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