2016 wasn't a great reading year; I squeaked in under the wire with 50 books. I hadn't expected the beginning of 2017 to be much better, but then I started looking at the books I managed to finish last year (thank you GoodReads) and realized I had had a lot of good reading experiences. Most of my frustration seems mainly to have come from my lack of reading and a couple of ill-chosen or ill-timed books. I had periods of avid reading and months where I read little and finished nothing, which was a big change from my previously mainly consistent reading habit. Realizing this, I'm feeling much more optimistic about the books I'm considering for 2017. While I had hoped to read more globally, I did read books from 14 different countries. Including several which were new to me: Poland, Iceland, Spain, Philippines, and Denmark. Of these, I particularly enjoyed Smaller and Smaller Circles (Philippines) and Reykjavik Nights (Iceland) for their glimpses into societies I knew