!
But hey, here’s to an awesome 2017, CAIT, you deserve IT!
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WEL I’M GLAD YOU’RE HERE NOW BECAUSE I LOVE YOUR COMMENTS AND CHATTING WITH YOU. ALL THE CAKE FOR YOU, MY FRIEND. But dude I make cake + read + MAKE STATS. So I’m really talented I know. And yes that could TOTALLY be what I could be hired for right?!? Because someone needs to pay me money so I can buy more books to drown in.😂 #bookwormlogic
And YES. Haters are just here to make life miserable and ignoring them and continuing on is just probably the best method right? But omg I’m blushing.😂😂 I’m glad I have so so many epic internet friends. It makes my life soooo much better. <3
this is DEFINITELY MY PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION. I'll have all the internet nerds/bookworms on my side when I stage my takeover. So much win.
400 followers is AMAZING!! Especially in your first year omg!! Do you know how many followers I had in my first year? 5.😂 And I was related to most of them hhaha. Ahem. So yes. I'M FLAILING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW YOU'RE AMAZING.
Wow it has been wonderful time for you. Congrats Cait 😊🎉 I usually see my Goodreads stats to analyze my reading. Hehehe.. Btw, I think I want to make similar blog post about this year reading. Thanks for the inspiration and let me know about your moment and perpetual page turner year end survey 😊
Ooh, I can’t wait to read your end of year recap post then!! YAY FOR BOTH OF US! And omg you’re too nice to me. Thank you so much for all your lovely comments and support this year, Hana. <3 It means so much to me!
Your welcome Cait. It is honor for me,too. 🙂 Btw, I have finished writing my 2016 recap. Hope you will come and visit 🙂
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Oh I’ll definitely stop by and visit!!
Wow, you have accomplished so much. You are definitely someone I learn so much from! I hope you have a wonderful 2017!
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Aww, thank you Kara! THIS MAKES ME FLAIL. I hope you have a wonderful 2017 too!!
OH MY GOSH DID I NOT TELL YOU ABOUT RADIO SILENCE AND SERPENT KING AND TINY PRETTY THINGS. Sheesh. Although to be fair you did tell me about The Lost and Found and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Whisper To Me. So I guess we can call it even 😉 But omg what a year you’ve had. You’ve done, like…ALL the things. I’ll be your personal cheer squad getting you to 40k on Instagram, let’s do this.
YES YOU DID. YOU WERE VERY RIGHT. Although waaaaait didn’t I read The Serpent King first? Or did you? OR I CAN’T EVEN REMEMBER. But I 1000% blame you for Tiny Pretty things and Radio Silence. :’) We are definitely even for recommending each other
life destroyingwonderful books.I have done many things omg. Can I nap during 2017 then? 😂
Crooked Kingdom definitely did not dissapoint! It excedeed my expectations an blow my heart to pieces. I’m so excited for Flame in the Mist and Strange the Dreamer. Two of my favorite authors releasing book in the same year = me happy. I calculate my stats last year, but this year it just getting too troublesome because of FINALS so I just leave it at that… I pushed my friends to read Six of Crows and they did and they loved it??? IM SO PROUD.
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I’m so so relieved it was perfection. I NEEDED IT TO BE PERFECTION OMG. <3 And who needs a heart or feelings anyway amirite? Pfft, not us.
And yES I can't wait for Flame in the Mist and Strange the Dreamer.😍 2017 is going to be excellent.
Oh Cait, you are so awesome. And this post was too. (because your photos are #goals) I’m so proud of you going out and conquering blogging, twitter, the world…. I’m sure you will handle the challenge of the TBR. Hmmm…. probably THE OLD KINGDOM BOOKS EVERYONE SHOULD READ THEM THEY’RE SO AMAZING. I joined twitter this year which was pretty fun, and I just totally fangirled whenever ‘cool’ authors liked or retweeted or replied to my tweets. Like, Beth Revis retweeted my fanart which was amazing. And I also read a LOT of great books, like The Game of Love and Death, Out of the Easy, Salt to the Sea, The End of Night, and so many mooore. Here’s to 2017 🙂📚📚📙💥☮🍰🍰🍰🎉
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I HAD THIS FEELING YOU MIGHT MENTION SABRIEL.😂😂 It’s on my TBR for next year okay?! I promise! (I’m going to actually DIE if I don’t love it and therefore disappoint you omg. So much pressure Shanti. I WANT TO LOVE IT FOR YOUR SAKE.) *sweats quietly*
Eeeep, I don’t often interact with authors because THEY’RE TOO COOL OMG but the times I have….afjdskalfd it’s so excited right?!? I’m so happy for you that you had authors like your tweets!! AND YAY FOR BETH REVIS THEN! Ooh, I loved The Game of Love and Death last year. <3
And thus starts my scrolling up and down to comment on all the things in this post…
SO. Sorry you had such a bad/average year when it comes to ratings. My average rating was somewhere around 3 stars too I think. GEH. Also NO SURPRISE you mostly read Fantasy. And YAY diversity and female authors!
As for the books. YOU KNOW I love The Serpent King and soon we shall flail together over The Lies of Locke Lamora. And I have much love for Blackhearts and Highly Illogical Behavior. Also crying because I don’t have Crooked Kingdom yet. But SOON.
And AWWW I LOVE YOU TOO CAIT. SO VERY MUCH. *rewards Cait with all the cake for the shout-out*
I 100% second that you should make The Shadow Queen a priority because EXCELLENT SIBLING RELATIONSHIP IN HERE. Much love for this book. Also, we shall make Gemina a priority together. I just need to wait for my copy ahahaha. XD But when I have it, I shall devour it and make my fellow bookdragons proud.
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It’s like I’m not even subtle about my fantasy obsession, right? WEIRD. I TRY TO BE. (#lies 😂😂) And ugh, yes, it wasn’t the best year for ratings, but I still read some GREAT books so I feel overall it was a good reading year!! And yES you are definitely one of the reasons I wanted to read The Serpent King and 100% the reason I ended up picking up Highly Illogical Behaviour. I forgot about that till now!! hehe
YOU’RE LOVELY. <3
I will definitely be reading Shadow Queen asap in January because isn't that when the sequel comes out? At least I won't have to wait.😂
2016 has been a hard year. I’m in gr.11, and with that comes a LOT of homework. I don’t have a lot of time to blog. As for calculating stats…….*is screaming from a dark corner* I’m currently working on my 2016 wrap up post and DYING BECAUSE I DIDN’T CALCULATE ANYTHING AND NOW IT’S ALL A MESS WHAT IS LIFE.
There were some exciting moments, particularly: RECIVING MY FIRST ARC. (The publishers ended up sending me two more) How freaking awesome is that???
I feel like I forced people to read some books, yet I can’t remember which books they were.
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Ooh, I can imagine that would be an intense year of school! *gives you chocolate for encouragement* AND OMG CONGRATS ON GETTING YOUR FIRST ARC THAT’S AMAZZZZING. You will be a regular ARC receiver in no time. :’)
I think I forced my friends the most to read the Shadowhunter books. (Actually I stopped trying after my best friend returned the copy of ClockWork Angel whose cover was half curled…. HOW COULD SHE. I never lend out books but she is my best friend so FIRST AND LAST TIME. I have learnt my lesson) SO MANY BOOKS CAIT. So many. 245?? I think you will surely get to 250 by the end of the year. Who is jealous? Not me. And you convinced me to read The Raven Boys and that was THE BEST DECISION EVER.
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omg. I assume you have ONE LESS FRIEND NOW AFTER THAT TRAGEDY. (Just kidding.😂 But seriously omg not cool.) But yesss Shadowhunter books are excellent to push onto people. I’m trying to convince my sister to read more. She liked City of Bones but she’s overwhelmed with how big/how many there are.😂 Weakling.
Haha! Nope I’m DONE reading for the year.😂 I always feel like I don’t want to read anymore after I calculate my stats because then they kind of get lost in a void? I know it’s silly, hehe, but I’ll probably read my next book Jan 1st.
I’M SO GLAD I CONVERTED YOU TO RAVEN BOYS GOODNESS. OMG MY JOB HERE IS DONE.
I would like a chocolate chip cupcake please.
I absolutely love looking at my goodreads year in books thingy. It’s always very interesting.
And I can’t believe you hadn’t read lies of Locke lamora until recently?!?
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ALL THE CHOCOLATE CHIP CUPCAKES FOR YOU FOR SURVIVING TO THE END.😂 And yes! I love the Goodreads year in books, although I wish it had a few more stats in it because….#obsessed with stats apparently.😂
OMG I LOVE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA SO RABIDLY SO AT LEAST THAT MAKES UP FOR IT, RIGHT?!? I only really got into adult fantasy this year, so that’s why it took me so long.
Your posts are all absolutely amazing, and I get so excited whenever you post something new!
Unfortunately I did not keep track of my reading stats, but I’m really going to try in 2017.
This year I actually forced my best friend to read The Raven Boys because Maggie Stiefvater is the queemn of YA fantasy (in my opinion).
Congratulations your blogging and reading success in 2016! I hope your 2017 is even better.
Aww, THANK YOU LUCY. This absolutely means the world to me. <3 And good luck tracking your stats next year!! It's so much fun honestly.😂
Maggie Stiefvater IS QUEEN. Your opinion is 1000000% correct.
Hi Cait!
I made it to the end! And it was worth it. Where is my cake?
I admire so much people who can read so many books in one year… please tell me the secret because I’m one lazy reader and if I haven’t cheated reading graphic novels this past weeks I probably wouldn’t completed my Good Reads challenge #SHAME
Then I really need to catch up with so many book series but again, lazy reader and so many sagas out there. I want to keep reading The raven boys beacuse the first book was awesome. And I seriously have to read V.E Schwab.
I wish your goals for next year come true.
About the question, I’m always trying to catch on those books that blow my mind and most people don’t know but they should. So I’m always talking about Genesis by Bernard Beckett and this year one blogger friend read it and love it. And also I talk a lot about Courtney Summers’ books because she is a genius and her books are great.
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HERE IS YOUR CAKE!! THANK YOU FOR SURVIVING TO THE END!!😜 But omg, I don’t know?! I just read fast and I LOVE to read so that’s how I end up devouring a few hundred books per year, hehe. I guess it’s just motivation?!😜
YOU MUST TRY BOTH THE RAVEN BOYS AND ALL THE SCHWAB BOOKS. <3 Only they are the best of ever.😍
Oooh, I haven't heard of either of those books you mentioned and now I definitely want to go look them up!
I made it to the end but it took forever, since I kept clicking all the links. 😛
if you’re a peer preshured reader, WHY HAVEN’T YOU READ KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES YET?? please, please, PLEASE just try it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *wails and begs while evily cackling inside*
wait……is that even possible? #noclue
Most crazily, ~Olive
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Well CONGRATS ON MAKING IT TO THE END!! Is Keeper of the Lost Cities YA? Because by “peer pressured reader” I mostly mean, I read super hyped books that everyone is talking about!😂
Ugh, I think calculating stats would kill me, but I’m hoping that for 2017, I’ll maybe be able to keep a reading journal of some sort so I can figure out the specifics!
I actually didn’t push any books on anyone this year, because I only have one bookworm friend in real life (which is tragic). I only have blogging and bookstagram and Goodreads.
And I think my favorite blogging moment was actually STARTING my blog last week. Here’s to hopefully a good year of blogging! 😄
Oooooh, I really want to keep an actual physical reading journal too! Although I’m kind of too lazy so I don’t know if I’ll actually ever get around to starting it.😂 (I have like zero bookworm friends in real life…so I push all my books at the internet! YAY FOR INTERNET BOOKWORM FRIENDS.)
Omg you just started your blog?! THAT’S AWESOME! CONGRATS!
Cait,
Your blog is my favorite blog that I’ve discovered this year. I look forward to reading all of your posts in 2017. Reading this post has also inspired me to possibly include more about my reading on my own blog. Happy New Year!
Awww, JEN. YOU ARE SO NICE. *blushes* Thank you! And all the cake for you my friend! 😊😊
OMG CAITTTT I LOVE THIS KIND OF ANALYSIS!! Like seriously, when I was in uni my classmates HATED statistics and I pretended to agree but I secretly loved it!!? 😂 Sometimes I even do this kind of analysis for my mom’s work… so I really ADORE this 😛
ANYWAY, I love ADSOM, Crooked Kingdom, The Serpent King, and The Winner’s Kiss! <3 they're SO GREAT! I almost ordered Radio Silence recently but decided against it and ordered Wolf by Wolf instead. I think I should've ordered both! 😛 Heartless was also disappointing, though I didn't dislike it that much because I've heard a lot of negative reviews and already lowered my expectation 😂 but still, it was so different from The Lunar Chronicles. I also agree that the internet has been so… hostile lately. I got to the point where I don't even want to comment because I'm afraid of backlash and subtweeting 🙈 but just like you said, it's still more awesome than not! AND OMG WILL YOU EVER READ TR&TD?!! 😂😂😂 I think you should read it before Flame in the Mist comes out though hahaha 😛
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BUT CALCULATING BOOK STATS IS WAY MORE FUN THAN ANY OTHER KIND OF STATS.😂 #science hehe
And omgggg those books yes and yes. You have amazing taste OBVIOUSLY. But seriously try Radio Silence if you get a chance because it’s SO delightfully nerdy I nearly lost my brain flailing over it. <3 I didn't hate Heartless, like I kind f still liked it! But I still was disappointed. Not that I wanted it to be LIKE the Lunar Chronicles, but I still expected the same epic characters?? Instead we get Catherine who is like a limp noodle. *cries*
AND I WILLL READ TR&TD. Shush. I know I've said that for like 6 months now.😂 I'm going to reread the first book though...so lemme do that first.😂
Oh, I wish I would have known about this!! I would have so participated… or thought about it seriously because my intentions are always more productive than my actual doings…. but alas…
And I would love to be part of a blog party!!
My main goal for 2017 is to find some awesome book bloggers to work with, gush with… really just connect with because I feel like a lone book blogger floating through the ether with no group!!! HELP ME!!! 😉 Going to check out all the bloggers you called out.
Thank you!!!
WELL JUST HANG OUT WITH ME AND I’LL GUSH ABOUT BOOKS AAAAALL DAY LONG. 😂 It is like my #1 favourite thing to do. hhaha. And yES hopefully this blog party will actually happen! I just need to stop being so lazy and actually organise it. 😉
*drools over the beautiful graphics*
Ahem.
Oh my goodness, I absolutely LOVE being a nerd, it’s the PERFECT excuse to procrastinate!!
I already have my dragon in my garage and it is not anybody’s, it is mine, Mine, MINE!
People of the internet, nobody has better reading taste than Cait.
Merry (late) Christmas Cait!
And did you know?
I straight up ASKED FOR THE WRONG BOOK!
And even worse, I had already read it. And I was sobbing and mentally not OK for a few seconds and nobody understood my pain but my cat…
Well, I guess that is what a Barne’s & Noble’s gift card is for.
https://redheadwithabook.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/the-boo-ti-ful-books-that-i-love-so-so-so-very-much-and-i-will-pet-each-day-that-i-got-for-christmas/
-Sam
THANK YOU, MY FRIEND.😂 Stats though. STATS AND GRAPHICS = my one true love. And there is nothing better than being a complete nerd. #fact
Awww, sadness you asked for the wrong book. I SEND MY CONDOLENCES.
I LOVE how you do the book survey from Perpetual Page Turner! Mine isn’t nearly as amazing. Did you use Canva for the pie charts? And I definitely pushed Hello? by Liza Wiemer on all my friends.
I did use canva!! It was particularly awesome because you can just enter the stats and it’ll make the pie chart up for you.😂 AND OMG I REALLY WANT TO READ HELLO!!
That’s what I loved about Canva too! Took out a l stress. AND HELLO NEEDS TO BE IN THE TOP OF YOUR 2017 READING LIST! I loved it.
Well, wow Cait. I really admire your stat calculating skills.
Thanks for the blog recommendations!
I’m glad this was such an enjoyable year for you. (also gives hug and cakes because you wouldn’t accept hug without cake because of the internet trolls and anxiety. I understand you… well, not the internet trolls but the anxiety.)
And you read so diversely and that is pretty awesome!
HAVE A NICE DAY. YEAHHHH
Thank yooooou. IT’S NOT OBSESSIVE AT ALL I KNOW.😂 And omg thank you, you lovely creature. *gives you cake for your niceness* It is always disappointing to discover trolls, but the niceness of most of the blogging community makes up for it for SURE. And anxiety is something a lot of we internet creatures struggle with right?! At least we can all relate. 😂
I obsessively track my reading stats, too. I haven’t written the post about them yet because making all those pie charts takes forever, and I’m lazy. Good luck with your 2017 goals!
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Fair enough! I admit I spent a ridiculously long amount of time on this post hahah.😂😂 BUT IT WAS FUN!
I LOVE THIS POST. these charts and graphics are MAGICAL AND BEAUTIFUL. AHHdsfdg I am such a sucker for stats of any kind, not just reading! Unfortunately, I didn’t start counting the books I read until September/October, and I don’t think I can even remember what happened back in January! *major sad face*
The book I forced EVERYONE to read this year was Six of Crows because that book is A WORK OF ART and a gift to the universe. really. I will never stop ranting about its amazingness.
I started blogging this year, so that’s probably noteworthy?!
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I THOROUGHLY APPROVE OF YOU FORCING EVERYONE INTO SIX OF CROWS. YOU ARE A HERO AMONG MORTALS TBH. *flails because SoC is the best of ever* and yES starting a blog is very noteworthy. And your blog is so so beautiful omg. <3 You are already a pro!!
I am so glad that I have found your blog this year! I haven’t looked at my stats at all because I know that they are down and it stresses the crap out of me. Why am I so attached to these numbers? Thanks for the round up of your favorites. I am going to do some shopping… don’t mind me…
Aww, THANK YOU TARA!! I’m glad you found my blog too!! *gives you all the cake* (And omg I’m sorry stats stress you out, but like seriously it’s TOTALLY fine not to care about reading stats!! Just enjoy your books. That’s the important part.)
Wow – you read so many books this year. Majorly Jealous – I only managed 80 books – nowhere near my goal of 150! Hopefully next year will be better.
But loving your stats – I’m terrible with things like that. This was the first year I ever kept track of the books I’ve read via goodreads, I’ve found it so insightful being able to look over what I’ve read. Although I seem to have had a lot of four star books this year!
And I think all your goals are totally achievable! You and your blog rock!
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Eeep, I hope you have a good read year for 2017 then, too!! I actually read less than I normally read too.😂 Which is fine, right?!? We don’t always have to be reading machines. *hi fives*
Goodreads is GREAT for keeping track of books, omg I love it. But I demand more stats than goodreads rounds up for me at the end of the year haha.😂 I have such a wild spreadsheet.
Seems like it’s been a pretty good year! can’t wait to read all of your wonderful posts for next year.
IT HAS! I’ve had a lot of lovely successes. <3 And thank you, Abi!!
You are AMAZING, Dragon Queen, and never let the bad apples get you down.
I know, I know, sometimes to do just does not happen. But hang in there. We are here for you. Personally I love the fact that although there are some nasty characters out there, the awesome people seem to be more! Anxiety is something I TOTALLY get, and I feel you, Your Majesty.
Do I fear you? Hmmm. No…? Should I…?
😉
Aww, THANK YOU. 💕 And I’m glad that, like even though I have had some bad experiences with the blogging community, it is STILL 98% AWESOMENESS and people are so supportive and kind. It’s just ridiculously lovely.
Oh shush. I’m FEARSOME. I’m not a squishable fluffball that likes to flail like a dork. Evil and severe = me for sure don’t doubt this.😉😂
I’m so glad you intend to continue your reign of terror. I enjoy each blog you post Cait. You inspire me to be sarcastic on my own blog. I just love Paper Fury.
YUS THE REIGN OF TERROR IS STRONG AND SHALL NOT FALTER. *flips evil cape and struts about*
(But omg thank you. This comment makes my day. <3)
So awesome that your books were primarily from the library and primarily diverse. I have no idea with mine…I hope to get better at tracking this year!
PS. I am cake?!?! I’ll take it!
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YOU DO GET CAKE! ALL THE CAKE! And yessss, it’s really interesting to get to the end of the year and notice all these fun stats?!? I love it.😍
Cait, I just want to say I truly love your blog. Your enthusiasm for what you do is palpable, and your gorgeous photos are Pinterest-goals. You come across as so genuinely warm and bubbly, and you comment back even on the tiniest of blogs, which means so much. <3
Onto your stats:
1. I find that the more I read and review, the pickier I become. So what I rated as 4 stars in 2012 is like a 2 star read now, most likely.
2. Female authors FTW!
3. I think it's awesome that you read quite a sizeable amount of backlist titles as well! I definitely try to keep a balance between new releases and past books that I hope to catch up on.
AWWW, HANNAH, YOU’RE MELTING MY COLD VULCAN SOUL AND MAKING ME FEELING ALL SQUISHY. <3 *squishes you with cake* Thank yoooooou. This is literally the nicest thing to hear YOU ARE TOO KIND. 💕💕
I agree! The more I read = the more picky I become. I think that means we're just developing a taste for super good books?! Which is kind of cool honestly.
YES! I'm happy that I'm not solely sticking to the current year's releases, because there are so many older gems too!! I hope to keep up reading backlist titles, even if the majority are new releases. 😀
OMG you still haven’t read Wolf by Wolf? XD Don’t worry about it, I know you’re a very busy bookdragon, but I think it’s hilarious that I heard about it from you (in a post that you said you were going to read it soon), and I read it (and adored it,, obviously, pshh), and that was about 10 months ago. XD
I too understand the threat of TBR piles threatening you to read other books first…. I’ve had to move into three different houses (and the occasional ice cream truck) to escape from the death threats of my neglected TBR.
I KNOOOOOOOW. Every time I do a post that’s like “books you should’ve read by now” it goes on the top.😂 I’m trying to shame myself into reading it???! But somehow it’s never on top of my TBR. But omg I better LIKE IT after I’ve stressed over it so much bahah.
I’m considering moving planets just to keep ahead of my TBR. I think its amped up the death threats to starting to collect kitchen knives. #help
Thanks for the cupcake! I LOVE seeing all of the reading stats – my problem is that I’m a bit too impatient to do all of that unless it’s just creating a chart from numbers that are already given to me. Maybe next year, I’ll keep track of stats other than star ratings as I’m reading throughout the year and then I won’t be faced with the daunting prospect of having to go through ALL of the books again at the end. And you should ABSOLUTELY get to Wolf by Wolf and The Rose & the Dagger next year – I read them both year and I loved them both so much!
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I loooove collecting all the stats so that’s not a problem for me haha.😂 I basically finish a book = then put it into my spreadsheet = then write a review! If I do it after every book it doesn’t become overwhelming, which is good. 😀
I will definitely read Wolf By Wolf and TR&TD next year! TRUST ME.😂
You read so much. I am here dying under my TBR pile. I read 108 books and my initial goal was 80 for this year, so I am proud. It’s been a good year for reading but not a good year for the world. 🙁 2017 is going to be a good year for book releases. I’m excited.
I am going to do this survey and I think I will do some Stats. [I don’t think I read too many diverse books which makes me sad cause all books should be diverse. I am correcting some of the books I am writing and making them more diverse because the world needs it]
That is really awesome!! GO YOU THOUGH!!! And hah, I’m dying under my TBR pile too. Apparently my brain thinks if I read 200 books, I should add 4982309 to my TBR to compensate. *SCREAMS INTO THE VOID* I’LL NEVER SURVIVE. But yes! 2017 looks like it’s going to be absolutely fantastic. I can’t wait!
I’m glad we’re all becoming more aware of how literature needs to be diverse like our real world is. <3 Good luck for your writing projects too!
THANK YOU! CAKE FOR EVERYONE! My brain does that too. It’s like, “Oh, you managed to read five books in the past two weeks? Now buy twenty books, so your shelf and TBR want to murder you.” *SCREAMS*
Yeah, I’m glad too. And thanks!
I CAN’T WAIT FOR YOU TO READ GEMINA. I LOVED IT. IT’S SPECTACULAR. EXCUSE ME WHILE I GO CRY OVER ITS EPICNESS. Also, CONGRATS on your Instagram/Bloglovin/Twitter success – I AM SO PROUD and you totally deserve it! *gives cake and sprinkles confetti*
I DEFINITELY CANNOT WAIT TO READ IT TOO. I HAVE THE AUDIO ON LIBRARY RESERVE SO FINGERS CROSSED IT HURRIES UP AND GETS HERE. *shrieks into the void* And aww, thank you! You’re so kind. <3
OH MY GOODNESS FREE CUPCAKE ALL IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD.
You has impressive stats haha I’m crying with jealousy, um I mean pride!! When I first started blogging and I got like one view, I would always click on my stats and see where they’re from and how they got to my blog and genuinely stalk them but these days I can just about manage to restrain myself from being over-creepy.
Doesn’t it just suck that life outside of books sucks? Reading is so much safer and nicer and I wish I could read forever but life has no chill and is sometimes annoying and I know that a lot of bookworms have anxiety but we book bloggers are family and family are there for each other!! I don’t personally have major anxieties but I like to think I can still talk to people who do so remember your blogging family are here for you!!
And I want to thank you because your posts are always so inspiring/hilarious and they’ve really REALLY made me grow as a blogger mushroom in this big world of blogger mushrooms (which you reign, obviously) and you’re basically famous but the awesome thing is that you still take time to reply to measly mushroom comments and even comment on measly mushroom posts and I find that awesome and I really appreciate it because I’m basically blogging friends with a celebrity and I feel special oh my gosh so thank you!! I’m sending cake in the post.
Happy 2017!!
Simi
ALL THE CUPCAKES FOR YOU FOR MAKING IT TO THE END.😂
And don’t worry, when I started blogging the only people who read were my family.😂 It took me like A WHOLE YEAR of blogging to actually meet someone online that I didn’t know IRL! I was…a terrible networker, ahem.
Yes I’d much rather have my feels tortured by a book than, like, participate in real life. EW. NO THANKS. *buries self in books*
And aww, thank you! YOU’RE SO SWEET. <3 And that kind of just makes me FLAIL WILDLY FOR EVER that you like my blog so much! Famous though...ahhaah. MAYBE NOT.😂 I'm just a small squid of randomness and fangirling tbh.😂 YOU'RE NOT A MEASLEY MUSHROOM. YOU'RE A MARVELLOUS MUSHROOM. #legit
I’d love to track stats on my blog, but Blogger doesn’t make it that easy, and besides… it wouldn’t be all that interesting at the moment. My blog has been pretty quiet this year, what with all the non-reading and non-reviewing going on. I didn’t read anything that I would push others to read (quite the opposite, actually), but I hope to read some better books in 2017. But I’m not going to do the Goodreads challenge next year. No… It’s just too hard when you aim low and still fail!
Keep up the good work with your blog! I’ll be continuing to read it in 2017. I look forward to more beautiful posts.
That’s fair! Not every year is a good reading year, right?! But I do hope 2017 is a better reading year for you!
But I appreciate all your comments and support SO SO MUCH. <3 You're such a regular commenter and omg I JUST LOVE IT YOU'RE SO NICE TO ME. ALL THE CAKE FOR YOU.😊😊
Sounds like you had a fantastic year Cait!!! And congrats on all your best bookish and blogging moments! 😀
Aww, thankyou!! 😊 It has definitely be quite a great reading year!
The amount of 1- and 2-star books you read is still absolutely horrifying to me!
I can’t believe you read so many diverse books! That’s fantastic. I haven’t calculated mine yet, since I’m still reading, but it’s way lower than that. Mysteries/thrillers are way behind in the diverse books campaign, as far as I can tell.
I can’t believe how disappointing By Your Side was. HOW can you mess up a book set in a library?!
Morning Star didn’t make your Best Series Finales list. oO
I’m a little offended that The Lost & Found isn’t on your list of best books you read because someone (a.k.a. me) recommended them. 😉
Your best bookish moments list is the BEST. You deserve alllll the followers. And this is only the start! Just wait until you’re a famous author. Also, YOU are an epic blogging friend. I mean, obviously you’re not “just” a blogging friend, but I think you already know that. <3
I haven't read Gemina yet, either! *high fives*
What, exactly, is a blog party?
Let’s see…I started a bookstagram account! That’s the closest I have to a proud blogging moment. Guess what I didn’t do? START THAT BLOG. 😂😂😂
Aaaaand, this is why I usually stick to texting instead of commenting on your blog these days. My comments always turn out too long, haha.
AGH, but DNF’ing is too terrifying.😭😂 And even if I do DNF a book, I’ll still rate it 1-star and do a partial review basically…I am slightly obsessed with logging/cataloguing/reviewing everything. It’s a problem.
I KNOW. Like I thought it was a fact that if you had a book about books then it would be good. But no. Still crying over By Your Side tbh.
Hey but The Lost & Found still made it on! (And in the “recommended” section I only actually liked 2 books from there hhaha.)
Aww. *sniffles* Stop. You’re making me feel squishy when I’m supposed to be a heartless Vulcan here.
(Okay so a blog party is just like if I host giveaways and like “games” and tags and things just for a short condensed amount of time. I’ve done them a few years ago but now…#lazy)
Your bookstagram is AMAZING. Just saying.
With Crini’s spreadsheet, you can still track pages read from DNF. 😉
Ha, I see through your Vulcan facade. 😛
(Ooh, that sounds fun!)
Eeep, that really means a lot, coming from you! <3
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As soon as I saw that you were reading The Lies of Locke Lamora on Goodreads, all I could think was: “Oh my God, this is SO Cait.” I haven’t read it, but I know it follows thieves and morally-grey characters, and what could be more Cait than this?! I’m glad you enjoyed it as much as I thought you would!
I also really have to read Wolf by Wolf. It has been on my TBR since forever and I’m definitely excited about it, even though I recently found out it is not a standalone. Some people read the second book and said it didn’t work out that well, so I don’t know how to feel about it, hahah.
My favorite book of 2016 was actually I’ll Give You The Sun, by Jandy Nelson. I don’t know why it took me so long to read it, honestly! It’s such a fantastic contemporary. I love, love, love the characters so much!
I hope you continue to post more advices on your blog. They’re very funny and witty and, of course, helpful as well. Have a great 2017! 🙂
YOU SHOULD TRY IT OMG, LAIS, IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST THING IN THIS WHOLE LIFE. <3 It was such a ME book that’s for sure.😂 I even listened to an audiobook and then ordered a physical copy because I need to re-read it like….right now. Already. haha.
I’m glad that I’m not the only one being terrible with Wolf by Wolf!😭😂 I mean, it’s going to be awesome, I just need more time to read haha.
I’ll Give You the Sun is FANTASTIC. <3
LOL I’m suprised choosing favorites is so hard when THAT many low rated books. You’re clearly lacking the chose-great-books superpower 😛
It kinda hurts to see TRK all over the place. I wish I could feel the same way about it.
Jealous of you apperently having control over your tear ducts because I clearly don’t. Books totally make me cry (and I love them for it)
SO glad I never read Never Never because WTH??? Hook is one of my favorites and NO THANK YOU TO RUINING THAT
I had no idea you experienced such BS on the Internet! Urg, HUMANS. (you’re awesome, keep going the way you are!)
Oh hey, Stars Above! Still haven’t read this either and I’m just HOW??? @ myself. I’m not allowed to buy that graphic novel before I’ve read this. Hope this works.
LOL @ 40K on IG. AIM BIG OR GO HOME. no but seriously, I bet my whole bookshelf it will be more than 50K in a year.
Bahah, okay HERE’S THE TRUTH: I get a lot of unsolicited books from publishers and I know I don’t have to read them… I still feel beholden to? So I read tons of books I wouldn’t have ever picked and I hate them and NO SURPRISE TO ANYONE. *sighs* So I’ve quit a lot of publishers mailing lists and hopefully this year I’ll read more books I want to read.🙈🙊
I’m just a VULCAN. A heartless cold Vulcan.😂
And dude, I know right? Like how can someone so horribly mangle (A) a pirate, which should be cutthroat and awesome, and (B) Hook who is awesome. Like no. Stop, book. Go sit in the corner and think of what you’ve done.
(Aww, thank you! It’s SUPER FRUSTRATING to find people who just want to attack for the fun of it. Buuuut, the good definitely outweighs the bad.)
PFFT, I FEEL LIKE I’M AIMING HIGH WANTING 40K.😂
There are so many insane stats in this post I don’t know where to start! Other than I am in awe of the number of books you managed to read, the fact you can stay on top of your library TBR (I always get so behind and borrow more than I can handle haha), and HELL YEAH ALL THE FANTASY ON THAT LIST.
I’m horrendous at looking at all my reading stats because I’m too lazy to sit down and figure it all out haha. But I’d love to know a bit more about what I read! I know my average rating was 3-4 stars this year, and as usual fantasy books reigned supreme in the genres read. Most books were probably books I already owned because I’m terribly slack with review copies haha.
Good luck with all your 2017 goals!
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Congrats on surviving to the end, tbh.😂 *gives you cupcakes* And aww thank you! Although I totally don’t think I’m on top of my TBR. Omg I have so many books to read right now I’M FLOODED and how did I read 200+ books this year and STILL feel behind?!? What wizardry is this.😂
But hey an average of 3 to 4 is still great! I don’t feel like this year was particularly brilliant for publishing? Like there were a lot of “good” books but not “BRILLIANT” which I think 2017 will fix. ;D 😉
Avocado Chocolate pie??? That sounds like a waste of good avocado AND good chocolate!
This is a beautiful post. I don’t know exactly why, but I think I really like stat posts??? Like I follow another blog who does a month traffic and income report and IDK I LOVE SEEING THE NUMBERS AND SUCH. (idk why i hate math and numbers and calculations and ew gross) BUT ANYWAY I really loved this post. It’s cool to look back and see the year in books and such.
and AWWWGSH thank you for the gushing//mention darling! I’m so glad we’re friendos and can flail and scream together. Your emails are always the highlight of my day ^.^
SEE THIS IS WHY I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT IT BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST JUDGE IT WITHOUT EATING IT AND IT’S DIVINE AND OMG *THROWS SMALL UGLY SOCKS AT YOU*
Stat posts are = actual life. They’re so fuuuuun and like I don’t think there’s anything a bookworm likes better than lists of things about books. haha.😂 And oh SAME. I actually hate maths? I failed maths in school? But stats on books and dude, I’ve just converted into a math lover.
*FLAILS WITH YOU FOREVER* <3
OKAY OKAY HOLD YOUR SOCKS. I JUST SAID IT //SOUNDS// NASTY. BUT I WOULD TRY IT. I WON’T SAY SOMETHING IS GROSS UNTIL I’VE TASTED IT.
okay I’ll HOLD MY SOCKS but you need to try it sometime.😂
This was so much fun to read, I really like your “voice”! Also, congrats on all of your achievements, hope everything goes the way you plan for the future 🙂
Aww, thank you, Rita! YOU ARE SO NICE. :’)
I used to calculate my reading stats, but I got tired of it so I stopped. I still log my books in on Goodreads but I didn’t do the reading challenge this year, because it never works for me. It doesn’t log all the books I read. It still emailed me this year though and said that I read 5 books this year. I laughed saying “Hah…No. I read a million books this year.” Like it said the largest book I read this year was Lady Midnight, but I read Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin this year. Soooooo…yeah. I love the photo’s for this post, by the way. Did you have a nice Christmas? I did! My grandma got me a Litograph Throne of Glass shirt. I think that was the favorite thing I got. My mom got me Scythe by Neal Shusterman. My family knows me so well. We also used our wood burning for the first time since we moved this year. I loved starting the fire (My element is fire)! I also saw the Assassin’s Creed movie and Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children movie. The book was better, but it was still a good movie. My sister hasn’t read the book but she watched the movie with me, and when it got to the Enoch parts, where he brings stuff to life, my sister looked at me and said worriedly, “Is this horror?!” My reply: “Kinda.”
That’s fair! I mean, I’m obsessed with updating goodreads and making sure all my things are catalogued and obsessively reviewing everything….😂 I think I have a problem omg.
OMG ALL THE GRRM BOOKS ARE HUGE. A Dance with Dragons was basically as tall as me, tbh. So worth it, but where is Winds of Winter.😭
Oooh, that is so cool you got a ToG shirt! NICE. I have Scythe on my kindle actually and I should’ve read it be now too, omg. Let me know if you like it?! Neal Shusterman is pretty awesome omg.
AND I WANT TO SEE THE ASSASSIN’S CREED MOVIE SO BAD. Basically parkour. I’m terrible.😂
How does anyone not make it to the end of anything you do? Fantastic. And congrats for achieving the goals, and then some!
PS. Point me to the cupcakes.
PPS. Get on that ‘stars above’ ; super cute!
AWWWW ALEX. THIS JUST MAKES MY DAY, THANK YOU. <3 And you definitely get the cupcakes. ALL THE CUPCAKES.
Omg I feel you on having way too big of a TBR, and having tons of books outlined that you want to write!! I always get that far and then move onto a new idea :/
Best of luck in 2017!!!!
It’s so hard to find time to write ALL THE BOOKS, right?!? And I have a horrible habit of planning series and then only writing the first book.😂
Happy 2017 to you too!
CAIT. STILL NO WOLF BY WOLF? You disappoint me. I might have to challenge you for ruler of world over this because it’s been what…year and a half????
And this reminded me that I need to do a yearly wrap-up which I totally forgot about because I’m basically living off of black tea and rage at this point.
Also, if you want something to watch when you’re not reading/crushing the rest of us at NaNoWriMo, maybe try Call the Midwife? Set in the 1950s + amazing, flawed, wonderful characters + gloriously feminist + very bloody (although for a different reason then the books you read. My friend’s twelve year old sister wandered in one day while we were watching it and she turned so pale I thought she was going to pass out). Just, y’know…Google it. It’s awesome. (and on Netflix!)
(Ooo, I almost forgot! I need to thank you for introducing me to both Jenny Lawson and the Illuminae series this year because of the epicness that is both of them)
I’M SORRY, AINE. I don’t actually know why I haven’t read it?! But I promise I’ll TRY to read it in January. It’ll be like the priority because I’m so ashamed.😂
Oooh, black tea and rage? What a lovely balanced diet. #approves
I have heard of Call the Midwife! My sister watched it for a while I think…although I’m noooot sure I’d be up for it without, ya know, dragons and fantasy stuff happening.😂)
Is it weird I got all excited seeing those charts? I’m such a nerd, but I love looking at charts. XD I made a list of my 15 favorite books and even that was impossible, like? I didn’t realize how many books I fell in love with until I actually had to make a list. Crooked Kingdom was on my list of course though. 😉 That book was AMAZING in every way possible. Tiny Pretty things was really good as well! I’m glad you liked it because it was on my top 15 list for sure! I’ll read just about anything with ballet/ballerinas in it. And those covers are all so gorgeous. *heart eyes* I just want to stare and admire them forever. Can I be an honorary Raven Boy, too? That’s my one goal in life. Not that it’s ever going to happen…
I seriously thought I was the only one who didn’t cry while reading. I’m glad I not. I cry so much in movies, but books? Nope. Crooked kingdom actually did bring out the tears for me though because THAT ENDING killed me.
Is a blog party just a party on your blog? I don’t know that I’ve ever heard of one, but it sounds wonderful! And more writing posts! I still can’t fathom just how fast you write. Like please, teach me your ways? (That was one really long comment. I just realized that. Oops)
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Pfffft, it is not weird.😂 Or else I’M EVEN WEIRDER because I had so much fun putting the charts together I cannot even.😂😂 Like why is it so pleasing to calculate stats and stare at them?!? I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.
Crooked Kingdom is actually LIFE. <3 Bless its existence.
I think we should all get the opportunity to be an Honorary Raven Boy for a day or so because omg we have needs here.
CRYING IS SO NOT MY THING OMG. Although I have teared up over a book once, but I also had a cold, so I blame it on that haha.
Oh so like blog parties are just something a blogger hosts with games and giveaways on their blog! I've done some a few years ago but not for aaaages and it's REALLY FUN but takes a lot of organisation. Hence I'm so lazy.😂
I am, for the most part, content with the stat calculation that Goodreads does. I’m too distracted to do anything more, see.
Um, books I talked people into reading? I think it’s a tie between books by Jaye L. Knight and Morgan Elizabeth Huneke, because I love those two and think that everyone should read them.
Blogging moments? I had my seventh blogoversary! That was fun.
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Oh wow congrats on 7 years blogging! THAT IS AMAZING. I’ll be reaching my 6th year in May. :’)
Oh goodness we are kindred spirits because I have a post going up on Friday with a whole bunch of pie charts of the random things I kept track of too. I don’t know, I just like knowing these things and looking at the stats? I’m glad I’m not alone lol. And don’t worry, I also need to finally read The Weight of Feathers next year!
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I’M EXACTLY THE SAME, WE’RE PRACTICALLY TWINS HERE. *hi fives* It’s just so pleasing and fun to look at stats/!? I look forward to December so so much because I get to calculate them.😂
Fun post. I read more than I thought I would this year – but yeah, I still have TONS I didn’t get to. It just happens. haha That’s crazy you have so many Instagram followers -congrats! I really want to get more followers in 2017, but my big goal for social media is to reach at least 5K on Twitter.
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Oh oh I’ll be rooting for you to reach the twitter goal!! And yessss, I mean, like how do we read hundreds of books and STILL feel behind on the TBRs?!? It’s insane.😂
Ahh yes I have to do this tag. I love analysing all the books I’ve read unfortunately I haven’t read nearly as many as you this year because of school and this weird mindset I have where I can only read when I am travelling. In the car, on the train, on the bus, walking somewhere no problem but as soon as I actually have a bit of time to read you know I won’t be picking up a book.
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Oh that is interesting how you only read when you travel! I’m the opposite since I can’t read unless I’m in a quiet room.😂
OK, so now I want to keep in depth stats on all of my books in 2017 because how much fun is that and why didn’t I think about it before?
And I’m sad that you had to deal with sour grapefruits, because really people, why is that necessary??? If you can’t say anything nice and all that. Sadly the relative anonymity of the internet has brought out the absolute worst in some people!
And RoseBlood! I can’t tell you how excited I am for this to come out! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Phantom of the Opera and as soon as I saw the cover I was screaming “I want, I want”
YOU SHOULD IT’S SO MUCH FUN!! Like when I kept stats in 2015, I kind of it all to the end of the month, but if you log every book as you read it, it’s not overwhelming at all and it’s soooooo fun to calculate ta the end of the year.😍
Agh, yes, it’s always disappointing to meet the nasty side of the internet. It always really shakes me! I tend to have a catastrophe every year, but at least it’s just one, right?! 😂
ROSEBLOOD IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.
All of your stats are so amazing. I think you are an actual impossibly fast reader. And I’m totally doing these prompts; thanks for the direction haha! 🙂
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THANK YOU, AMY. I’m so glad you liked the post!!
XD Of course, anytime! Your blog is just gold haha.
We share exactly the same squad goals – clearly, great minds think alike! Plus, The Girl From Everywhere was easily one of my favorite debuts of the year – I’m so excited for the sequel. 🙂
If you throw a blog party, I’m inviting myself!
*hi fives* We have EXCELLENT squad goals for sure. *nods* And yesss, The Girl From Everywhere was so fantastic.😍
(I will be inviting EVERYONE…I just need to organise it haha.)
OOOOOOOOH OOOOHHH I LOVE STATS!!! I actually take a Statistics class at school, but sadly my teacher has a bedtime story voice… which is really, really bad at making me excited about maths. Also I find ‘real’ statistics both boring (because it’s not that hard) and challenging (see:teacher) at the same time, so don’t ask me about box-whisker plots or probability trees. But I can do averages and percentages and they fascinate me. I categorised my book shelf a few months ago (although the book shelf and it’s contents are always being shuffled around with me and Shanti’s favourites in the two best shelves.) and those statistics were fun.
Also, you shouldn’t worry about not having got through your TBR! My TBR is so huge I won’t even let it exist. I just read this post about how there are too many books and not enough time so you should stop trying to read them all, which made me feel better. BUT THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKS TO READ HELP HELP HELP!!!!! *panic over*
Ps: Thank you for mentioning us. You are so nice! And your blog (and instagram account, etc. etc.) deserves all its success because you are too fabulous for life <3 <3 <3 (except you're still alive so there's that…)
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SO MUCH MUTUAL APPRECIATION FOR STATS OMG. LET US FLAIL TOGETHER, SHAR. (And honestly I don’t know anything about “real” statistics haha. I don’t even know what I’m doing with my spreadsheet but I have fun, so there’s that.😂) And I’m proud of me for even loving stats as much as I do, because maths + me = CATASTROPHE.
I’m laughing at “my tbr is so huge I won’t even let it exist”.😂 YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION. I should do that. I’m thinking of possibly just paving my floor with my TBR and then I can’t leave my room until I at least read a pathway?? That should work. #bookwormlogic
YOU ARE THE NICE ONE, SHAR! *flails* I love all your comments and you support my blog and asfdjkald thank yooooou.
I too love stats (I’m currently reading a book about stats that my dad lent me it’s a serious problem) and so I adored this post. I always find reading about other peoples’s reading stats really interesting. I mean pie charts and pretty pictures of books? This post was bound to be great
Okay actually reading books about stats takes the stat appreciation TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL WELL DONE.😂 Pie charts are actual life. I’m so glad you liked the post!
Man, that was long and hella rad. Most of the books are in my TBR list. You’re making me wanna read them all at the same time. But, really, time constrain. I’d be lucky if I get to finish a book per month. Seriously, been meaning to read Crooked Kingdom for a while now, but then I was distracted with the Raven Boys but I only finished till book 3 before flailing on towards Half Bad series. I finished that one but, God the ending killed me. Then, the Firebird trilogy finished by this year so I gotta read it. You really should give it a go, the cover is so pretty *heart eyes* But, the book that I kinda recommend to everyone would be the Unwind trilogy. It is ah-mazing.
Aww, thank you! And thank you for surviving to the end of this mammoth post.😂 And I totally get that one needs loooots of time to be able to read copiously and that’s not possible for everyone, but so long as you get to read a bit and enjoy it right?! AFjskafldadj though The RAVEN BOYS. <3 And Half Lost kiiiiilled me too, but I actually thought it was the perfect ending. <3 I mean, who needs happiness anyway.
I have tried the first Firebird book! And I liked the Russian part, but unfortunately not the rest. 🙈🙊 Those covers though. THOSE COVERS. And yes I need to finish the Unwind series. LOVED the first book but also #traumatised.
Wow, you read an insane amount of books this year! Congrats! 🙂
And I’m so glad you loved Crooked Kingdom so much! I just read Six of Crows and absolutely loved it, so I’m super excited to read Crooked Kingdom!!! 🙂
Have a great New Year!
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Aww, thanks, Laura!! It was definitely a year for ALL THE BOOKS. Although I still feel behind on my TBR.😂 How does that even happen omg. And CK was THE ACTAUL BEST. <3
Reading 245 books in one year is definitely reason enough to be crowned Queen of the Nerds! I’ve already clicked on links for some of those Fantasy recs and I’ve GOT to finish the Raven Cycle after you and so many others just LOVING it. Also The Crooked Kingdom books. Definitely those, too. I’d say you had a pretty killer year over all. More power to you!
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AHHHHHHH I HOPE YOU READ THE RAVEN CYCLE THIS WOULD MAKE MY DAY, OR MY LIFE OR SOMETHING. *flings confetti* And omg can you believe I read 300 books last year? 😂 I’m not sad I backed off this year though! It was a lot less stressful. haha.
I enjoyed this post so much! I used to do stats but the last couple years I’ve read way fewer books so thinking about stats made me feel bad. But I also think that I used to read many books out of obligation, so while I read fewer books, I enjoyed the ones I read more. (Or maybe that’s just rationalization – ha ha!) Hooray for your accomplishments and hoping you get some of those 6 books you’re planning (assuming that includes an adult epic fantasy) going in 2017!
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Aww, thank you, Jen!! I was a bit worried it’d be too long and everyone would end up screaming.😂 But it was such a fun post to put together, eeep! And that is actually a MUCH better way to read, tbh. I read a lot of books just because I’ve been sent them unsolicited for review. Hence so many low star ratings. 🙈🙊 I hopefully will focus on reading more books FOR ME this year though, and maybe raise my average star rating?!
Thank you! <3
Ah, Cait, your reading year is an inspiration to us all. I must say – I love that you used some graphs! I love using graphs in wrap-ups, I find them so visually satisfying. And always judgemental, every month I’m like well I tried to read a genre other than fantasy but every month those graphs are like, WELL you didn’t. Sigh.
*whacks you with dragon snaps for not having read The Rose and the Dagger yet*
Although I really should get onto Crooked Kingdom, myself. Why must there be so many books?! But great job! You’ve read so many books this year and I love that you’re read so diversely – whether particular representation or female authors, kudos to you, my friend.
PS. I hope there are no typos in this short(ish) comment but I’m too tired to read and check. #SorryNotSorry
Aww, thanks, Kirstie! You are TOO NICE TO ME. *blushes* And omg I’m the same with fantasy…like sometimes I pretend I’m reading other genres, but honestly: no. I’m just reading fantasy and pretending for anything else. But hey heeeey I’m going to read TR&TD next year I PROMISE. I’m going to have to reread the first book though because I’ve forgotten too much. So how about I read TR&TD and you read Crooked Kingdom? DEAL?
(Dude, my life is like moving from one heinous typo to the next. So don’t even worry.😂)
Great post–I love seeing other people’s reading stats! I keep a list of everything I’ve read in a year, but I never do anything with it… maybe I should start.
I forced Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom on a few people this year, as well as Mistborn. (Mwahahaha!) And I gotta say, you’ve definitely convinced me to pick up The Raven Boys for 2017, so thanks for that!
Omg I’m SO GLAD you liked it!! *gives you all the cake* It’s really fun to track stats and things. :’) I’m already planning on a bunch of new things I want to track with my reading next year, hehe.
YOU ARE A GIFT TO THE WORLD IF YOU’VE FORCED PEOPLE TO READ SIX OF CROWS. <3 That book is the best. Also omggggg yes to The Raven Boys!! Let me know if you like it?!? THEN WE CAN FLAIL.😊
First up, reading 21 books with one star a year is a lot, no? Like jeeeeeez you haven’t had the best luck. But omg yes pretty graphics! Also I adore that photo, it must have taken aages to set up.
Yo you outlined six books?!?! You have to get on them omg. AND 40K?? Goals right there. I’m hoping to start blogging for an income next year, and I legit just thought I’d be cheeky af and ask if there’s any chance you could maybe drop me a few tips on networking and the like? Blank me if you cannae, after all you have 200 (200? Woah) books to get started on c:
Amy;
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It’s true! It’s my most low-star rated books in…ever.😂 But I do end up reading a lot of books I don’t pick (because I get sent so many unsolicited ARCs from publishers) so I’ve actually cut back on what books I receive now, so hopefully 2017 will be better!
I NEED TO GET WRITING IMMEDIATELY. *screeches*
Ooh, well I have no idea about blogging for an income so I’m 0% help with that, haha. But networking? What I do is just post consistently on social media and interact with a lot of people and try and be really friendly/approachable. I TRY ANYWAY.😂 I did a bit of a post on networking here if you’re interested.
OMG YES THANK YOU c:
TALES FROM THE SHADOWHUNTER ACADEMY IS AWESOME AND BEAUTIFUL AND SIMON. (yes, Simon is now a verb). Seriously, get it and read it and please love it like your own flesh and blood. There are so many NEW and OLD characters that I fell in love with whilst reading it, and the fact that the start of every chapter is a mini comic strip is awesome 🙂
(hush, fangirl, the humans don’t like it when you release the kraken)
This post was awesome. And now my TBR is staring at me in my mind’s eye like ‘you know what to do: THROW IT ON THE PILE!’.
I loooove Simon. So I’m super excited to read it!! I think I might actually try and start it today, heeh. SIMON IS ACTUALLY MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER. <3 Although not too much a fan of the cover? I think the other covers are better.😂
YOUR URL IS A TYPO?!? That’s the best typo ever. Oh, and Vengeance Road is now on my list. Good on you for branching out into adult fiction. The best tip I got for writing is to read everything, and anything.
I WAS KIDDING ABOUT THAT!😂 I did intend to name myself Paper Fury. 😉 And omg definitely try Vengeance Road if you get a chance! IT’S BRILLIANCE. (And I entirely agree: read everything = what all writers should be doing.)
I love this posts. I also love how you tracked the diversity bits.. It is a great insight.
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Ooh, thank you! It was a lot of fun to put together. 😉
I LOVE THIS POST 🙂 I need to read more diversely in 2017 #goals.And I will finally start RAVEN BOYS series in 2017.
AHHHHHHH THE RAVEN BOYS!!!!!😍 THIS MAKES ME VERY HAPPY. I HOPE YOU LOVE IT.
I love the pie charts! Very fancy 🙂
And also — Crooked Kingdom!!! Of course it must be on your favs list! Do you consider Crooked Kingdom to be an utter masterpiece??? (Because I do. XD)
Thank you! I had a lot of fun making them.😂 AND YES CROOKED KINGDOM IS AN UTTER MASTERPIECE OF GENIUS AND I ACTUALLY AM EXPLODING JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE IT.😍😍
CAIIIITTTT! You made my heart happy up there, I saw what you did! ♥♥♥♥ Thank youuuu, love!! Also, I get a cupcake, because I read your whole post. Because of course I did. Even that part where you loved Half Lost, and just thinking about that book made me stabby. But it is okay. It’s okay to have different tastes. Even with that book 😉 I have like, 20 of your reviews open right now in tabs. Well, okay, it is 7, but doesn’t 20 sound so much more exciting? It does. Anyway. Super sad about Heartless. But also, kind of not shocked? Idk why but I have NO desire to read it even though I am in possession of it, and it makes me sad! I also want you to read Roseblood soon so you can tell me if I need to read it too. Publishers, make this happen for Cait, please and thank you. I AM happy that you liked Sword and Verse, because I have heard some mixed things and I WANT to love it, you see.
I am shocked that you read fantasy the most. No, not really. I am sad about your majority 2-3 stars though. I am supposed to be the crotchety old person in this duo, but here you are chasing all the books off your lawn. I understand though. It happens- especially when you read 8384 books a year, like you do. There are bound to be some real losers.
Can we please talk about your AMAZING follower numbers?! WHAT EVEN!? I mean, they are BEYOND deserved of course, but still- impressive! 22k!? I KNOW you will make it to 40. Like, I know for a fact. I feel it in my old person bones. Those are legit about telling the weather and the future and stuff, or so I have heard.
Now. To answer your question. Stats and I… we do not get along. In college, I had to take 2 stats classes… and I had to take them each twice. In my defense, I dropped them before I could get terrible grades in them, but make no mistake, I was awful at it. Now I run when I see statistics. They haunt my nightmares. Like if Goodreads spews them at me, we’re good, and I AM interested in what they have to say! BUT. If I have to calculate them myself… no thank you please.
Oh, and pushing books on people? I tried to push Nora & Kettle on everyone I knew. And ummm The Serpent King, if they were under a rock and hadn’t heard of it. Now, I am pushing Scythe on everyone and their mom. So if you haven’t yet… just saying 😉
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YOU ARE INCREDIBLE ONE, SHANNON. And honestly we can both be grannies together at this rate, you because you’re ancient (HAHAHAHAH I’M JOKING OMG😂) and me because I’m like cranky as anything. Like who needs to be in their 20s? I skipped straight to 80s apparently. And 20 does sound more exciting so I do not mind you LYING TO MY FACE (my blog?) because I am always here for embellishing truths to tell a good story. *nods* That’s actually my career description.
I actually have an ARC of Rosebloood!!😂 I’m going to read it January 1st though because I’m AWFUL and since I already calculated my year’s reading stats, I don’t want to read anymore this year hahaha. (Omg surely I’m not the only one who thinks like that?)
I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW I HAVE ANY FOLLOWERS TBH. IT’S A MYSTERY TO HUMANKIND. I’m so random and loud.😂
I actually sort of failed highschool maths??? So.😂 Who knows why I actually like stats and spent 3 hours calculating them the other night. I don’t make sense. That’s also part of my career description.
And omg I actually BOUGHT Nora & Kettle because of you. I have to read it yet….I honestly got stuck reading so many unsolicited ARCs that I barely read any books I wanted to. 2017 will change that though!! And I loooooove The Serpent King omg and Scythe is on my kindle so I’ll report back to you when I finish. Will I be in tears though?????? Because I don’t trust Neal Shusterman.😭
I always love your posts so much. They always, always make me laugh. I hope you know how awesome they are. I really wish I had found your blog sooner, because you are just so awesome and funny.
I don’t blog, but I LOVE organizing my bookshelves and I absolutely adore the idea of logging my books like you did. It’s just….school gets in the way of reading. It’s not fair. I think read forty books this year. Fifty if you count audio. WHAT IS MY LIFE. I’M CRYING NOW. I think we all know what my new year’s resolution is going to be.
Awww, LILY. This absolutely made my day! THANK YOU SO MUCH. <333 This is literally the nicest thing to hear of ever. 🙂 *blushes* And oh I definitely count audiobooks as books! I mean, we're still reading! And I think 50 is a grand amount considering you're doing school too. I don't even know how many books I read during school, but it definitely wasn't as much as I read now.😂
*EATS ALL THE CUPCAKES BECAUSE I MADE IT TO THE END OF THE POST* EEEEEEEP WOW YOU ARE SUPERHUMAN FABULOUS FOR READING SO MUCH AND ACHIEVING GREAT THINGS. *tosses confetti and waffles at you* Also this NEVER HAPPENS but lol I READ A BOOK YOU DIDN’T READ OMG STARS ABOVE *rows of crying laughing emojis* allow me to revel in this moment for a moment MUAHHAHA. You’ll love it though omg. <3 HAVE A WONDERFUL HAPPY NEW YEAR CAIT <3
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YES YES SO MANY CUPCAKES FOR YOU, WONDERFUL PINEAPPLE BEAN. And omg you have read something I haven’t?? Extra cake.😂 See I TOLD YOU I was seriously behind on the TBR this year, haha.
It sounds like you’ve had an amazing reading year, Cait! (: I wish I could say the same, but I’ve barely read anything this year…woops! My biggest blogging moment this year was switching from blogger to wordpress, and now I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M DOING but it’s all good 😉 I’m hoping to have a really good writing year in 2017 with a fantasy series to plan and a contemporary to write! Hope you have a wonderful blogging year next year (:
Oh oh wordpress is so much fun!! I switched about 2 years back and IT WAS SUCH A GOOD CHOICE OMG. I way prefer the freedom of WP. :’) I hope you get the hang of it soon! And yES here’s to good writing years for all of us!! I hope you have a good 2017 too. 🙂
Eep this is such as cool post! I love the layout and all the graphs (I love pie charts)! SAME 2016 was a good year in terms of books! A Darker Shade of Magic and Half Lost 😀 Both very cliffhanger-y and angsty, but still. Torturing ourselves is fun, sometimes 😛 Aw, you didn’t enjoy Heartless and Passenger? I haven’t read Passenger yet, but I liked Heartless.
I can’t wait for A Conjuring of Light and Lord of Shadows!! What am I going to do before they come out? *sobbing* I still haven’t read Crooked Kingdom yet, so that should be one of the first books I read in 2017. Woah, 2017 already? Years are slipping past so quickly!
Pie charts and stats are ACTUALLY MY LIFE. *happy flails* And omg VE Schwab basically ruled 2016 with her epic releases. And I only read ADSOM this year too, so I had 3 amazing Schwab books to slay me. <3
I didn't hate Heartless or anything but it just disappointed me a lot.😂 I thought Cath was nowhere near as badass and strong as the Lunar Chronicles women!
WE WILL JUST SOB AND FLAIL <--- song of the fangirl people
Wowza, and I was happy about reading 35! You’re a rockstar!
I’m glad you are happy with your reading goals too!! That’s all that matters right?! That we enjoy reading and have fun with it. 🙂
Totally! 🙂 Love your site, btw!
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I want to calculate ALL my stats now!! And curse you for expanding my TBR!! And on curious, slightly sassy tangent, you say 2017 is going to be an amazing year for books (and I’m not disagreeing there, we all say it every year) but have we bookworms ever said, “gee next year looks like a total crap pile, guess I’ll just catch up on my TBR”? LOL
OKAY YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT.😂 Although I didn’t have half so many books on my “desperately need to read or I’ll explode into 900 pieces” list as I did this year. So that’s definitely an indication 2017 is doing something right.😂
Toooo be honest I wouldn’t waste your time with Stars Above. Maybe read the one good novella and then skip the rest because it’s literally a waste of your time. (Quite the letdown after the amaaazing finale that was Winter.)
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Aww, really!??! That’s so disappointing!😭 I’ll probably read them all though, because I’m a bit obsessive about reading things from cover to cover haha, but I’ll keep my expectations low.
I also gave mostly 2 and 3 stars ratings in 2016. We definitely ARE becoming more picky.
Crooked Kingdom, Morning Star and 11/22/63 ruled my 2016.
And since you loved The Emperor’s Blades so much, I need to read Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne asap in 2017!
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But it’s not SUCH a bad thing, right?! Because it means we have really good taste and if we’re going to flail over a book, we’ll REALLY REALLY FLAIL and that’s a good recommendation!!
Morning Star was amazing. <3 Bless its existence. SEVRO.
For the record, your reign of terror is going v well – we’re all scared… we’re just also very amused!
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WELL PHEW. That is good news. I can’t accidentally be too nice here or anything. *explodes a planet to stay in character*
Yes fantasy! Yes libraries! YES DIVERSITY! All of these things are excellent and I applaud you. Weirdly enough one of my most read genres this year was romance? Who have I become???? Someone who couldn’t handle the dumpster fire that was 2016 and needed to detox via stories of sweet, sweet lurve, apparently. 😂
Humans on the internet can be especially awful sometimes. I’m really sorry that people were coming for you and your blog, that ain’t right. But oh well! FIGHT BACK WITH CAKE! It seems to be your most powerful weapon, hahaha. OMG, 6+ books! Dang! Get to writing, Cait! We need to be stabbed in the feels by your YA and adult epic fantasy sooner rather than later. 😉 And I don’t know what a blog party is, but I am intrigued!
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That’s fair!! After all, fiction is a great way to escape right?!?😂
And, aww, thanks, Danya, YOU’RE SO NICE TO ME. *prepares the cake battle* 😂 And like cake is totally a good weapon idea. YOU GENIUS.
Thank you for the delicious red velvet cupcake! How did you know it was my favorite?
Awesome post!! I really enjoy reading your blog when I have the time, and find you hilarious!
I’m so glad that I’m not alone in revelling in end of year book stats, although now I see I must get more in depth!
I always try to make everyone read more but I find myself reading the recos from my bookworm friends if anything…don’t know how that works. Maybe I need to become more aggressive this year with my recos!
I LOVED A Darker Shade of Magic, The Lies of Locke Lamora and Pax!! 😉
Have a happy new year!!! 🙂
*sprinkles cake crumbs in your hair* YOU ARE MOST WELCOME.
And aww, thank you so much!! That honestly makes my day. :’) And I’m so glad we share a mutual flailing appreciation for loving stats and graphs! They’re honestly my favourite thing to recap and look at when it’s the end of the year.
I’m so glad we both love ADSOM and Locke Lamora! PAX NEARLY MADE ME CRY. THAT ENDING. But I loved the rest of it.😂
YESSSS WRITING ADVICE POSTS I AM SO EXCITED. Because everyone must write like you, obviously.
That’s disappointing about Heartless, especially since it’s from Marissa Meyer, aka queen of all retellings. I just read Six of Crows this month and loved it!! I need Crooked Kingdom now, but somebody dared to check it out of the library already. *shakes fist*
Yay for diversity and female authors! 🙂 I’m really excited about how many diverse books are being published next year that just look awesome. I’m hoping to keep up with current releases more than I have in the past. I keep showing up late to the party, and honestly it’s just awkward at this point.
Eeeep, you make me flail! THANKS, KATE. Also omg I am sad I didn’t like Heartless more too! It was so weird because it had none of the strong and epic and relatable female heroines like the Lunar Chronicles did?? Cath had no backbone at all.😭
OMG I HOPE THE PERSON WITH CROOKED KINGDOM HURRIES UP BECAUSE YOU NEED IT.
I hope I keep up with current releases a bit more too!! Although considering my TBR is the size of mount everest and there’s like 2014 books on there?? I’m dead.😂
I love all the Darker Shades of Magic love in this post. I can’t wait for A Conjuring of Light! To answer your question I think it’s also the book I pushed most on people AND I REGRET NOTHING. I didn’t calculate my stats this year, because university, but I did it last year and I love looking at the graphs. 😀
YAYYYYYY LET US FORCE THE WHOLE WORLD TO READ ADSOM. WE WILL BE DOING THE WORLD A FAVOUR. <3
There are so many books in your post I want to read! And as for 2017, Flame in the Mist looks awesome! Also, I get most of my books from the library, so it’s good to know I’m not the only library addict here! 🙂
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*hi fives for our library addictions* It’s so great to have good libraries. And it’s so much safer to risk books I might not like because then it’s no worries because I didn’t spend money on them.😂 lOVE MY LIBRARY.
I have A Darker Shade of Magic on my list to read for next year. I got it this year and just didn’t get around to it. I hope it as good as you say it is. 🙂
And read Paper & Fire NOW (or wait until it is closer to Ash & Quill being released because you know Rachel left those poor kids in a lurch again!). I’m mean seriously…do you think Jess and Morgan will make amends? What about Santi and Wolfe?
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OF COURSE IT IS AS GOOD AS I SAY.😂 I seriously hope you love it omg!! And actually I might wait until Ash and Quill is closer to coming out because I’m going to have to reread Ink and Bone anyway, so I might as well binge the whole lot right?!
This post is pure awesome sauce! May your reading year in 2017 be a bright and awesome one! (And I’m using the word “awesome” twice)!
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The word awesome IS SUCH A GREAT WORD. 🎉🎉 And I hope you have a lovely 2017 too!
For a stat nerd like me, this post is reeeeeally interesting and entertaining.
I also made some stats of my own and published them on my newest blog post 🙂
Love,
Rita
I’m glad we both love bookish stats! YAY.
Don’t take this this the wrong way, but your yearly goal of read more books when you regualrly read 200 books per year made me laugh and then cry a little on the inside (I barely manage to read ten books a year). This is great list of recommended reading, keep up the reign of terror 😀
WHY THANK YOU. The Reign of Terror shall definitely proceed. *waves magnanimously to the populace* 😜
How do you make your diagrams? I’m trying to do my reading stats but I’m having some problems with the aesthetic ^^
I just made them on canva.com! Super easy and they look nice. 🙂
Wow, your star ratings were actually pretty balanced! That is actually a huge percentage of ARCs, I think my one would be more actually. Hopefully we can adjust it in 2017. OMG that edition of Lies of Locke Lamora though. I read ADSOM in 2016 but I can’t remember much about it, so I’ll probably reread it and AGOS. Still so disappointed about Heartless.
OMG CAIT YOU KNOW ILY TOO! <3 Yeah….humans on the internet was pretty much the worse in 2016. This has never happened in my 2.5 years of blogging! But anyway…LETS PUT IT ALL BEHIND IN 2017. We've got better things to worry about.
Cait, seriously. Get off your keyboard and read Gemina or I shall never speak to you again.
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It is such a huge percentage of ARCs omgggg. I want to bump up the books *I* choose to read/buy for sure! (Although technically I choose all the library books so I can’t complain too much.😂 Although a lot of them I pick up from availability anyway hahah.) But yessss, hopefully we both have an excellent 2017 with lots of books we want to read. :’)
(I was in denial that Heartless could be disappointing?!? BUT IT WAS. *sobs*)
Heyyyy, calm down. I finally have the audiobook of Gemina out from the library. I’m reading it after I finish the sequel to Lies of Locke Lamora! I SHALL KEEP YOU UPDATED.😂
I didn’t know you didn’t care for Every Heart a Doorway either. Did you get a lot of flack for that because I did. And Of Fire and Stars, ugh. The Serpent King and The Smell Of Other People’s House were my two top YA. The Dream Thieves was my favorite sequel. I read A Darker Shade Of Magic in 2015 and it was one of my top books then. Love your lists and pie charts. I have not attempted pie charts yet, ha ha. Maybe next year. 😀
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ohhh we should band together! I did get a bit of flack, but just from one reviewer and that was because I got angry at the Narnia diss in the book and this reviewer was trying to tell me it wasn’t a diss and…yeah, it didn’t go well. BUT NO WORRIES. I don’t understand why people think it’s so weird not for everyone to like the same books?!😂
YASSSS FOR YOUR TOP READS! I adored both of those! 5 stars for sure!
YES, YES, YES to all of this.
I was definitely disappointed by Heartless, Passenger and By Your Side as well. It’s a shame, because they all had such potential. 🙁 But, like you, I was also pleasantly surprised by The Things I Didn’t Say (are you proud of me for reading Aussie YA?) and Outrun the Moon And OMG The Winner’s Kiss and Crooked Kingdom were both such epic finales to their respective series.
Also AHH I’m raging for you just reading about your challenges with humans on the internet this year. I can’t believe people would treat you so poorly – that’s horrible and inexcusable. You are so fantastic and hilarious and you know how much I love you and your blog. It’s disgusting that people would drag you into drama like that. 🙁 But I’ve got to say I’m super impressed how you didn’t allow that to ruin your year or your blogging experience. 😘
Here’s to a great 2017!
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I am SO proud of you for reading Aussie YA. :’) And I’m also ridiculously pleased you liked it eeeeeep, because it was such a good rep and an excellent story and ajskdlasd. And Stacey Lee is just FANTASTIC. I want to read all her books now.😂
Aww, thanks Zoe!! We’re only 7 days into 2017 and it’s happened again *sigh* But I’m beginning to think this is probably the price to pay for just having a wide reach? It sucks, but I need to just focus on those who really support me and are just amazing to be around. LIKE YOU, MY PRECIOUS BEAN FRIEND. <3 There are sucky people, but the amazing people outweigh them for sure!!
I haven’t been to your blog for so long, it seems! Or maybe my understanding of time is just warped. But I’m back!
I’m glad you are never reluctant to share your bad opinions, especially for books others rave about. For example, it’s interesting to see that you didn’t enjoy Passenger, when everyone seems to be going mad about it. I don’t think it’s a book I’ll ever read though, because it didn’t draw me to read it, so I’ve got no opinion cause I’m not intending to read that one. But what I mean is that I like seeing different opinions about books in the community. Because I know how people are, they won’t let you HAVE an opinion sometimes. If you have a negative one, then you are called names. Or worse yet, you’re called misogynistic or racist or all those bad things which have nothing to do with actually having a right to like or dislike certain stories. So I really respect the fact that you won’t hide your negative opinions out of fear or conformism.
Also, did you read 5 to 1? I recall that being on my TBR.
Which of your tweets went viral? 🙂
Got you on that anxiety front. I actually couldn’t read for the past two days (which really sucks when you’re doing a challenge). Or do anything else, for that matter (except for work, strangely and thankfully). What is weird was that writing a review and a post about a sad, troubled book which I’d been procrastinating made me all better. This has never happened before, especially because the problem is nothing book-world related and hasn’t gone away. So, the healing effects of blogging FTW!
And grats about your follow stats 🙂 they sound great! My 310 followers on Twitter might be meagre in comparison, but I’m also extremely happy that yesterday I finally broke the following/followed count, as I had as many following me as I followed 🙂 it’s not a small victory for me, especially as my blog is like, what. Several months old? Haha.
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Haha, omg YES do I know that people are particularly not fond of reviewers having negative opinions these days. *walks into a brick wall* I just got into big trouble on twitter for this. (Again.) 🙄🙄 I think we definitely need good and negative reviews going around! It’s balanced?! And like everyone is different and we’re not all going to always love the same books! Logic.😜 (But thank you. This comment is soooo encouraging. I’ve been having a rough week for being called racist AGAIN for not liking a diverse book. When the only reason I didn’t like it was because of the instalove. Which I never like! In any kind of book! *facepalm*) Anyway. I won’t whinge too much. 😉
I did read 5 to 1! I liked it except I wished it had more world building? It’s super short so I didn’t feel like I got a really good grasp on the actual world…but apart from that it was actually a unique dystopian!
Anxiety is always sucky, gah, but I’m glad we can push through it and find a safe and nice place in books. <3
Dude, that is AMAZING!! It took me 3 years of blogging to even break 100.😂 You're doing incredibly!!!
Did you get into trouble? Well, I never saw anything 😀
I have noticed that some people are very dramatic on Twitter and they shout for the sake of shouting. They’re basically the anti-racist KKK and they would never own up to it. “Promoting” diversity for the sake of making a scandal. I realized that the primary reason for this is perhaps, PERHAPS that most of those people are FIFTEEN. Forgive me for saying, but people are not the shining definition of wisdom at this age. So I had the funnest little Friday evening when I ruthlessly unfollow anyone who even as much as retweeted one of those people. Some of them aren’t toxic, but they will pay the price – I do not need this in my stream. Grow up, then I might read you again.
It really is sad this happens. Unfortunately, it seems that a lot of them are Aussie D: that is quite sad.
Don’t let them get to you.
Really? XD well, you see. I AM A MARKETER. I know all sorts of techniques xD I’ve known stuff before I started blogging, so there’s probably that. Except ask me how many of those I actually implement. Is Numb blog at least a little SEO optimized? Nope. Even headers look too bad to implement their usage. Does my blog even have a menu? If two items count, then yes -.- does my blog even have a theme I don’t have to wrestle with or do I even remotely understand how to change all the settings of the newsletter mailing? T_T I don’t even know if people get notifications when I reply comments on my blog. Long story short, blogging could be so much more fun if I actually had an IT technician -.- LOL
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I didn’t engage at all so nothing would’ve come up on my timeline! I don’t feel like engaging ever helps? People have made up their mind about me already and speaking up won’t change anything tbh. The internet is very harsh and unforgiving atm and people are happy to run with only half stories. Someone started a thread that’s only purpose was to say how much they hated me.🙄🙄 I wish people WOULD promote more diverse books! I only ever see negative books getting slammed. (I’m not afraid to unfollow and block too these days, but ’tis sad.) Trying not to let it get to me! But it honestly does make me scared to review at times, which is a shame….
YAY FOR MARKETING! I didn’t even know what a blog WAS when I started. I just started because my sister told me to.😂
Well it’s really good you didn’t engage. It’s one thing if they’re collected audience of 500 sees it, it’s another if you engage and your 6k see it. You’re dealing with it well, one of the few bloggers I’ve seen who knows how to not mess up by getting into it (probably through experience?) I think it separates a small blogger from a big blogger (I mean big audience) whether they get into this stuff or not. I don’t think you would be able to keep an audience if you kept getting into this stuff. Although the results of the American vote say otherwise >_>
But either way, if it makes you feel any better, Margaret Atwood has recently got into one of these things. She’s one of the most intellectual and respectable writers I can think of. It can happen to anyone.
Your sister told you to start a blog? How did she figure that? 🙂 awesome sister. You are probably still paying her annual returns in cake xD
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Hey Cait, don’t mind if I steal/use some of the questions that you made up?? I don’t really know how these kind of things work so I just want to check :))) Thanks!!
Oh sure no worries! Just link to me if you don’t mind. 😉
of course!! thank you so much :))