Now that 2013 has officially wound down, here are some highlights from the year.
Best Books
I’ve read four books this year that I’ve rated with 5 stars. That seems to be a good ratio based on reading 37 books. In fact, I might have been just a bit stingy. In 2012, I read 30 books and rated four with 5 stars.
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Some Favorite Parts of the Year
This has been a good year for my family and I, here are the highlights:
- Celebrating Claire’s 3rd birthday
- Celebrating Nick’s 32nd birthday at the last football game in the Metrodome – Also, the last game of the 32nd season in the Metrodome
- Visiting friends and family in South Dakota a few different times, including going camping
- Watching Claire’s personality really blossom
- Celebrating 5 years of marriage
And now for some stats
Books Read: 37
Books Reviewed: 26
Books Not Reviewed: 11 (Yikes!)
5 Star Books*: 4
4 Star Books*: 17
3 Star Books*: 6
Books Unfinished: 4 (1 quit for now, 2 set aside and 1 in progress)
Fiction Read: 23
Nonfiction Read: 13
Poetry Read: 1
Estimated pages read: 11,012 (calculated using whatever edition I set on Goodreads)
Books 15o Pages & Below: 4
Books 151 to 300 Pages: 12
Books 301 to 450 Pages: 19
Books 415 Pages & Up: 2
*of books actually reviewed
**Linked up with Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Best Books of 2013**
What did your 2013 look like? What was your favorite book and/or moment?
The 1000th Voice 
I’m thrilled to see that you loved Rebecca, as it made my list as well!
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Oh, it was so good! I’m glad you loved it as well.
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Rebecca is in my Top 5 of all time! I re-read it yearly and never tire of it. I think it’s perfect. I also read Peace Like a River with my book club a number of years ago; it was wonderful.
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Oh, wow! I think it at least rates in my top 10. I’ve never really thought of my top reads.
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Rebecca is excellent! Sometimes I wish I could go back and read it again for the first time.:)
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I love that! There are so many books that would be great to read again for the first time.
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I don’t keep detailed book stats myself, so maybe that’s why I so enjoy perusing other people’s? Love yours.
Rebecca is the only one of these I’ve read, but I distinctly remember neglecting everything I was supposed to be doing and finishing that book as quickly as possible instead!
Thanks for sharing your favorites. 🙂
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I had to calculate the total page numbers just before writing the post. I think that’s a nice stat to see. The total number of books might not mean much without page number counts!
Rebecca was simply amazing. I think you’d like the others as well!
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