Reading Statistics

Most Memorable {these are not necessarily Literary, but they stuck in my head}
* The Secret Life of Cowboys, by Tom Groneberg
* Communication Matters, by Deborah Tannen
* The Rope, by Nevada Barr
* David, by Mary Hoffman
* I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had, by Tony Danza

Best
* The Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey
* 1222, by Anne Holt
* A House Reunited, by Professor Jay Winik (on CD)
* Peter and the Starcatcher, by Rick Elice

Least Memorable {books I remember NOTHING about, based on title alone}
* The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski (on CD)
* The Hunger Games Companion, by Lois H. Gresh
* My Ideal Bookshelf, by Thessaly La Force
* The Story of Ain't, by David Skinner

Yuck
* All Things New, by Lynn Austin

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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 2012: 88
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 thirteen years : 1212

average read per year, over thirteen years: 93.2
2011 average read per month: 7.33 (all thirteen years: 7.77)
2011 average read per week: 1.69 (all thirteen years: 1.79)

number read in worst month:

2012: 4—June
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:

2012: 12—December
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:

2012: 62
2011: 33
2010: 44
2009: 55
2008: 65
2007: 53
2006: 56
2005: 74
2004: 61

number of non-fiction:

2012: 26
2011: 36
2010: 23
2009: 30
2008: 28
2007: 22
2006: 21
2005: 53
2004: 41

number of books by female authors: 33 (2011: 24 | 2010: 40 | 2009: 35 | 2008: 36 | 2007: 24 | 2006: 24)
number of books by male authors: 50 (2011: 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)]