Day: January 1, 2009

Reading Statistics

2008 Reading Statistics

Tara

Well, here it is …. January 1, 2009! Can’t believe another great year has gone by so quickly! I thought I would go ahead and take the time to post the information in regards to my reading in 2008. Here goes:

Overview

  • Books Read: 97
  • Books Un-Finished: 9
  • Pages Read: 39,221
  • Male Authors: 38
  • Female Authors: 33
  • New-To-Me Authors: 48
  • Longest Book Read: Blood Memory by Greg Iles, 764 pages
  • Shortest Book Read: Presumed Guilty by Matt Dalton, 192 pages

Best & Worst

  • Best Reading Month Based on Number of Books: January (14)
  • Worst Reading Month Based on Number of Books: October & December (Both with 4)
  • Best Reading Month Based on Number of Pages: January (5,252)
  • Worst Reading Month Based on Number of Pages: December (1,755)

Averages

  • Average Books Read Per Month: 8
  • Average Pages Read Per Month: 3,268
  • Average Pages Per Book: 404.3

Breakdown of the Numbers

  • Page Distributions
    • 0-200 pages: 1
    • 201-300 pages: 19
    • 301-400 pages: 25
    • 401-500 pages: 34
    • Over 501 pages: 18
  • Publication Date
    • 2008: 6
    • 2000-2007: 58
    • 1990s: 24
    • 1980s: 7
    • 1970s: 2
  • By Genre
    • Fiction: 82
    • Non-fiction: 15
  • By Rating
    • 5/5: 19
    • 4.5/5: 6
    • 4/5: 37
    • 3.5/5: 8
    • 3/5: 22
    • 2/5: 4
    • 1/5: 1
    • 0/5 (DNF’s): 9
  • Authors Read Multiple Times This Year
    • Christopher Andersen: 2
    • Sandra Brown: 2
    • Mary Higgins Clark: 2
    • Harlan Coben: 2
    • Jeffery Deaver: 2
    • Sue Grafton: 2
    • Thomas Harris: 2
    • Greg Iles: 2
    • Alex Kava: 2
    • Iris Johansen: 2
    • Stephanie Meyer: 2
    • Gregg Olsen: 2
    • James Patterson: 9
    • Kathy Reichs: 2
    • J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts: 3
    • Ann Rule: 2
    • Erica Spindler: 2
    • Danielle Steel: 2
  • Challenges
    • Challenges Completed: 11
    • Challenges Unfinished: 2
Reading Schedule

2009 Reading Schedule

Tara

Here’s my 2009 reading schedule. It is not strict, just something that I need to keep in mind in order to keep on track with my challenges.

January

  1. Night Sins by Tami Hoag (Celebrate; What’s in a Name)
  2. Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben (1st in a Series)

February

  1. Murder in the House by Margaret Truman (Celebrate; What’s in a Name)
  2. Rules of Prey by John Sandford (1st in a Series)

March

  1. Heartstopper by Joy Fielding (Celebrate; What’s in a Name)
  2. Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein (1st in a Series)
  1. Pandora’s Daughter by Iris Johansen (Celebrate; What’s in a Name)
  2. Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell (1st in a Series)
  3. A Tom Clancy, Greg Iles or Stephen King selection

May

  1. The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver (Celebrate; What’s in a Name)
  2. Undercurrents by Ridley Pearson (1st in a Series)

June

  1. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen (Celebrate; 1st in a Series)

July

  1. Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin (1st in a Series)
  2. Celebrate the Author selection

August

  1. When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman (Celebrate; 1st in a Series)

September

  1. Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson (1st in a Series)
  2. Celebrate the Author selection

October

  1. Killing Floor by Lee Child (1st in a Series)
  2. Celebrate the Author selection

November

  1. The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke (1st in a Series)
  2. Celebrate the Author selection

December

  1. No Lesser Plea by Robert Tanenbaum (1st in a Series)
  2. Celebrate the Author selection
End of Year Wrap-Up

Books Read in 2008

Tara

Here’s a list of the books that I read in 2008.

  1. Nancy Grace, Objection!: How High-Priced Defense Attorneys, Celebrity Defendants, and a 24/7 Media Have Hijacked Our Criminal Justice System
    Finished: Jan. 3 Rated ->2/5
  2. Harlan Coben, No Second Chance
    Finished: Jan. 3 Rated: 4/5
  3. Michael Fleeman, Laci: Inside the Laci Peterson Murder
    Finished: Jan. 5 Rated: 3/5
  4. Kathy Reichs, Deja Dead
    Finished: Jan. 8 Rated: 3/5
  5. Tom Piccirilli, The Night Class
    Finished: Jan. 9 Rated: 1/5
  6. Mary Higgins Clark, Two Little Girls in Blue
    Finished: Jan. 11 Rated: 5/5
  7. Alice Blanchard, Darkness Peering
    Finished    : Jan. 16 Rated: 4/5
  8. Christopher Andersen, After Diana: William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor
    Finished: Jan. 16 Rated: 5/5
  9. Lisa Gardner, Gone
    Finished: Jan. 18 Rated: 4/5
  10. Mark Fuhrman, Murder in Greenwich: Who Killed Martha Moxley?
    Finished: Jan. 21 Rated: 4/5
  11. Greg Iles, The Quiet Game
    Finished: Jan. 23 Rated: 5/5
  12. Iris Johansen, The Face of Deception
    Finished: Jan. 25 Rated: 4/5
  13. Walter Lord, The Night Lives On
    Finished: Jan. 29 Rated: 4/5
  14. Suzanne O’Malley, Are You There Alone?: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates
    Finished: Jan. 29 Rated: 3/5
  15. Milo Speriglio, The Marilyn Conspiracy
    Finished: Feb. 1 Rated: 3/5
  16. Thomas Harris, Hannibal
    Finished: Feb. 4 Rated: 4/5
  17. Tom Coffey, The Serpent Club
    Finished: Feb. 6 Rated: 3/5
  18. Taffy Cannon, Class Reunions are Murder
    Finished: Feb. 7 Rated: 4/5
  19. Thomas Harris, Hannibal Rising
    Finished: Feb. 8 Rated: 3/5
  20. Danielle Steel, Accident
    Finished: Feb. 11 Rated: 5/5
  21. Larry Watson, White Crosses
    Finished: Feb. 14 Rated: 4/5
  22. Erica Spindler, See Jane Die
    Finished: Feb. 15 Rated: 5/5
  23. Greg Iles, Blood Memory
    Finished: Feb. 21 Rated: 5/5
  24. Dave Holloway, Aruba: The Tragic Untold Story of Natalee Holloway and Corruption in Paradise
    Finished: Feb. 23 Rated: 2/5
  25. Thomas T. Noguchi, M.D., Coroner
    Finished: Feb. 27 Rated: 2/5
  26. Andrew Britton, Assassin
    Finished: Feb. 28 Rated: 4/5
  27. Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason, The Rule of Four
    Finished: March 2 Rated: 4/5
  28. James Patterson, 1st to Die
    Finished: March 4 Rated: 5/5
  29. Iris Johansen, Firestorm
    Finished: March 9 Rated: 4/5
  30. Christopher Andersen, Diana’s Boys: William & Harry and the Mother They Loved
    Finished: March 10 Rated: 4/5
  31. Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl
    Finished: March 14 Rated: 5/5
  32. Jodi Picoult, The Pact
    Finished: March 16 Rated: 5/5
  33. Anita Shreve, The Pilot’s Wife
    Finished: March 17 Rated: 4/5
  34. Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas
    Finished: March 21 Rated: 3/5
  35. James Patterson, 2nd Chance
    Finished: March 22 Rated: 4/5
  36. J.D. Robb, Naked in Death
    Finished: March 27 Rated: 4/5
  37. Nancy Pickard, The Virgin of Small Plains
    Finished: March 31 Rated: 5/5
  38. Sue Grafton, A is for Alibi
    Finished: April 3 Rated: 3/5
  39. James Patterson, 3rd Degree
    Finished: April 7 Rated: 4/5
  40. James Patterson, 4th of July
    Finished: April 9 Rated: 4/5
  41. Ann Rule, A Rose for Her Grave & Other True Cases, Crime Files Vol. 1
    Finished: April 17 Rated: 3/5
  42. John Connolly, Dark Hollow
    Finished: April 22 Rated: 3/5
  43. James Patterson, The Midnight Club
    Finished: May 4 Rated: 3/5
  44. Jacqueline Seewald, The Inferno Collection
    Finished: May 10 Rated: 4.5/5
  45. Don & Susie Van Ryn & Newell, Colleen & Whitney Cerak, Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope
    Finished: May 14 Rated: 4/5
  46. Robin Cook, Marker
    Finished: May 19 Rated: 4/5
  47. Carla Neggers, The Widow
    Finished: May 24 Rated: 4/5
  48. Harlan Coben, The Woods
    Finished: May 27 Rated: 5/5
  49. Clive Cussler, Raise the Titanic!
    Finished: May 31 Rated: 4/5
  50. James Patterson, Mary Mary
    Finished: June 3 Rated: 4/5
  51. Nora Roberts, Blood Brothers
    Finished: June 5 Rated: 4.5/5
  52. Danielle Steel, Johnny Angel
    Finished: June 7 Rated: 5/5
  53. M.C. Beaton, The Deadly Dance
    Finished: June 8 Rated: 3/5
  54. Max Allan Collins, The Titanic Murders
    Finished: June 18 Rated: 3.5/5
  55. Harlan Coben, The Innocent
    Finished: June 20 Rated: 5/5
  56. Linda Fairstein, Entombed
    Finished: June 24 Rated: 4/5
  57. Kathy Reichs, Deadly Decisions
    Finished: June 29 Rated: 3.5/5
  58. John Sandford, Invisible Prey
    Finished: July 6 Rated: 4/5
  59. J.F. Freedman, The Disappearance
    Finished: July 8 Rated: 3/5
  60. Michael Connelly, The Black Echo
    Finished: July 16 Rated: 4/5
  61. John Lescroart, Dead Irish
    Finished: July 20 Rated 4/5
  62. Alex Kava, The Soul Catcher
    Finished: July 23 Rated: 3/5
  63. Anne Bird, Blood Brother: 33 Reasons My Brother Scott Peterson is Guilty
    Finished: July 24 Rated: 3/5
  64. J.A. Jance, Name Withheld
    Finished: July 27 Rated: 3/5
  65. James Patterson, The 5th Horseman
    Finished: July 28 Rated: 4/5
  66. Jeffery Deaver, The Bone Collector
    Finished: July 31 Rated: 4/5
  67. Janet Evanovich, Two for the Dough
    Finished: Aug. 3 Rated: 3.5/5
  68. Sue Grafton, B is for Burglar
    Finished: Aug. 6 Rated: 3.5/5
  69. Alex Kava, A Necessary Evil
    Finished: Aug. 9 Rated: 4.5/5
  70. Matt Dalton, Presumed Guilty: What the Jury Never Knew About Laci Peterson’s Murder and Why Scott Peterson Should Not Be on Death Row
    Finished: Aug. 11 Rated: 3/5
  71. Nelson DeMille, Night Fall
    Finished: 14 Rated: 4/5
  72. Gregg Olsen, A Cold Dark Place
    Finished: Aug. 19 Rated: 5/5
  73. James Patterson, Judge & Jury
    Finished: Aug. 22 Rated: 3.5/5
  74. Stephanie Meyer, Twilight
    Finished: Aug. 24 Rated: 5/5
  75. J.D. Robb, Glory in Death
    Finished: Aug. 26 Rated: 4/5
  76. Jeff Lindsay, Darkly Dreaming Dexter
    Finished: Aug. 28 Rated: 3/5
  77. J.T. Ellison, All the Pretty Girls
    Finished: Aug. 29 Rated: 4.5/5
  78. Stephanie Meyer, New Moon
    Finished: Sept. 7 Rated: 4.5/5
  79. Stephen King, The Shining
    Finished: Sept. 8 Rated: 3.5/5
  80. Kevin O’Brien, One Last Scream
    Finished: Sept. 15 Rated: 5/5
  81. John Saul, Black Creek Crossing
    Finished: Sept. 21 Rated: 3/5
  82. Sandra Brown, The Witness
    Finished: Sept. 25 Rated: 4/5
  83. Chelsea Cain, Heartsick
    Finished: Oct. 2 Rated: 4/5
  84. Sandra Brown, White Hot
    Finished: Oct. 16 Rated: 4/5
  85. Erica Spindler, Last Known Victim
    Finished: Oct. 17 Rated: 5/5
  86. Jeffery Deaver, The Sleeping Doll
    Finished: Oct. 20 Rated: 4.5/5
  87. Jonathan Kellerman, Compulsion
    Finished: Oct. 22 Rated: 3/5
  88. Tana French, In the Woods
    Finished: Nov. 9 Rated: 3/5
  89. Dennis Lehane, Mystic River
    Finished: Nov. 14 Rated: 3.5/5
  90. Brenda Novak, Trust Me
    Finished: Nov. 20 Rated: 4/5
  91. Ann Rule, Dead by Sunset
    Finished: Nov. 23 Rated: 2/5
  92. Iris Johansen, Quicksand
    Finished: Nov. 28 Rated: 3.5/5
  93. James Patterson, Kiss the Girls
    Finished: Nov. 30 Rated: 4/5
  94. Karen Harper, The Falls
    Finished: Dec. 6 Rated: 4/5
  95. Mary Higgins Clark, I Heard That Song Before
    Finished: Dec. 14 Rated: 5/5
  96. W.E.B. Griffin, By Order of the President
    Finished: Dec. 26 Rated: 4/5
  97. Gregg Olsen, A Wicked Snow
    Finished: Dec. 30 Rated: 5/5