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Cal Newport, Kristin Hannah, Mary Ann Shaffer, Natalie Goldberg, Nicholas Evans, Rosamunde Pilcher
It is that time of the year again.
2018 has been a wonderful year – many of the goals achieved, some wonderful surprises that have come right until the last day of December; I have moved into a flat where I can watch the moonrise, and I have spent time with my loved ones, who are all fine…
But let’s talk about books, because this post was meant to be a summary of my bookish statistics of the year. Ready?
I have read a total amount of 61 books, of which:
- 31 were written by women and 30 by men.
- 30 were in English and 31 in Spanish.
- There were 20 audiobooks (all of them in English), 7 ebooks and 34 regular books.
- 19 were books from the public libraries of my hometown and other places I have visited this year.
- Regarding genre, 31 has been non-fiction books (all of the audiobooks were non-fiction, by the way).
- 10 were comics.
- I’ve read 2 poetry books.
- 4 were re-reads.
I didn’t reach my Goodreads goal of reading 65 books, but it has been a busy year. I should start counting text books for the challenge!
*****
Best books of the year
I rated 15 books with five stars, and I am recommending you the following:
Deep work (Cal Newport): for those who are worried about the time wasted on social media and willing to improve their productivity.
Writing down the bones (Natalie Goldberg): you don’t need to be an aspiring writer to read Goldberg’s inspirational book. I actually read it twice this summer.
Firefly lane (Kristin Hannah): a wonderful story about a friendship, with relatable characters.
The Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society (Mary Ann Sheffer): I know I should have read this one long time ago, and now I know you were right: it’s wonderful.
The smoke jumper (Nicholas Evans): I picked this one in the library by chance, and I enjoyed every line.
Under Gemini (Rosamunde Pilcher): it’s not the book, but the author who makes me feel at home in her stories.
*****
I hope you have a very happy New Year with all the reasons to smile.
