Happy 2018 to fellow bookworms! :-)
2017 proved to be a phenomenal reading year for me! I read more books last year than I’ve ever
read in one year, which is an achievement in and of itself, but the
accomplishment I’m most proud of is that I was able to stick to my commitment
of writing a review for every single book I read. This is no small feat given my usual busy
life! For 2018, I intend to read even more books and will continue to write reviews for every book read as I did this year.
For my 2017 reading challenge on Goodreads, I had
set a goal of reading 52 books, with the intention of reading one book a
week. Well, it turns out that I exceeded
that number, as I ended up reading 56 books – 4 more than my original
goal! Many of the books I read were
published this year (2017), but there were also some older ones in there that I read
for challenges and/or book clubs that I really enjoyed. Majority of the
books were 3 stars and above, with only 5 books falling into the 2 star
category, so I would say that overall, I definitely had a great year!
Before I go into my list of favorite reads for 2017, just
wanted to share a few stats…
Ratings
breakdown:
5 Star Reads: 12
4 to 4.5 Star Reads:
24
3 to 3.5 Star Reads: 15
2 to 2.5 Star Reads:
5
Genre / Category
breakdown:
Fiction: 48
-
General Fiction:
24
-
Classics: 4
-
Historical: 13
-
Mystery/Thriller/Suspense: 4
-
Short Stories: 2
-
Young Adult (YA): 1
Non-Fiction: 8
-
General Non-fiction: 4
-
Memoirs: 4
ARCs / Review
copies
NetGalley: 16
Edelweiss: 5
Penguin First to Read: 13
Direct from author / publisher: 1
**
Favorite Reads of
2017
Below is my list of favorite reads this year (in no
particular order) – all of these books I rated 5 stars:
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas
All the Best People by Sonja Yoerg
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Reading with Patrick by Michelle Kuo
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The following books I rated 4 stars but they were
particularly enjoyable reads for me so I figured I would mention them as well
(again, in no particular order):
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Red Hunter by Lisa Unger
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
Almost Missed You by Jessica Strawser
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti
The Little French Bistro by Nina George
The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
The Barrowfields by Phillip Lewis
The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan
Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker
** Note: To read my reviews for any of the above books, please click on the name of the book in the sidebar to the right of this blog. Thanks!**
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