Now that the year is fully over, rest of my the yearly update. I just eeked by with my Goodreads goal of 200 finished the last day of the year, had to slip in a quick children's book which was actually adorable and makes me want to check out the rest of the series. Somehow five books didn't make their way over to my personal spreadsheet so a small difference, but I don't feel like hunting through all that and figuring it out, it doesn't matter enough for the effort. One goal I have in 2023 is to update more regularly like I used to.
For me year the reading year was very mixed, first full year into a new position and ups and downs. Did finally get into more regular audiobook patterns as well to help make up some of the difference.
Out of books read:
Spoiler:
15% Audio, 64% E-books, 2% Hardback, 16% Mass Market Paperback, 3% Trade Paperback. Biggest month of reading December, lowest February.
90% Adult, 7% YA, 2% Middle Grade, 1% Kids.
78% Contemporary, 10% Historical, 4% Future, 8% "Retro".
30% of the reads were Re-Reads.
52% of the books read were purchased, 48% from free sources or subscription services
Out of free sources, 22% is library, 64% Kindle Unlimited, 6% Scribd, 4% Audible Premium Plus plan, 1 free loan and 4% other sources
31% of books read were self-published.
For Paranormal, main "creatures" over 10% - 25% Shapeshifter, 20% Magic User, 10% Serial Killer, 8% random monster, 11% Ghost
Sources of Stores for purchased - 50% Amazon, 14% Audible, 2% BooksAMillion, 10% Used bookstore random, 8% Thrift books
Genres:
Romance 29%; Mystery 31%; Action/Adventure 3%; Drama and General Fiction 6%; Fairy Tales 1%; High Fantasy 3%; Horror 11%; Nonfiction 2%; Science Fiction 2%; Urban Fantasy 16%
Location (from when known) - 73% United States, 14% United Kingdom, 1% each for Australia, France, Japan, Italy, Mexico, Scotland, Turkey, Ocean, 2% Ireland, 4% Fantasy world, 2% Space Setting
I miss a lot of the states the US is set when reading, but from the ones I can figure, the top ones were 28% in California, 12% Massachusetts, 11% New York, 4% Ohio, 14% Washington
Author Gender: 37% Male, 63% Female, 1% Both
Protagonist Gender: 31% Multiple POV Ensemble, 37% Male, 33% Female
Not much diversity - 67% listed as zero. 16% marked as 5 star, 49% 4 and 4.5 stars, 29% 3 and 3.5 stars, 6% 2 stars, 1% 1 star. Good on ratings at least!