
Hello there! It’s my first end of year review. It’s been a wild ride since I started Toastie Books back in August and I’ve really enjoyed joining such a great book blogging community. So, be prepared for some Goodreads and WordPress stats for 2020.
Goodreads
Shortest Book: The Pale Dreamer by Samantha Shannon (90 pages)
Longest Book: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas (803 pages)
Average Book Length: 391 pages
Total Pages Read: 104, 923
Total Books Read:
268
I read more books than I ever have in a year in 2020, and probably ever will again given the unusual circumstances. The most popular book I read was Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (haha), and the least was Making Relationships Work at Work by Richard Fox.
Average Rating: 4.2 Stars
Average rating is up from 4.1 Stars last year (the first year I tracked every book I read on Goodreads). I think this is pretty good! It means I read a lot of great books this year.
WordPress
Number of Blog Posts: 90
Total Words Written: 39, 532
Average Words Per Post: 439
Average Likes Per Post: 37
Average Comments Per Post: 7.4
Total Likes: 3,333
Total Comments: 546
Followers:
391
Views:
6, 410
Visitors:
2, 732
Honestly I can’t even begin to describe how insane this is for me. When I started this blog in August I had no idea I’d have 391 followers at the end of the year. That’s like 3 times as many as I have on Twitter – wild.
My Top Posts
Most Views:
- ARC Review: The Burning God (162 views)
- Book Review: The Starless Sea (139 views)
- Monthly Wrap-Up: August 2020 (110 views)
Most Likes:
- Book Review: The Starless Sea (68 likes)
- Book Review: A Deadly Education (60 likes)
- Monthly Wrap-Up: August 2020 (56 likes)
So, there we have it, some statistics for 2020!
Thank you to everyone who supported my blog this year, I really do appreciate all of your views, likes and comments. I hope I recommended some good books for you this year, I sure did get some good recommendations from you guys!


Happy New Year! I’ve seen House of Earth and Blood all over the blogosphere this year – I’ve never been drawn to Maas’s work, but I’ve heard so many good things about that novel that I think I need to give it a try.
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It is OK! Not my favourite and a fair bit of info dumping to begin with but the last 200 pages are really really good!
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Happy New Year! tbh I had NO IDEA that you started your blog this year; I thought you had been blogging for a long time, since you seemed so experienced and chill! Of the posts you’ve made in 2020, which one are you the most proud of? Do you think you’ve learned anything new about yourself through blogging?
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Yep it was in August!! Thanks haha, I have been writing goodreads reviews for a while and me and my friends blog together. I think the post I’m most proud of is https://toastiebooks.wordpress.com/2020/08/20/adventures-in-aesthetics/ because my friends created the idea and it was super fun to do. But I am also happy that The Burning God review got the most views because it was an ARC! Not sure I learned anything about myself through blogging, I guess not to worry too much about writing as long as I’m passionate!
Thank you for the comment!!
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Happy New Year!! I’m impressed you got that many followers since August. I honestly thought you started your blog earlier than that 😄
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Thanks, I hope they stick around haha!
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omg wow! Congrats on reading so many books!
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Wait, what!! 268 books!!
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I can’t believe you only started in August! Happy New Year. ❤️
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