Archives for January 2021

In 2020, I read A LOT of books, 196 to be precise. And although I know it’s not a competition, I can’t help but be just a little impressed with myself on that. To note, I don’t ever strive for a particular number of books read each year, but rather do try to read books that I truly enjoy or gain something from, and do try to structure my reading so that it’s a blessing to me rather than a burden. So without further ado, here are some pretty little charts that break down my 2020 reading statistics, with a few notes about what stood out to me in them.

November, what with the election coverage (and me being a political science major in college), was a seriously down month in my reading.

My goal was to read 75 books that I already owned, as part of the Unread Shelf Challenge. I met that plus a couple more, with 77 old or already owned books.

I clearly don’t do as may audiobooks as physical or e-books, which makes sense, since I typically listen to those while driving or doing other things around the house. But 42 audiobooks is still quite a few, and maybe demonstrates that I don’t listen to them at 1x speed (I usually bump them up to 1.2-1.4x speed depending on the narrator, topic, and my level of interest).

Also, if you actually counted up the number here (197) compared to the total number of books that I read (196) and noticed a discrepancy, you’re a nerd. Also, I had one book in two different formats, so that accounts for the discrepancy there.