Happy New Year everyone! As we start a New Year, (and hopefully a more normal one), I wanted to reflect on my year in books for 2021.
I Love Goodreads!
Goodreads is a great resource for collecting information about reading habits in the course of a year. Here’s some interesting reading about 2020 gleamed from this resource:
- I’ve read or listened to 110 books
- My shortest book was The Sixth Wedding by Elin Hilderbrand at 76 pages.
- My longest book was Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig at 528 pages
- My average book length in 2021 was 342 pages.
- My most popular book as defined by the number of people who also shelved a book on Goodreads was Malibu Rising
- My average Goodreads rating was 4.1 (consistent with 2020)which shows I’ve selected the books I believe are a good fit for me.
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My blog stats also provided me with interesting information:
- The book that brought the most views to my blog (for reviews already published) was my book review of Royal by Danielle Steel
- My viewers came from 78 different countries in 2021! This blows me away and I’m so very thankful for every single view!
I’m so very grateful
I appreciate all the support I’ve received in 2021. I made a switch from Blogger to a self-hosted WordPress blog this year and I’m glad I did! It warms my heart to see in my blog comments that many of you are discovering new books based on my reviews. I appreciate those of you who have subscribed to my blog. Publishers look at stats such as the number of subscribers a blog has when determining whether or not to approve a book so when you subscribe it gives me access to some great books.
I wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Successful 2022!
Jodie
That Happy Reader
Melissa
This is such a great 2021 wrap up! 110 books is an incredible accomplishment – I’m looking forward to reading more of your new reviews this year! Happy New Year, best wishes for you in 2022!
thathappyreader
Thank you so much Melissa! I really appreciate your support. Happy New Year!
Charity
I just downloaded goodreads myself for the year! I am hoping to read more this year as well! Thanks so much for sharing your 2021 review of books!
thathappyreader
That’s wonderful Charity! I find Goodreads so helpful in tracking what I’ve read as well as what I’d like to read!
Pastor Natalie
Wow congratulations on a great success! This is wonderful. I appreciate you sharing Goodreads. May you have a very successful 2022!
Pastor Natalie
Letstakeamoment.com
thathappyreader
Thank you for your support Pastor Natalie! Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2022!
Caroline
I love reading yearly wrap ups! Goodreads is amazing, I love how it works out the statistics for you. 110 books is an amazing achievement, I read 37 last year and I’ve set my goal for 30. x
thathappyreader
I’m glad you find Goodreads useful too Caroline! I hope you have a great 2022!
Wendy Williams
Happy New Year Jodie!! I love Goodreads too, it keeps me somewhat organized.
thathappyreader
Yes! I love the shelves that you can create! Thanks for your support Wendy!
Fransic verso
I use Goodreads as well. I wish you a wonderful year and wish you more success in the new year!
thathappyreader
Thank you Fransic! I hope you have a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2022 as well.
Colleen
I love being able to see what others are reading! Amazing. Congrats on reading so many books, too! Very impressive!!
thathappyreader
Thank you Colleen!
Faye
This was so interesting to read through! I’m hoping to up my reading game this year, so I’m excited to see what my end of 2022 reading stats will look like on Goodreads.
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thathappyreader
Thank you Faye! Happy reading!
Allison
WOW 110 books?!? I was so impressed with myself for reading 30 when my goal was 25! But I also haven’t read like I am now in years, so that’s still a lot for me. Hopefully you and I will find lots of great books this year!
thathappyreader
Great job Allison! I hope we find some great reads too!