Some reading statistics for 2010
Number of books read: 90
Monthly average: 7.5 books
Best month: December, 13 books (thanks swine flu)
Worst month: September, 4 books
Science fiction/fantasy: 37 (41.1%)
Crime/thrillers: 10 (11%)
Children/YA/comics: 7 (7.8%)
Mainstream fiction: 15 (16.7%)
Non-fiction: 21 (23.3%)
Books owned by me: 62.2%
Borrowed: 37.8% (libraries 15.6%, friends 20%)
Online/e-books: 1.1%
Newly bought books: 24 (26.7%)
Secondhand: 14 (15.6%)
New reads: 87.8%
Re-reads: 12.2%
Top authors for 2010
1st place, 16 books (17.8%): Barbara Hambly
2nd place, 4 books (4.4%): Sherwood Smith
3rd place ex aequo, 3 books (3.3%): Alexander McCall Smith, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Sherry S. Tepper, Tanya Huff
Monthly average: 7.5 books
Best month: December, 13 books (thanks swine flu)
Worst month: September, 4 books
Science fiction/fantasy: 37 (41.1%)
Crime/thrillers: 10 (11%)
Children/YA/comics: 7 (7.8%)
Mainstream fiction: 15 (16.7%)
Non-fiction: 21 (23.3%)
Books owned by me: 62.2%
Borrowed: 37.8% (libraries 15.6%, friends 20%)
Online/e-books: 1.1%
Newly bought books: 24 (26.7%)
Secondhand: 14 (15.6%)
New reads: 87.8%
Re-reads: 12.2%
Top authors for 2010
1st place, 16 books (17.8%): Barbara Hambly
2nd place, 4 books (4.4%): Sherwood Smith
3rd place ex aequo, 3 books (3.3%): Alexander McCall Smith, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Sherry S. Tepper, Tanya Huff