We made it through 2020, and it’s a fresh new year! I’m hopeful that 2021 is going to be better to us, and we can have a happy, healthy, and safe year.

I still want to keep up with the trend of highlighting positive things each month, so here’s my positives for December:

• I hit 220 followers on my blog, and I’m seriously grateful for every last one of you.
• Two of the books I read for the BBNYA made it to the top 3, and one was the winner!
• I read a bunch of really awesome books.
• I decided to try and branch out by reading different genres a bit more this year. 
• I didn’t DNF any books!

Here’s my breakdown of monthly/cumulative totals for December:

December Totals

• Books read: 26
• Books DNF’d: NONE!
• Pages read: 9,789
• Average pages: 315.77

2020 Totals

• Books read: 278
• DNFs: 7
• Number of pages read: 103,110
• Hours listened: 119:24:40

Cumulative Averages

• Days per book: 2.36
• Pages read per day: 281.72
• Books read per month: 23.17
• DNF’d books per month: 0.58

Genres Read in December

• Fantasy: 10
• General Fiction: 2
• Historical Fiction: 3
• Mystery/Suspense: 2
• Paranormal/New Age: 1
• Romance/Erotica: 3
• Sci-Fi: 1
• Travel/Food: 4

Genres Read in 2020

• Biography/Memoir: 2
• Books About Books: 1
• Fantasy: 122
• Folklore/Fairy Tales: 8
• General Fiction: 28
• Graphic Novels: 3
• Historical Fiction: 40
• History/War: 1
• Horror: 3
• Mystery/Suspense: 10
• Paranormal/New Age: 2
• Play/Theater: 1
• Poetry: 1
• Romance/Erotica: 18
• Science/Nature: 1
• Sci-Fi: 31
• Self-Help/Inspiration: 1
• Social Science/Current Affairs: 1
• Travel/Food: 4

Backlist vs. New Releases

• Backlist books: 182
• 2020 releases: 96
• 2021 releases: 4

Fiction Vs. Non-Fiction

• Fiction: 265
• Nonfiction: 13

Format Read

• Print: 151
• Digital: 114
• Audio: 13

Age Range

• Adult: 121
• YA: 153
• Middle Grade: 3
• Children: 1

My favorite books of the month were The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar and The Burning God by R.F. Kuang.

Here’s what I read in December, with links to my reviews:

• Masked Desires by Gina L. Maxwell
• The Plant-Based Slow Cooker by Robin Robertson ARC
• The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
• The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang (The Poppy War #2)
• The Drowning Faith by R.F. Kuang (The Poppy War #2.5)
• The Burning God by R.F. Kuang (The Poppy War #3)
• Iron Gold by Pierce Brown (The Red Rising Saga #4)
• How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air #3.5)
• The Assignment by Liza Wiemer
• The First Holidays by Cait Marie ARC
• Jade City by Fonda Lee (The Green Bone Saga #1)
• The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter (Will Trent #10)
• War Lord by Bernard Cornwell (The Saxon Stories #13)
• The Meat-Free Kitchen by Jenn Sebestyen, Kelli Foster, and Joni Marie Newman ARC

• Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater (Wolves of Mercy Falls #3.5)

• Plant-Based Cookbook: 100 Delicious Recipes for a Healthy Life by Melissa Petitto ARC
• One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus (One of Us is Lying #1)
• The Ultimate Guide to the Witch’s Wheel of the Year by Anjou Kiernan ARC
• Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare The Dark Artifices #1)
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Kingsbridge #1)
• The Archive of the Forgotten by A.J. Hackwith (Hell’s Library #2)
• Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare (The Dark Artifices #2)  

• A Burning by Megha Majumdar

• Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez (Woven in Moonlight #1)

• Epic Air Fryer Plant-Powered Cookbook by Emily Paster ARC
• A Time for Swords by Matthew Harffy ARC

How did your December reading go? What were your positives for the month?