Sunday, January 01, 2012

Reading Statistics

Most Memorable {these are not necessarily Literary, but they stuck in my head}
* A Secret Gift, by Ted Gup
* Jewels of the Romanovs, by Stefano Papi
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne
* 61 Hours, by Lee Child
* Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
* Rock 'n' Roll and American Society. Part One, From the Beginning to 1960, by William McKeen

Best
* Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
* Travels in Siberia, by Ian Frazier
* Love Wins, by Rob Bell
* A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness
* A Certain Justice, by P.D. James
* The Grave Tattoo, by Val McDermid
* The Center of Everything, by Laura Moriarty

Least Memorable {books I remember NOTHING about, based on title alone}
* Science Secrets, by Alberto A. Martínez
* We Are Amused, by Brian Hoey

Yuck
* Shakespeare : The Seven Major Tragedies, by Harold Bloom
* Running Scared, by Lisa Jackson
* Fallen, by Lauren Kate

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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 2011: 69
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 twelve years : 1124
average read per year, over twelve years: 93.7
2011 average read per month: 5.75 (all twelve years: 7.81)
2011 average read per week: 1.33 (all twelve years: 1.8)

number read in worst month:
2011: 1--December
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:
2011: 9--June
2010: 8--May
2009: 12--February
2008: 11--February
2007: 9--March
2006: 11--January
2005: 21--February
2004: 12--June
number of fiction:
2011: 33
2010: 44
2009: 55
2008: 65
2007: 53
2006: 56
2005: 74
2004: 61
number of non-fiction:
2011: 36
2010: 23
2009: 30
2008: 28
2007: 22
2006: 21
2005: 53
2004: 41
number of books by female authors: 24 (2010: 40 | 2009: 35 | 2008: 36 | 2007: 24 | 2006: 24)
number of books by male authors: 41 (2010: 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]