ASK Musings

Another successful Cannonball Read – 52 books this year.

I read quite a few mystery / thrillers, which was fun. I also relied more on audio books than usual and I think that genre lends itself well to the audio format. I do want to try to get back to more physical books this year, as I have loads of non-fiction books on my shelves begging to be read. And, as you’ll see with the graphics below, I left the Amazon-run GoodReads for the independent StoryGraph. So far I’m still getting used to it but I’m happy I made the switch.

I read books by Authors from ten nations: Australia, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, the UK, and the USA. Most of the books I read were written by white authors, so that’s something to work on for next year. I did read books by Asian, Black, and Indigenous authors as well. I also only read books by two trans or non-binary authors – again, something to focus on for next year. The vast majority of the books I read were written by cis women.

I was also apparently quite the busy reader in the autumn. I think that’s when I realized I was behind my reading goal. Not sure what happened in October…

I only rated five of the books I read this year as five star, and two of those were more visual books. My two favorites of the year are probably The Measure by Nikki Erlick, and Night Watching by Tracey Sierra. My two least favorites were I am a Hitman by Anonymous, and Women Without Kids by Ruby Warrington.

I’m in the middle of three books at the moment, which I hope to finish up this week. Given the weather where I am right now, I won’t be spending a lot of time outdoors any time soon, so perfect to get a head start on my goals for 2025, which include completing another Cannonball read.