How Many Books Do You Read In A Year?

Last January, my husband came home and asked if I thought I read 100 books in a year.

I snorted and said of course I do and I set out to prove it.

So I did. And I'll be honest, in March and April, I was not convinced I could read 100 books. It felt like I was stuck in the low 30's and I had no time to read.

Then it all came together and I started reading, reading, reading. Non fiction and fiction, 700 pagers and much smaller ones, old favorites and newly published, romance novels and books that made me think. I stretched myself to read more than just my usual.

I read 123 books, not counting cookbooks (which I read for fun) or magazines.

And out of those 123, I marked some with stars to say, these were really good books, read them again sometime.

11. On Agate Hill

12. Pleasure of a Dark Prince

18. A Reliable Wife

19. The Midwife

23. Black Magic Sanction

24. Silver Borne

29. Leafy Rivers

30. The Wives of Henry Oades

35. This Wild Land

45. The Scent of Rain and Lighting

48. All Creatures Great and Small

50. The Girl Who Chased the Moon

51. Post Secrets, Vols 1,2,3

54. Seduced by a Stranger

55. What I Did For Love

57. Soulless

58. The Sugar Queen

61. The Language of Secrets

62. Garden Spells

71. Magic Bleeds

72. MossRose

76. Calico Palace

89. Mockingjay

90. Vines of Yarrabee

91. Changeless

92. Blameless

104. Mermaids in the Basement

107. The Outlander

108. Between Earth and Sky

114. An Inconvenient Wife

117. Oh My Stars

But the only book I read all year, that I marked with Four Stars and have not stopped thinking about, is "The Things That Keep Us Here." All I'm going to say about it is that after reading it, I've stocked my pantry with rice and beans for emergencies and have a healthy dose of fear in regards to pandemics and whole flocks of birds dying for no reason. I'm talking to you, Arkansas.

2010 was a great year of reading! I can't wait to see what I'll find to read next.