Happy New Year! My big year-end stats post will go up in the next couple of days, but I can’t let December go by without its own quick review post. Here’s what my December looked like:
Books
Total books read: 4
Total pages read: 1,733
Favorite book: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Least favorite book: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Audiobooks
Total audiobooks listened to: 3
Total hours listened: 35 hours, 13 minutes
Favorite audiobook: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Least favorite audiobook: The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
Erin Reads
- I reviewed my 2011 reading goals, launched a new reading project, and explained a shift in reading focus.
- I hosted the December BAND discussion about truth in nonfiction.
- Reading Buddies tackled The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (discussion | wrap-up).
- I contributed a holiday gift guide over on Books, Personally.
- I shared thoughts on The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (audiobook), Going Bovine by Libba Bray, and A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.
- I attempted to convince you to try the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik.
- I chose my top ten favorite reads and listens of 2011!
Your Turn!
That was my December. How was yours?
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Hi Erin! I wish you the best of everything for this new coming year, and many great books to share!
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Yay for the Woman in White! I haven’t read it in a very, very long time, but I have it on my list to re-read at some point.
Trisha recently posted 2012 Reading Goals
Funny that your favorite and least favorite books were both classics. I haven’t finished a paper book since the October readathon. :-/ But I listened to Elegance of the Hedgehog in Dec and really enjoyed it.
Happy new year Erin!
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Happy New Year, Erin! Sounds like you had a good December of reading. Woman in White is definitely on my list for next fall–I keep hearing so many good things about it.
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Happy New Year Erin! The Scarlet Letter is on the shelf for the Classics Challenge. I’m hoping the good memories I have of When She Woke will make it more exciting.
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December felt like a blur- you got a lot done in this very busy month! Thank you so much again for your wonderful contribution to the holiday gift post, it was so much fun!
Jennifer, bookspersonally recently posted Be it Bookishly Resolved
I listened to the Scarlet Letter in audiobook format and, well, let’s just say that it was about six months ago and I haven’t reviewed it yet!
My December was a bit all over the place as I’ve been travelling, but I managed to get a few reviews and features in!
Stephanie @ Read in a Single Sitting recently posted Why do romance novels continue to be met with disdain? An interview with Maisey Yates
I finally made time for Chitra Divakaruni’s One Amazing Thing in December: a reading high point for the month! (Thanks: more soon!) That’s a heavy dose of classics for your list in December, but it sounds like it worked out fairly well for you. Here’s to a great 2012!
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