2014 in review

I haven't done an end-of-the-year wrap up in a long time and this year I want to do it, so here goes....

What I read by the numbers

When I was a Teacher Librarian, I was reading over 100 books a year. Now that I am a Digital Literacy Coach (and driving all over the place for my daughter's dance and acting), I have read only 48 books for the year. Huh. I wish it was a bit more, not because the total number matters, but because there were times during the year that I missed out on reading.

• Fiction--51
• Non-Fiction--4. Well, that's outrageous. I am embarrassed that I only read 4 non-fiction books in 2014!
• Adult--19
• Young Adult--36. Not a surprise, I really do love YA books!
• Dystopian--2. Now this is shocking! I was on a real dystopian kick in 2013. I guess I needed a break!
• Graphic Novels--1. So disappointing. I have only read one graphic novel since 2012 :-(
• Historical Fiction--3
• LGBTQ--0. Another surprise. I read a lot of LGBTQ when I was working in the Library
• Mystery--12
• Romance--3
• Science Fiction--1

Countries I visited

I managed to visit 16 countries this year through the books I read. That's not bad, but I would like it to be even more. If you'd like to see which books were in each state or country, visit my Google Reading Map

• Afghanistan
• Canada
• China
• France
• Germany
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Israel
• Rwanda
• Sierra Leon
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Uganda
• United Kingdom
• United States (CA, GA, IL, KS, MA, MS, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, VA, WA, WI)
• US Virgin Islands

The cream of the crop

If I don't like a book, I don't finish it. There are too many good and great books out there to waste my time reading books I don't like. Therefore, most of the books that I review get 4, 4.5, or 5 stars. These are the one that, when I read them, impressed me enough to get 5 stars

• The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
• The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
• The Language of Threads by Gail Tsukiyama
• Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
• War Brothers by McKay and LaFrance (graphic novel)
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
• Wonder by RJ Palacio

My reading goals for 2015

• Read more books set outside the United States
• Read more non-fiction and graphic novels
• Read more. Just more. Not a specific number, but I definitely had weeks where I didn't read this year because I was busy working and driving to dance stuff.