2013 has come to an end, and I’ve counted up what I’ve read over the last year, and thought about my favourites. Here’s the summary!
So 2013 was a year of classics, and the big names of YA. I admit I have definitely been in a classics mood as of late, but I guess that mood has actually been a constant throughout the year! The YA titles don’t surprise me much, either. You know I had barely read any John Green before this year? Now I’m caught up with him and Rainbow Rowell, and I only have two titles remaining by Meg Rosoff, both of which are on my to-read shelf as I type (not including her picture books).
I wanted to read things as they came out this year, because I am usually at least a year behind titles being released. I did manage that a few times this year, but again, only with big names that I was fairly certain I would enjoy. I plan to post a New Years Resolutions summary again for 2014, and one of things on it will be trying to read more new YA and MG, from authors I don’t already know.
All in all, a good reading year. Read some books I’d been meaning to read for a long time, and discovered a couple of new authors as well.
Rainbow Rowell is an author on my 2014 list.
Wow, it's startling to look back at my list of books read and remember that, yes, Eons-Ago January was in fact a part of last year.
I read a few new books that I absolutely loved, abandoned a handful unfinished, slogged through some tedious ones and zipped through others lickity-split, either to get them over with or because I did /not/ want to put them down. And then there are those it takes a second to remember what those books even were.
Impressive reading list (and total). I'm ready to jump into Jane Austen again. Much happiness and success in 2014!
Epic Reading. I'm impressed. Have to admit Jane Austen isn't one I'll jump into, though Matthew Macfayden makes a nice Mr. Darcy.