Book recap
I just realized that I have been keeping up my book list for a year. Here are some statistics:
time period: April 13, 2006 to April 12, 2007
books read: 102
books per month: 8.5
best month: August 2006 – 22 books
worst month: September 2006 and February 2007 – 3 books
best author: Roger Zelazny – 16 books (they're small)
genre – see how sparse non sci-fi/fantasy is?
poetry: 4
mystery: 1
essay/non-fiction: 7
thought: 2
other: 3
literature: 4
humor: 1
by month
2006
- April (half month)
- 5 books
- 3 authors
- favorite: Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
- May
- 5 books
- 5 authors
- favorite: Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
- June
- 6 books
- 5 authors
- favorite: American Gods, Neil Gaiman
- July
- 22 books
- 11 authors
- favorite: Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
- August
- 5 books
- 4 authors
- favorite: Dzur, Steven Brust
- September
- 3 books
- 4 authors
- favorite: To Reign in Hell, Steven Brust
- October
- 6 books
- 6 authors
- favorite: Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman
- November
- 10 books
- 9 authors
- favorite: Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson
- December
- 16 books
- 16 authors
- favorite: Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
2007
- January
- 5 books
- 5 authors
- favorite: The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
- February
- 3 books
- 2 authors
- favorite: The Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien
- March
- 13 books
- 7 authors
- favorite: Vellum, Hal Duncan
- April (half month)
- 3 books
- 3 authors
- favorite: Jhereg, Steven Brust
other notes:
I have not read a book twice this year, which seems unusual.
I counted books by "Various Authors" as having one author, but cowritten books count for each author
The favorite book thing is probably not as useful as "notable" book, because I hardly need to mention (for example) that Fahrenheit 451 was my favorite when I read it.
Genre is very iffy. I didn't do it nearly as carefully as I should have.