Sunday, February 19, 2023

Sunday Salon: 2022 in review


I know that we are more than halfway through February, but I haven't had time before this week to share my statistics for 2022 yet! And you know I love a good statistic, so I didn't want to not do them. So, better late than never, is my 2022 in review post



My Goodreads challenge target for 2022 was 55 books, which was one book per week plus a couple of extras. In the end, I exceeded this and read a total of 60 books for the year, which was 12051 pages. I am aiming for 60 books this year too!


Let's get into the stats.



I do tend to read a lot of new books so no real surprises with the numbers below. The oldest book I read was Alice in Wonderland, which I read thanks to Cook the Books.





Genre wise, there are no surprises that my reading is dominated by historical fiction, general fiction and contemporary romance. It is a bit of a surprise to see a horror read on there! That's unusual!



My best reading months were February and October. Pretty sure February won't be up there in this years stats. At least I hope that there are better months! was August. 


One of the things that has changed for me over the last couple of years is the way that I read. If we look back a few years, most of my reading would have been paper books, then audio and then finally the occasional e-book. However, that has completely swapped around with the vast majority of my reads being digital this year. It surprises me that I completed 9 audiobooks this year. Last year I only finished 3 audiobooks whch I attributed to the fact that I spent most of my year working at home and therefore don't have a lot of listening time. The same is true this year and yet I finished a lot more.



A new statistic for this year is keeping track of whether I own or borrowed a book, or if it was a book that I received for review purposes



I have been blogging a very long time now. This is my eighteenth year and yet today is the first day it has occurred to me to include posts per month in my annual stats








Some other stats:


I read 34 new to me authors in 2022, which is 57%. I think that is a good thing, but it also means I am not getting through many backlist books from authors I have already read. So I guess there are pros and cons both ways.



The authors who I did read multiple books by were Maggie Christensen with 7 books, and Ella Carey, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Jo Thomas and Karen Swan with 2 books each. 



I don't do a lot of rereads at the best of times. This year my only reread was Hogfather by Terry Pratchett which is seemingly becoming an annual event during the festive season. 



As always my reading is always skewed to read a lot more women authors than men but I read many more than usual men this year with 49 books by female authors and 11 by males. 


Another skew that I have in my reading is towards Australian authors. This year 40% of my reads were by Australian authors, which is a pretty big portion and is about the same as last year. I don't really see this changing.



The last graph I wanted to share is for ratings. My go to rating of a book I enjoyed is 4 out of 5 and this is once again reflected in the gradings for the year.






These were the two books that I gave 5/5 to!






So there is it is....my 2022 reading year in review!

19 comments:

  1. That's interesting. Now, I'm wondering what some of these stats would be for me. No, not enough to go figure it out, but it does make me wonder.

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    1. I keep all of these stats as I go during the year so today i just need to collate them! Thanks for stopping by Mark

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  2. I started the year off keeping a record of the books I read which would have figured all the stats out for me, but I got bogged down in October when I start reading (literally) hundreds of picture books for the Cybils Awards, and I never finished. Sigh. Your stats are helpful, I think, for planning and evaluating your yearly goals. I think you had a satisfying year. And, wow, eighteen years!

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    1. I know Deb! You'd think I would be better at it by now right?

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  3. Statistics are really revealing! I don't track my reading, so I guess I could never work that out, but like you, I mostly read ebooks these days. It's so easy to get started on a new read if all you have to do is a few clicks on amazon.

    best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. I do an awful lot of 1 clicking on Amazon Mae!

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  4. I never thought about doing the stats, that's interesting.

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  5. I love stats! I also read a ton during the winter and barely anything during the summer. It's something I need to work on.

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    1. One of my oddities is that I struggle with reading while on vacation! Everyone else says they read a lot and I am over here saying I read nothing much at all.

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  6. I'm also a stat lover and you track and share some stats I hadn't considered before so need to add that to my tracking. It's fun to see reading habits evolve (or not) over a few years. My reading usually spikes over the summer because I read a lot on vacation and on planes.
    And, Missing Trees was a 5 star for me as well. I just LOVED that book! I'm glad you finally shared your stats - it's fun to see what others reading life looks like. Have a terrific week and hope you find time to put your feet up and enjoy a good book!
    Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
    thanks for the visit.

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    1. Missing Trees was an amazing book Terrie! Thanks for stopping by!

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  7. Hi there Marg!

    I just love stats, but I am so terribly bad with making them myself!

    5/5 stars for The Island of Missing Trees for sure!!

    Have a wonderful week ahead.

    Elza Reads

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    1. The key is to do the data as you go along so you aren't trying to create them all at the end of the year!

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  8. Most of my books are digital recently as I'm a great supporter of NetGalley ARCs, and I have more than I can read in a hurry. Have a good week.

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    1. I have more Netgalley ARCs than I can possibly read. I try not to visit too often so that I am not tempted.

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  9. That's great that you keep those stats. It must be really interesting to look back on them. Good luck with your 2023 goals. The Emily Henry book looks really good. I hope you have a great week!

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  10. Aren't these stats posts fun? I keep a detailed spreadsheet plus use Goodreads and enjoy looking at my results every year.

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