Thanks again everyone for all your nice comments on the new blog look. Now to get back to all the book talk. I feel so behind. I still need to talk about Christmas gifts received (books are involved) and books read over my blog break. One step at a time I guess. So first, the Stats. Here’s my year in review:

• Total Books Read in 2006: 91
• Books by Women: 64
• Books by Men: 27
• Fiction: 42
• Mystery: 40
• Classics: 2
• Non-fiction: 3
• Graphic Novels: 3
• Poetry: 1

Well, there are no big surprises. I know I tend to read more books written by women (not a planned choice but it just happens) and I also read a lot of mysteries. If you missed the post on my favorite reads of 2006 you can find it here.

As to my resolutions, first off I would love to make a bigger dent into my stacks of unread books. I said that last year too but this year I will track where my books read come from. Hopefully that will help me remember to read more from my stacks and borrow less from the library.

Classics only two read? I’m hoping that the Winter Classics Challenge will help with this number as I’d really like to read at least five classics this year (I said the same thing last year!). Also, can someone come up with a non-fiction challenge too? I really would like to read at least five non-fiction books this year. I do read a lot of poems throughout the year but this year I’d like to be more focused and read at least two poetry collections.

No big resolutions really and next year stats will probably look the same but ultimately I hope it’s a year filled with lots of good reads.

Yes, you are at the right place but with a new look and a new address! I’ll keep my old domain name for a while (it will redirect you here) but hope you’ll update your links to reflect the new one. Oh and RSS feeds too.

All entries from my old blog are here plus I’ve added a Book Art section. That’s for when I want to share some of my crafty projects. Better yet, I can finally keep all my comments unlike in my old blog. You don’t know how long I’ve had this in the works. Big thanks go to my husband who did most of the work.

As usual, I can’t have a big event go by without some fanfare so I have three small library pocket books to give away. These mini books are made from library pockets. You can use them to keep your library books due notices or the paper scraps where you list the titles to add to your TBR list. Leave a comment and I’ll do the drawing on Thursday!

I’ll be back tomorrow to post reading stats for 2006 & reading goals for 2007, and to tell you about some really good books I read over the holiday. Happy New Year everyone and here’s to a great year of reading!