December 31, 2020

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Yearly Wrap up: 2020 Year

 

We been all waiting for 2020 to be over. It will be over tomorrow. Covid will not be gone and or have left. I hear it could still be more dangerous. I hope and pray 2021 will be better and safer. So let's see what I did for the whole 2020 year. Did I do better with the gender gap with more female vs Male? Did I do more of my favorite or did Mix it up this year. You can take a look at my graphs for this year. Along with my monthly wrap-ups. I will be using those wrap up for some stats for some graphs.

I was able to completely read 54 books this year. My goal was 30 books. That is 24 books over my goal. The Total of Pages read for the year 9,256 Pages, 13 Hours and 02 Mins.

Book Title Read In Order
  1. The Missing Planets
  2. Inanna Phantom
  3. I Go with God
  4. The Nutcracker Conspiracy
  5. The Gingerbread Train: Santa's Secret Gift
  6. Do You Like Trains
  7. The Way of the Brave
  8. The Lady Ghost
  9. What's So Wonderful About Webster?
  10. The Berenstain Bears' Nature Rescue
  11. Two Steps Forward
  12. A Reason For Living
  13. The Quiet/Crazy Easter Day
  14. The Crow's Call
  15. Little Words Matter Jumbo Coloring Book
  16. The Sleepwalking Vampire
  17. The Mysterious Music Box
  18. The Miner's Gold
  19. The Frights of Fiji
  20. A Curse of Mayhem
  21. Big and Little Activity Devotional
  22. I Hate, Hate, Hate This Time of Day!: A Cute Bedtime Story
  23. North! or Be Eaten
  24. When I Meet You
  25. GenTech: An American Story of Technology, Change and Who We Really Are
  26. The Green Dress
  27. Yoga at the Zoo
  28. Mindfulness at the Park
  29. Lucy and la Petite Nouvelle
  30. In the Cradle Lies
  31. Ghost Moon
  32. Think Big
  33. The Black Midnight
  34. Boy From Berlin
  35. The Lake and the Sweetheart
  36. One Boy's War
  37. The MockingBird's Song
  38. Candidate For Murder
  39. Beholden
  40. The Red Ribbon
  41. The Goose on the Roof
  42. Animals at the Office
  43. This is the Earth
  44. In the Nick of Time
  45. The Proctor Hall Horror
  46. What You Said To Me
  47. The Gold Digger
  48. What Bug Am I?
  49. The Naughty List
  50. The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving
  51. The Berenstain Bears, The Very First Christmas
  52. To Read or Not To Read
  53. The Christmas Swap
  54. The Berenstain Bears Go Christmas Caroling


The Shortest book of the year is "Yoga at the Zoo" by Tressa Ann Powers. My Longest book of the year is "Cndidate for Murder" by Lauren Carr. One was an audiobook. My average book length by Goodreads is 154.
 


This year Popular and least popular are some what strange by goodreads. My Most popular book is "North! or be Eaten" by Andrew Peterson which is a middle grade book or Young Adult book depending on on how you categories your books genres. My Least Popular book was "The Gingerbread Train: Santa Secret Gift" by Ann Tarpley Francesco. It a children book. It can be found in the holiday / seasonal categories.

I have read a total of 54 books and some are to the same authors. Looks to be about 48 authors give or take for all 54 books. Here are some charts to show you how many for each author the total for each one.
There are some of the top authors I read this month by number of books read.

My Top 3 Books read by author.
  1. Alba Anrango - 4 Books
  2. Mike Berenstain - 4 Books (adding two that we co wrote with his mother Jan Berenstain)
  3. Olivia Newsport - 3 Books

For my Genre of book i enjoyed this year seem to be "Literary Fiction" 21 books (35.2%). The next one is "Historical Fiction" with 9 books (20.4%), and then "Mystery" with 6 (14.8%).
My genres as I categories them are listed below. This is across all of my books read this year. Children is my top genre with a total of 21 books read. If you look above chart that would be be Literary Fiction. The next one is Historical (Historical Fiction) with 9 books read. Mystery is next with 6 books read this year. Christian and Fantasy were read by with 5 books and 4 books read this year. You can see where the numbers are 2 books are lower.


Those are my favorite to read by the way of fiction. Not in that order per say. I enjoy Children which falls in the Literary Fiction section in the above chart. Historical is the next best for me.

The authors gender for me this year was clear. I read more female authors then male. Female authors read this year is a total of 40 (74.1%), Male authors read this year was 9 (16.7%), Both  came to 3 books (5.6%) and NA came in at 2 books (3.7%). I did do this year though a pie chart to see what my percentage is more Female or Male? My key to this is using Female (F), Male (M), Combined (Both), I did not know (NA).




Almost but not quite there is my Series vs Standalone? How many books do you think you can read 23 Books in series and 22 Books that are considered Standalone. Series out wins Standalone this year. Those this year it seem almost even. How I did that is beyond me.
But how many of each for this year? I have not clue. How many did i start and not finish or got a book that put me to starting a new series. Well lets find out, By looking at the pie chart. Well it looks like I have

I wondered how many of my books came in what format? Were they E-books or Paperback or audio-book or another format. Well thanks me keeping track and Google Sheets for helping figure out the numbers to correct my spreadsheet for making the right format for each of my books for this year in 2020.


For This year of 2020, I have seem to have read more Paperbacks. I had a total of 5 different formats this year. E-Book, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio-Book and Board Book. My E-books came next after Paperback. Which you can tell by the pie chart.

Do you want to see what my Age Range was this year. Well I finally was able to get that tracked and this year I was able to get graph for my Age range.

Looks like my Top age range for 2020 is Adult with 20 Books with Children coming next with maybe 18 books total. Though the number could be different as this chart is by category of audience.

Tell me how do you track age range?


Here is my favorite books for this year. Here a list of all 12 of them. I have will show you off my top list by showing you that. Some are new releases this year and some were new authors to me this year. I want to thank all the authors and publisher for these lovely top 12 Book that were my favorite for this year.



Now for my reviews for this year. I have read 54 books. Most of the reviews are up for this year. I will show you my first review for 2020 that got posted on Goodreads. That is "The Missing Planets" by Hank MacKinney. I got this book as an E-book and being on the book Tour. I enjoyed it.


My favorite book that really enjoyed reading and I just loved it was "The Proctor Hall of Horror". It was one of my better reads. Do not get me wrong when I say that this is one of my favorites reads. It was on one of my top reads for 2020. If would suggest you read my review of "The Proctor Hall of Horror". The Naughty List is second, Boy from Berlin come third to that.

My Top 5 Favorite Reviews: 2020 Year

  1. The Proctor Hall of Horror (Paranormal)
  2. The Naughty List (Christian Fiction)
  3. Boy From Berlin (Historical, Book Tour)
  4. The Nutcracker Conspiracy  ( Mystery, Audiobook Tour)
  5. What You Said To Me

That book was my last review posted on Goodreads for 2019 even though it not stating that in my year of books. If you want to see the full review or get a copy of it though my blog please wait for the blog post to go live here in 2020.  Here is the one they are saying is my last review of the year



Here is my full list of blog post for the year of 2020. I hope you enjoy. Let Bring in 2021 with a blast. Happy New Year all. I hope You get more Book to enjoy in 2021.

Monthly Wrap up: December 2019
 
Want to read my Monthly Wrap up for 2020? Well just look below.

Monthly Wrap up:

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November

December 29, 2020

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Monthly Wrap up: December 2020

December was rushed on in. It brought it in a White Christmas for the first time in a long time. What a perfect Christmas is was with a pandemic going on. I completed 6 books for the month. This is the same amount that complete January. How this happen I do not know. December seem busy month for book releases and holidays. Let hope the New year is a better one.

I have giveaways going on my blog. Check my sidebar on my blog under "Giveaways".

Books Read in December:

  1. The Naughty List by Tomas Conway
  2. The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving by Jan and Mike Berenstain
  3. The Berenstain Bears The Very First Christmas by Jan Berenstain
  4. To Read or Not To Read by Ink and Willow
  5. The Christmas Swap by Melody Carlson
  6. The Berenstain Bears Go Christmas Caroling by Mike Berenstain
My books really fell in 3 different genres for this month. They are in 1 different media categories I believe as well. They will be shown below.

Books by Genre:
  1. Other - 1 Book
  2. YA -  1 Book
  3. Romance -  1 Book
  4. Children - 3 Book
Books by Media Categories:
  1. Paperback - 6 Books
I have read a total of 867 Pages, for the month of November. I am finally back to reading around what I think I can for a month.  The total for 2020 is 9,256 Pages and 13.2 Hours of Listening.

Books by Pages Total:
  1. The Naughty List - 403 Pages
  2. The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving - 32 Pages
  3. The Berenstain Bears The Very First Christmas - 24 pages
  4. To Read or Not To Read - 208 Pages
  5. The Christmas Swap - 176 Pages
  6. The Berenstain Bears Go Christmas Caroling - 24 Pages
Total Pages by Month:
  1. January - 1,004 Pages
  2. February - 964 Pages
  3. March - 1,687 Pages
  4. April - 440 Pages
  5. May - 840 Pages
  6. June - 781 Pages
  7. July - 261 Pages
  8. August - 688 Pages
  9. September - 513 Pages, 13 Hours and 2 Mins
  10. October - 651 Pages
  11. November - 560 Pages
  12. December - 867 Pages

Total books by Month:

  1. January - 6 Books
  2. February - 5 Books
  3. March - 7 Books
  4. April - 4 Books
  5. May - 3 Books
  6. June - 5 Books
  7. July - 2 Books
  8. August - 4 Books
  9. September - 3 Books
  10. October  - 6 Books
  11. November - 3 Books
  12. December - 6 Books
   
Favorite Book of the Month:

My Review for The Naughty List
A modern take on our favorite Christmas traditions, The Naughty List will take you on a worldwide adventure to save the most popular holiday in the world.When Santa Claus does not show up for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the North Pole is thrown into chaos. The elves were not made for this type of treachery, so they turn to the Naughty List. Starting with number one; a team of children are recruited to devise a plan to rescue Santa and save Christmas. They will utilize traditional Christmas magic and set sail for adventure and redemption.Follow these intrepid youngsters as they unite the world in their desperate attempt while proving that their naughty actions do not define their nature.
Want to buy: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Christian Books |

Book Haul of the Month:
Book Challenges:
- Goodreads Reading Challenge 54/30 Books (Completed June 28, 2020)
- Fiction Addiction's Monthly Wrap up
- Backlog of Reviews (0 Reviews) 2011 though 2018
Bloggers Commenting Back
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Giveaways:
None

Upcoming Reads / Releases

Here is everything that been posted for the year. Some things have been will be posted later then when I read the book or reviewed it. Most cases this is when a book is on tour with me. The Book review may be posted later or a month or so done the line. I will gladly mark these when I read the book so you know.




My Wrap Ups for the Year:

  1. January
  2. February
  3. March
  4. April
  5. May
  6. June
  7. July
  8. August
  9. September
  10. October
  11. November 
What are your Reading this December?


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December 28, 2020

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Book Review: The Berenstain Bears Go Christmas Caroling

Book Title: The Berenstain Bears Go Christmas Caroling
Authors: Mike Berenstain
Genres: Children, Christmas, Holiday, Christian, Religious, Picture books
Series: The Berenstain Bears, Living Lights
Publisher: Zonderkidz
Publisher Date: October 1, 2019 (24 Pages, Paperback)
Young readers will enjoy reading about the Bear family going Christmas caroling on Christmas Eve in Bear Country with their friends in this addition to the Living Lights™ series of Berenstain Bears books. Children will learn about Christmas traditions and the lyrics to special Christmas carols such as “Good King Wenceslas” and “Jingle Bells.” This holiday book also includes four holiday postcards and a holiday door hanger!

Discliamer: I received a copy though Zonderkids by request and though harpercollins. My review is an honest review.
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Add To: Goodreads

If you're a Berenstain Bears fan growing up. Then this book is a must-have for your collection or your child's bookshelves. This book deals with the Christmas season and the tradition of Christmas caroling. This one put the bear family on a sleigh and caroling of Jingle Bells.

Sister Bear seems to have questions about some of the Christmas carols that are sung. You learn about some sweetly. This book takes us on a journey through the neighborhood and sings songs. The pictures are done well. Quick and easy to read.

It is also good to add to your advent calendar if you open new books and old ones for your advent calendar. You can create a new tradition by doing so. You can just read it at bedtime. Children will learn new things throughout the book and teach a lesson differently.

The Berenstain Bears Go Christmas Caroling is good for the season and holiday. These books are best for teaching and just learn some lessons. Children will learn something from each book. The pictures are done well. They are cute and enjoyable. Parents will want to read these books to their child or children throughout the year. These books are classics and a favorite. They will become a favorite of your child or children once you get them reading them. They are a favorite of mine and still are.


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December 26, 2020

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Book Haul #6 - (December 2020)

December seems to be the quite bit of a busy month. It being time to start buying Christmas gifts and getting ready for the holiday. This year may be a bit different but the traditions are not all that much more full. It that time we are to celebrate our family and Christ birth. I want to say Thank you to all of the authors and publishers and new one for all these lovely books that arrived this past month. They are on my TBR List to read. If they have not already been read and reviewed during this month.



Here are the books I received from several different publishers.Thank you to some authors as well. All are review books. I want to say Thank you all.
  • The Berernstain Bears and the Joy of Giving by Mike and Jan Berenstain (Review)
  • The Berernstain Bears The Very First Christmas by Mike and Jan Berenstain (Review)
  • The Berernstain Bears Go Christmas Caroling by Mike and Jan Berenstain
  • The Berernstain Bears God Loves the Animals by Mike and Jan Berenstain
  • The Blended Quilt by Wanda E. Brunsetter
  • The Stark Divide by J. Scott Coatsworth
  • The Rising Tide by J. Scott Coatsworth
  • The Shoreless Sea by J. Scott Coatsworth
  • Ila's War by Cindy Entriken
  • Snooza Palooza by Kimberlee Gard
  • Mia and Nattie One Great Team! by Marlene M. Bell
All are on my radar to read. I hope to read these books soon. This is my Book haul for this month.

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December 24, 2020

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Book Review: The Christmas Swap By Melody Carlson

Book Title: The Christmas Swap
Author: Melody Carlson
Genres: Christmas, Holiday, Romance, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Adult, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Revell
Publisher Date: September 1, 2020 (176 Pages, Paperback)

All Emma Daley wants this holiday season is a white Christmas. But the young teacher and struggling musician sure can't find that in sunny Arizona. Luckily, there's someone living in a perfect mountain home in the Colorado Rockies looking to make a vacation trade this year.

Tyler Prescott is an in-demand songwriter and talented musician who put his own singing career on hold to write songs for celebrity acts to perform. When his mother convinces him to do a vacation trade for Christmas, he never imagined one of the houseguests would be so sweet--or so strikingly pretty. Naturally, he decides to stick around, and, to get better acquainted, he poses as the house's caretaker. But when Emma's friend Gillian discovers his true identity and sets her sights on him, things
get . . . messy.

Fan favorite Melody Carlson is back with another delightful Christmas tale to warm your heart on those cold winter evenings.

Discliamer: I received a free copy of this book though LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I won it in a giveaway. My review is my own and honest.
Want to Buy: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Christian Books | Revell |
Add To: Goodreads


Looking for a sweet Christmas themed book that deals with a romance. This book has it and a sweet way of how it goes. This deals with a house swap at Christmas time. This book reminds me of the Hallmark Movie called “The Christmas Swap.” I do not know if this was a make on that or if it was maybe inspired by it. I do not know.

The book is about two families but mostly about a songwriter that somehow ends up taking care of this own house. The way it comes about seems kind of cute. We also have Emma who is struggling to be a musician. How will Emma and West's relationship go?

Will Gillian or maybe Harris mess up the sweet romance that is blooming? Does this seem to take a turn when someone figures out who West is? Is the caretaker who he is? Emma seems to be belated with the house they are staying in and the area in Colorado. Will the family and guest learn to ski and enjoy Christmas before going home?

The author writes this book well. This book is Christmas themed and charming. I enjoyed it. The only thing I kinda wish it was a bit more to it. Though I guess, I read too many romances to see how it ends. It is not all that bad. The story is caring and a bit different in the way that the owner is the one in more of a predicament than the heroine.



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December 20, 2020

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My Christmas Picks

  

From me to your family bookshelves.. A Set of Christmas Books. Some fun and and enjoyble Books for you and your child or children!

The Gingerbread Train Santa Secret Gift

Matthew has loved trains since he was four years old. Could he just be imagining The Gingerbread Train with Santa and his elves ... or is it real?

His sister, Courtney, never sees it. His mom doesn’t believe it’s anything but his active imagination. Even his friends laugh at him when he describes the train in all its candy-adorned glory.
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This book will have you wondering and then believing, just like Matthew! Plus, you can make your own gingerbread train!​

Buy the The Gingerbread Train Baking Gift Set

The Berenstain Bears The Very First Christmas

Young readers will enjoy reading about the angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary and the visit from the three wise men in this addition to the Living Lights™ series of Berenstain Bears books. Children will learn all about Jesus’ holy birth.

The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving

Young readers will understand the true meaning behind Christmas in this addition to the Living Lights™ series of Berenstain Bears books. Children will discover that Christmas is more than receiving gifts when they read about Brother and Sister Bear at the Christmas Eve pageant.

In The Nick of Time

A Timely Tale about a Little Brown Boy who Saves Christmas. Nick Saint never really put a lot of thought into his name until one snowy day in December when he accidentally receives a letter meant for Saint Nick. Realizing there is not much time left until Christmas, Nick opens the letter. The unexpected message inside ultimately leads him on a journey of understanding poverty, gratitude, and service to others while discovering the real meaning of the holiday spirit.

In The Nick of Time is a story that is beautiful and filled with messages that all children need to hear about poverty, gratitude, and service to others. We believe Santa would be so proud.

 The Naughty List

A modern take on our favorite Christmas traditions, The Naughty List will take you on a worldwide adventure to save the most popular holiday in the world.When Santa Claus does not show up for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the North Pole is thrown into chaos. The elves were not made for this type of treachery, so they turn to the Naughty List. Starting with number one; a team of children are recruited to devise a plan to rescue Santa and save Christmas. They will utilize traditional Christmas magic and set sail for adventure and redemption.Follow these intrepid youngsters as they unite the world in their desperate attempt while proving that their naughty actions do not define their nature.

Check out Review: The Naughty List

Buy: The Naughty List

Christmas in London

Set during London's most festive time of year and filled with delicious food, Anita Hughes's Christmas in London reminds us that love and forgiveness are truly the greatest gifts of all.

It’s a week before Christmas, and Louisa Graham is working twelve hour shifts at a bakery on Manhattan's Lower East Side. When a young cooking show assistant comes in from the rain and begs to buy all the cinnamon rolls on her tray, she doesn’t know what to do. Louisa is just the baker, and they aren't hers to sell. But the show burned the rolls they were supposed to film that day; so she agrees.

The next morning, Louisa finds out that her cinnamon rolls were a hit, but the star of the show was allergic, and the whole crew is supposed to leave for London that afternoon. They want Louisa to step in for their annual Christmas Eve Dinner TV special at Claridge's. It’s a great opportunity, and Digby Bunting, Louisa’s famous baking idol, will be there. Even if he does seem more interested in her than her food.

And then there’s Kate, the show's beautiful producer. On their first day in London she runs into the skinny boy she jilted at St. Andrew's in Scotland ten years ago. Now he’s a handsome, brilliant mathematician, and newly divorced. Their familiar spark is still there, but so is the scar of how they left things. Kate and Louisa are busy preparing for the show, but old and new flames are complicating their work.
This enchanting novel is a delicious holiday treat!

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