Tuesday, January 1, 2019

2018 Year End Number Crunch

Here is my reading by the numbers. Also a little about the kdrama and youtubing too. 

READING STATS

TOTAL BOOKS: 42
Total pages: 12,777
Total Re-reads: 1


Authors
Men: 9
Women: 33


For:
ARCS for Review: 1
Supporting Utah Authors: 8
Book Club: 5
Read Alongs: 2
Beehive Award Long List: 5
AML Middle Grade Awards: 5

From:
Library: 14
On my Kindle: 3
Bought/Owned: 22
Borrowed: 2
Audio: 1

Genres:
YA: 23
Adult: 9
Middle Grade: 8
Picture Book Fairy Tales: 2


From the YA Category:
Contemporary Realistic Fiction: 12
Fantasy: 6
Science Fiction:3
Historical Fiction: 1
Non-Fiction Memoir: 1

From the MG Category:
Contemporary Realistic Fiction: 6
Fantasy: 2

From the Adult Category:
Romance: 3 
Science Fiction Short Story: 1
Literary Fiction: 5


Star Ratings:
5 stars: 8
4 stars: 21
3 stars: 11
2 stars: 1
1 star: 1

Observations:

  • My reading numbers were quite a bit better than last year. I reached my Goodreads goal of 40. For next year I have upped it again to 50. 
  • I still mourn the passing of classics from my reading.
  • Also fantasy. But I did manage a bit of that again this year!
  • I was happy to read an ARC again! That was like a blast from the past...
  • I think I gave my first 1 star review. Y'all should be proud.
  • I feel like I read more on the Kindle, but that's how the numbers shook out! Maybe I can do better and make better use of that device this next year.
  • I love reading for award long lists! I read some awesome MGs this year because of that.
  • Happy that Utah authors make a pretty good appearance on my list. 
  • I have lots of things I want to read, so I will not be dropping the habit anytime soon.



KPOP/KDRAMA YOUTUBE STATS

Total Kdramas consumed: 22
5 hearts: 8
4 hearts: 11
3 hearts: 3

Total Videos Uploaded on The Kpop Konverters: 828 (up from 501 last year)
Total Uploaded in 2018:  273 (down from 339)
Almost 2,000,000 views: 1 
Over 100,000 views:  12 (up from 8)
50,000 to 100,000 views: 14 (up from 6)
10,000 to 50,000 views: 91 (up from 58)
5,000 to 10,000 views:  60 (up from 37)

Subscribers at year end: 22,632 (up from 14,518 last year) 
View count at year end: 8,729,763 (up from 4,521,990 last year)

Observations:

  • It's very fun to see the growth of the channel by comparing these numbers. I'm worried about what will happen this year. Here's hoping we don't see a huge drop in the numbers by this time next year!
  • Good thing we have that one popular video that is about to 2 million views! This is what is sustaining our channel right now! If only we could think up another video that would be so popular!

4 comments:

  1. No classics? they can be tough. I think I only read one this whole year. Which book got your one-star review? I don't dish those out as often anymore because I'm more likely to just abandon a book if it's that bad (or not a good fit for me). My balance of library/owned reading is about the same as yours! And you have allllmost convinced me to try watching a Kdrama- but I think my husband will be skeptical at first. Of possibility he might enjoy it.

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    1. I gave a one start to A Totally Awkward Love Story. It was not good.

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  2. Good job! I thought you read all the book club books. Ha! I don't even know how many I read, but it probably similar to your number.

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    1. I was surprised that number was so low too! I didn't do any re-reads for book club. And then I think I missed a couple others, like And Then There Were None! :)

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