2010 Book Meme
How many books read in 2009?
38
Fiction/Non-Fiction ratio?
Fiction: 29
Non-fiction: 9
Male/Female authors?
Female: 28
Male: 10
Favourite book read?
Neil Astley (ed.) Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times
It's one of the books that will be with me for life.
Least favourite?
Harlan Ellison (ed.), Dangerous Visions.
It had some good stories, but I slogged through it and ultimately it disappointed me.
Oldest book read?
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey from 1817
Newest?
Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger from 2009
Longest book title?
The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales by Bessie Head
Shortest title?
Emma by Jane Austen
How many re-reads?
5
Most books read by one author this year?
It's tie. I read 3 books each by Ursula Le Guin, Alice Munro, Phillip Pullman and Jane Austen.
Any in translation?
No
And how many of this year’s books were from the library?
None!