BOOKMARK: THE COMPLEAT 2022 READING LIST

2007 - 100 Books (avg. 408.57 pages)   2008 - 80 Books (avg. 385.50 pages) 2009 - 67 Books (avg. 338.03 pages) 2010 - 129 Books (avg. 378.75 pages) 2011 - 133 Books (avg. 375.98 pages) 2012 - 144 Books (avg. 398.92 pages) 2013 - 130 Books (avg. 397.36 pages) 2014 - 130 Books (avg. 391.13 pages)

2015 - 122 Books (avg. 364.18 pages) 2016 - 100 Books (avg. 433.06 pages) 2017 - 104 Books (avg. 413.24 pages) 2018 - 108 Books (avg. 377.99 pages) 2019 - 125 Books (avg. 389.52 pages) 2020 - 266 Books (avg. 306.32 pages) 2021 - 255 Books (avg. 312.65 pages)

Cracked the first new book of 2022, so I'm starting my reading list for the year, too.

After 2020's high-water mark of 266 books, I didn't expect to come that close in 2021. But I still ended up reading a total of 79,727 pages: that's 218 per day, only 4 per day fewer than the previous year. It'll be interesting to see what happens in 2022!

In other stats: 28 were non-fiction this time; 14 were re-reads; and 20 were graphic novels. 156 were ebooks.

That's the most nonfiction yet; most of it historical. In genre analysis, of the 227 fictional books: 107 were science fiction (22 of which were media tie-ins, and 15 were LitRPG); 49 were fantasy of some variety (epic, urban, steampunk, etc.); 42 were romance, of which 33 were JAFF; and most of the rest were mystery, thrillers, drama, and so on, many of them in a historical setting. Five were considered YA.

[One fun additional note: since I started using LibraryThing in 2007, all my books have been datestamped as I entered them. As an extra OCD additional challenge, I decided that as extra motivation to make progress on my TBR pile, I should read at least one book stamped for each year I've been tracking. Qapla'!]

So, on to Year Sixteen of book tracking!

Book stats through 251 include 8 rereads, 39 nonfiction, 7 ya, 161 ebooks and 16 graphic novels.

( Books Read in 2022 )

FIC YEAR IN REVIEW - 2021

In 2021, my main fanfic goal was solely to do better than last year's number; though for the second year running, I did set a getyourwordsout target of 200k to keep me moving. I didn't make the 200k, but I did nearly double last year's wordcount, and also completed the triplecrownofexchanges, so I am definitely counting the year as a win.

I even managed to write several fic for the annual Twistedshorts Ficathon, which I passed on in 2020. I think maybe I stopped being quite as depressed about the general state of things and got a little angrier about it? I also kept up with the rotating exchange schedule to provide me with deadlines (and cheer some other people's years up) and somehow managed nearly half of my output in a single fandom, all of which helped with motivation.

Goals for 2022: now that I am recovering my mojo, clear off some more of those old request lists and WIPs! Also, signing up for getyourwordsout and completing the Triple Crown again.

( On to the list of fic! )