Reading Statistics

Most Memorable {these not necessarily Literary, but they stuck in my head}
* What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell (on CD)
* How to Read a Painting, by Patrick de Rynck
* I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse? by Suzy Becker
* The Exile : An Outlander Graphic Novel, by Diana Gabaldon
* Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, by Robert Schnase

Best
* Stories : All-New Tales (edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio)
* Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (on CD)
* In the Land of Invented Languages, by Arika Okrent
* How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, by Charles Yu
* Four Feet, Two Sandals, written by Karen Lynn Williams & Khadra Mohammed ;illustrated by Doug Chayka

Least Memorable {books I remember NOTHING about, based on title alone}
* Making Mischief, by Gregory Maguire
* Dead or Alive, by Michael McGarrity (on CD)
* Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver

Yuck
* The Cutting Room, by Laurence Klavan (on CD)
* Book of the Dead, by Patricia Cornwell (on CD)
* House of Leaves, by Zampanò ; with introduction and notes by Johnny Truant


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Keeping in mind that, as usual, I did not cull the books I did not finish, here's the geeky number bit:

number of books read in 2010: 67
number of books read in 2009: 85
number of books read in 2008: 93
number of books read in 2007: 75
number of books read in 2006: 77
number of books read in 2005: 127
number of books read in 2004: 102
number of books read in 2003: 100
number of books read in 2002: 118
number of books read in 2001: 83
number of books read in 2000: 128
TOTAL over eleven years : 1055

average read per year, over eleven years: 95.9
2010 average read per month: 5.58 (all eleven years: 7.99)
2010 average read per week: 1.28 (all eleven years: 1.84)

number read in worst month:

2010: 0--July
2009: 4--tied June and August
2008: 4--June
2007: 3--November
2006: 4--tied April, May, June and August
2005: 5--January and June
2004: 0--July

number read in best month:

2010: 8--May
2009: 12--February
2008: 11--February
2007: 9--March
2006: 11--January
2005: 21--February
2004: 12--June

number of fiction:

2010: 44
2009: 55
2008: 65
2007: 53
2006: 56
2005: 74
2004: 61

number of non-fiction:

2010: 23
2009: 30
2008: 28
2007: 22
2006: 21
2005: 53
2004: 41

number of books by female authors: 40 (2009: 35 | 2008: 36 | 2007: 24 | 2006: 24)
number of books by male authors: 23 (2009: 60 | 2008: 58 | 2007: 40 | 2006: 33)

[discrepancies in totals are due to individual books by multiple authors and edited books which are not counted]