2009 Reading Statistics

Well, here it is …. 2010! 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 2009. Here goes:

Overview

• Books Read: 74
• Books Un-Finished: 3
• Pages Read: 24,430
• Male Authors: 27
• Female Authors: 25
• New-To-Me Authors: 32
• Longest Book Read: Heartstopper by Joy Fielding, 565 pages
• Shortest Book Read: Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates, 154 pages

Best & Worst

• Best Reading Month Based on Number of Books: December (12)
• Worst Reading Month Based on Number of Books: March (3)
• Best Reading Month Based on Number of Pages: December (3,851)
• Worst Reading Month Based on Number of Pages: March (1,294)

Averages

• Average Books Read Per Month: 6
• Average Pages Read Per Month: 2,036
• Average Pages Per Book: 330.13

Top 10 Favorites (In alphabetical order):

• Dancing with Ana by Nicole Barker
• Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
• No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark
• The BoneMan’s Daughters by Ted Dekker
• The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky
• Whispers by Lisa Jackson
• To the Power of Three by Laura Lippman
• Heart of Ice by Gregg Olsen
• Roses are Red by James Patterson
• She Loves Me Not by Wendy Corsi Staub

Breakdown of the Numbers

• Page Distributions
  • 0-200 pages: 3
  • 201-300 pages: 25
  • 301-400 pages: 30
  • 401-500 pages: 15
  • Over 501 pages: 1
• Publication Date
  • 2008: 15
  • 2000-2007: 36
  • 1990s: 15
  • 1980s: 4
  • 1970s: 1
• By Genre
  • Fiction: 68
  • Non-fiction: 6
• By Rating
  • 5/5: 21
  • 4.5/5: 5
  • 4/5: 30
  • 3.5/5: 10
  • 3/5: 7
  • 2/5: 1
  • 1/5: 0
  • 0/5 (DNF’s): 3
• Source of Book
  • Owned: 43
  • Library: 22
  • Review Book: 9
• Authors Read Multiple Times This Year
  • Chelsea Cain: 2
  • Paul Christopher: 2
  • Catherine Coulter: 2
  • Sue Grafton: 2
  • Charlaine Harris: 6
  • Jacquelyn Mitchard: 2
  • James Patterson: 11
  • Tamara Thorne: 3
• Challenges
  • Challenges Completed: 5
  • Challenges Unfinished: 6