My Reading Year in Review
For the first time in years, I didn't recieve any books or book gift certificates for Xmas. Which is a good thing, because if I'm ever gonna finish the unread shelf, I need to stop acquiring books!
How many books read in 2009?
32, not counting unfinished reads, which ain't bad, considering how stressful this year was, and the fact I took two months off reading altogether to finish my dissertation.
Fiction/Non-Fiction ratio?
25 fiction, 7 non-ficiton
Male/Female authors?
25 female, 5 male.
Favourite book read?
Palimpsest, Catherynne M. Valente
Least favourite?
A Few Green Leaves, Barbara Pym.
Oldest book read?
Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
Newest?
The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters. Which I never did review, because I didn't have anything more coherent to say than "OMG WOW!"
Longest book title?
Probably Long Time Passing: Lives of Older Lesbians, edited by Marcy Adelman.
Shortest title?
A couple of one-word titles: Lavinia, Palimpsest
How many re-reads?
Just the Jane Austen.
Most books read by one author this year?
Looks like I spread it out pretty well, but I read two by Catherynne M. Valente.
Any in translation?
Peter Hoeg's Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, an excellent translation.
And how many of this year’s books were from the library?
7. Yay willpower!