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issybird · 03-03-2017, 10:07 AM

I'm deriving some entertainment from using the generic My Year in Books link at Goodreads set to 2017, as it gives me a little extra insight into my reading to date, without added effort on my part.

Most gratifying is the sharp uptick in my average rating at 3.3 stars, after last year's abysmal result when I barely nicked 3.0. Of course it had to be better this year, as thus far I've DNFed everything that was shaping up to be less than three stars. As I don't count them as books read, it means they don't affect my stats. I won't be able to keep this up indefinitely as sometimes there's a reason to finish a book I'm not enjoying, but I think this is a good discipline. So many books, etc.

Also of interest to me is that my average page count is just over 400 pages, which is much longer than last year's figure. It's tempting to think that length correlates at least a little to quality, for me. At some point I may do a minor regression on this.

One-sixth of the year in and I'm just barely ahead of my goals, so I have to stay focused. I'd like to develop a slight cushion. But overall, I'm pleased with how things are going.

03-03-2017, 10:07 AM	#142
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,334 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I'm deriving some entertainment from using the generic My Year in Books link at Goodreads set to 2017, as it gives me a little extra insight into my reading to date, without added effort on my part. Most gratifying is the sharp uptick in my average rating at 3.3 stars, after last year's abysmal result when I barely nicked 3.0. Of course it had to be better this year, as thus far I've DNFed everything that was shaping up to be less than three stars. As I don't count them as books read, it means they don't affect my stats. I won't be able to keep this up indefinitely as sometimes there's a reason to finish a book I'm not enjoying, but I think this is a good discipline. So many books, etc. Also of interest to me is that my average page count is just over 400 pages, which is much longer than last year's figure. It's tempting to think that length correlates at least a little to quality, for me. At some point I may do a minor regression on this. One-sixth of the year in and I'm just barely ahead of my goals, so I have to stay focused. I'd like to develop a slight cushion. But overall, I'm pleased with how things are going.