No, I’m not dead. I just don’t feel like blogging any more lately. At all. But, for my own curiosity, here are my book reading stats from last year:
By category:
Short Story Anthologies: 5
Science Fiction: 16
Fantasy: 15
Nonfiction: 12
Young Adult: 9
Mystery: 5
Generic Fiction: 9
Most read author: Lois McMaster Bujold
2nd Place: Agatha Christie
Books I read on my iPhone: 3
Most enjoyed book this year: one of the Vorkosigan Saga. Any one of them, really.
Least enjoyed book this year: there were many & I decided that life was too short, so I didn’t finish them & they aren’t on this list.
Books read (in some weird order from goodreads.com)
70. Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
69. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
68. Winter’s Child by Wendy Froud & Terri Windling
67. Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Pessl
66. Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
65. Best Friends Forever: A Novel by Jennifer Weiner
64. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
63. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
62. 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
61. The Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery by Agatha Christie
60. Nemesis (Miss Marple Mysteries) by Agatha Christie
59. The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
58. Duchess of Death: The Biography of Agatha Christie by Richard Hack
57. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
56. Boy-sterous Living: Celebrating Your Loud and Rowdy Life with Sons by Jean Blackmer
55. How am I Smart?: A Parent’s Guide to Multiple Intelligences by Kathy Koch
54. Wuthering Heights: Emily Brontë’s Classic Masterpiece – Complete Original Text by Emily Brontë
53. The Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Wordsworth Classics) by Arthur Conan Doyle
52. Generation Dead (Generation Dead, #1) by Daniel Waters
51. We’ll Always Have Paris: Stories by Ray Bradbury
50. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
49. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling
48. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
47. The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
46. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
45. Real Boys : Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood by William Pollack
44. Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1) by Melissa Marr
43. Life on Planet Mom: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Your Changing Relationships by Lisa Tawn Bergren
42. 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares
41. The Young Widow (Phillip Bethancourt and Jack Gibbons Mysteries #1) by Cassandra Chan
40. Professionalizing Motherhood by Jill Savage
39. All in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, And Only Slightly Enlightening Headache by Paula Kamen
38. Getting to Dry: How to Help Your Child Overcome Bedwetting by Max Maizels
37. Dreamers of the Day: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell
36. The Curse of Chalion (Chalion, #1) by Lois McMaster Bujold
35. Havemercy by Jaida Jones
34. Dogs and Goddesses by Jennifer Crusie
33. Bone Crossed (Mercedes Thompson, #4) by Patricia Briggs
32. Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1) by Patricia Briggs
31. Blood Bound (Mercedes Thompson, #2) by Patricia Briggs
30. Moon Called (Mercedes Thompson, #1) by Patricia Briggs
29. The Mountains of Mourning (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold
28. Young Miles (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #2) by Lois McMaster Bujold
27. Ethan of Athos (Vorkosigan Saga, #6) by Lois McMaster Bujold
26. Beguilement (The Sharing Knife, #1) by Lois McMaster Bujold
25. Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga, #8) by Lois McMaster Bujold
24. Brothers in Arms (Vorkosigan Saga, #7) by Lois McMaster Bujold
23. Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13) by Lois McMaster Bujold
22. Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #2) by Lois McMaster Bujold
21. Cetaganda (Vorkosigan Saga, #5) by Lois McMaster Bujold
20. Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11) by Lois McMaster Bujold
19. Mirror Dance (Vorkosigan Saga, #9) by Lois McMaster Bujold
18. Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10) by Lois McMaster Bujold
17. The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #4) by Lois McMaster Bujold
16. The Warrior’s Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #3) by Lois McMaster Bujold
15. A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12) by Lois McMaster Bujold
14. Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) by Lois McMaster Bujold
13. The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman
12. Loud and Clear by Anna Quindlen
11. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
10. Horizon (The Sharing Knife, #4) by Lois McMaster Bujold
9. Little Lady, Big Apple by Hester Browne
8. The Cat’s Pajamas: Stories by Ray Bradbury
7. Pretty Monsters: Stories by Kelly Link
6. You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen
5. Apple of My Eye by Helene Hanff
4. The Mommy Diaries: Finding Yourself in the Daily Adventure by Tally Flint
3. Stay-At-Home Handbook by Cheryl Gochnauer
2. Queen’s Own Fool by Jane Yolen
1.The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian
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