2013: A Year In Books

The year's over already. It was a big year all around. Big moves in location and in career. My first year as a bookseller meant that I had a legit excuse to keep my nose in a book, and despite what my friend Kenny claims, I swear these numbers are correct. (For the record, he claims I read way more, not less.)

Quick Facts:

• Total number of books read: 109
• Month I read the least: January
• Month I read the most: September
• Poetry books read: 4
• Short story collections read: 6
• Picture books read: 4 (That are worth counting, at least)
• Kids' (beginner & middle grade) books read: 14
• YA books read: 34
• Mystery/thrillers read: 11
• Graphica read: 1
• Non-fiction read: 9
• Memoir read: 4
• Top three books of the year: Bad Unicorn, The Snow Child, Perfect Ruin
• Worst books of the year: The Resurrectionist & Asylum
• Most painful cliffhanger of the year: Perfect Ruin
• Number of series started: 18
• Number of series completed: 2
• Book I thought I hated but I actually wound up loving: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
• Number of started, but currently unfinished books this year: 18

After the jump, you can see a month-by-month guide to all the books I read in 2013 (with links to any reviews I may have done for them).