My reading dipped off a few years ago as my mental health took a nosedive, but I've been slowly restarting the metaphorical engine. Finding out that I can check out audio books from my library has definitely helped me add more books into my life. I still don't devour print books like I once did, but it's nice to be reading again at all. I missed books. 
 some stats for this years reads: 
 favorite book: Collectively the whole Southern Reach trilogy was really compelling to me, especially the first and third book which were masterfully paced. I also really enjoyed Sarah Vowell's Lafayette biography 
 least favorite book: Anathem had a lot going for it in concept and i liked some of it, but it got weirdly preachy at times. I started out liking the main character, but by the end I just wanted him to shut up already. I also had a real hard time getting into Neuromancer, but I think that may have been more a case of it being ill-suited to casual listening. 
 total books: 19 (of my goal of 15!) 
 female/male author ratio: 10/9 (53% women) 
 fiction/non fiction: 14/5 (74% fiction) 
 main character female/male ratio: 5.5/8.5 (39% women) (counted split pov books as one half if the other half was a different sex, only counted fiction) 
 audio/print: 19/0 
 shortest book: Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer (195) 
 longest book: Anathem by Neal Stephenson (937) 
 Hopefully in 2017 I will be able to read even more books! Looking at the list of books I read, I notice a lack of non-white authors, so this year I'm going to make an effort to pick books to read by people of color. I've tentatively decided to participate in Book Riot's #ReadHarder challenge, so that should help a little with that particular goal. I'm also hoping to read a load of poetry and newer poetry, so if anyone has recs for new poets, do let me know!