What I Read in 2019

Posted byLiliPosted inreading
I love how Goodreads breaks down your reading year.

My year in books

2019
This is my journey in books for 2019!
TOTALS

I read 37,737 pages across 102 booksImg bookstack 360

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
SHORTEST BOOK
72 pages
The Lorax

by Dr. Seuss

Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
LONGEST BOOK
870 pages
Voyagerby Diana Gabaldon

AVERAGE LENGTH
369 page
MOST POPULAR
7,231,710 people also read
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s …
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
HIGHEST RATED ON GOODREADS
A Court of Mist and Fury
by Sarah J. Maas
4.66 average

In 2019, I read several retellings.

The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell     Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler     Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid     Scarlet by Marissa Meyer     Winter by Marissa Meyer     Emma by Alexander McCall Smith     A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro    Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz     Pride by Ibi Zoboi    Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal     Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne

I read a few series.

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas.    A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas.    A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

I loved this series so much, I can’t wait for the next book, hopefully out in 2020.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han     P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han     Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
Even though this was another YA series, I really enjoyed Lara Jean.

I found a few favorite new authors that I want to read all their work,

Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos     The Precious One by Marisa de los Santos     Always by Sarah Jio     Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio

I had a few surprising great reads:

Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim     The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon     Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras    A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

My absolute favorites of 2019 were:

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens     The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams

    Rules of Civility by Amor Towles     The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini    

Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor

I had a few dislikes but only 1 DNF (My Dear Hamilton).  Let’s see what 2020 brings me in the way of great entertainment.
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Published by Lili

Single mom trying to find fun and happiness thru the lens.

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