2012: A year in books

Guess what?

Somewhere in my calculations I skipped an entire month. 

That means I read 47.5 books!

It's not 52, but it's damn close and it beats the high of 42.5 books since I started keeping count three years ago.

Also, I had forgotten about Elisabeth Badinter's The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women of which I read about half because it made me grumpy. I give myself that half credit.

This year I tried to break it down by genre/category, but sometimes these genres are too broad or too specific. Therefore, I tried to keep it very simple.

Fiction: 27

Nonfiction: 19.5

Poetry: 1 (Clearly, I need to read more poetry....)

In the broader category of age, I break down "Fiction" as follows, while admitting that these categories are pretty fluid, too:

Adult: 17

Young Adult: 7

Children's: 3 (All collections of three to four chapter books each)

I wanted to give a Top Five or Top Ten, but I'm not sure I can. Maybe later.... I did notice that I had forgotten to label any of my posts from last year. I will remedy that shortly (this month?) and include a "2013 Reads" link in the sidebar.

Next up: What I plan to read next year and how I am going to do it! 

By the way, I do realize that 2012 is a year that demands some summary since I neglected to document it as it was happening. It is in the works.

In the meantime, Happy New Year and Happy Reading!