I love reading statistics and as we are half-way through the calendar year it only seems natural to do a mid-way “how am I doing” post.
Number of Books Read
40
Number of Books Bought
5
Number of Books from Library
19
Fiction/Non-Fiction Ratio
38 Fiction 2 Non-Fiction
Male/Female Authors
9 Male 23 Female
Re-reads
11
Biggest turn-around in opinion
Re Jane — not at all what I was expecting and not in a good way either.
Oldest book read
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Newest book read
The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose
Shortest title
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Longest title:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Books in translation
1 — The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Most books by one author
J.K. Rowling
Place names in book titles
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Moonlight Over Paris, Brokeback Mountain, The Cellar
Animals in book titles
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Colors in book titles
0
Strange things that happened in the books I read:
A girl is kidnapped, a judge is murdered, A woman contemplates suicide, Another woman returns home after thirty years, a cyborg is a princess, a woman has a relationship with a ghost
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