Hi it is almost 2010
A meme! Because I can. From elagnithgins <3
How many books read in 2009?
Counting ~graphic novels~ and comic trades, 29. 18 if not.
Fiction/Non-Fiction ratio?
6.5 non-fiction, which includes a couple of memoirs, three travelogues, and a book of poems, which is the .5, because some of the works in there are autobiographical.
Male/Female authors?
7 female, 22 male.
Favourite book read?
The Princess Bride by William Goldman, or Pyongyang by Guy Delisle.
Least favourite?
I was not too fond of The Lovely Bones.
Oldest book read?
The Legend of the Condor Heroes, by Louis Cha, first published 1957.
Newest?
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, published September 2008.
Longest book title?
The Legend of the Condor Heroes, by Louis Cha.
Shortest title?
Joker, by Brian Azzarello
How many re-reads?
Guy Delisle's books, and Kingdom Come I reread. The books for uni (Disgrace, The Glass Castle, The White Tiger, Simon Armitage's poems) I read at least twice, for assignments, and etc.
Most books read by one author this year?
4-way tie with two books each: Neil Gaiman, Guy Delisle, Marjane Satrapi and Mike Mignola.
Any in translation?
None! Either the foreign author has written in English or I read the Chinese original.
And how many of this year’s books were from the library?
Four, most of them comics, with one Stephen King.
How many books read in 2009?
Counting ~graphic novels~ and comic trades, 29. 18 if not.
Fiction/Non-Fiction ratio?
6.5 non-fiction, which includes a couple of memoirs, three travelogues, and a book of poems, which is the .5, because some of the works in there are autobiographical.
Male/Female authors?
7 female, 22 male.
Favourite book read?
The Princess Bride by William Goldman, or Pyongyang by Guy Delisle.
Least favourite?
I was not too fond of The Lovely Bones.
Oldest book read?
The Legend of the Condor Heroes, by Louis Cha, first published 1957.
Newest?
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, published September 2008.
Longest book title?
The Legend of the Condor Heroes, by Louis Cha.
Shortest title?
Joker, by Brian Azzarello
How many re-reads?
Guy Delisle's books, and Kingdom Come I reread. The books for uni (Disgrace, The Glass Castle, The White Tiger, Simon Armitage's poems) I read at least twice, for assignments, and etc.
Most books read by one author this year?
4-way tie with two books each: Neil Gaiman, Guy Delisle, Marjane Satrapi and Mike Mignola.
Any in translation?
None! Either the foreign author has written in English or I read the Chinese original.
And how many of this year’s books were from the library?
Four, most of them comics, with one Stephen King.