In a fitting end to the garbage fire year that is 2020, my browser ate my 75% complete post and I had to start over. Symbolic. I think I am not alone in feeling Zoomed out, and screen-timed out in general this year, which meant I kept turning to non-screen entertainment. Through no deliberate effort, …
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A year in books, 2019
It's been another great year in books. Thanks for coming along with me! It's been a big year in reading and I have some updates to share before I make the awards you're here for. Or jump to the award winners. Happy bookiversary to me! It's been five great years in reading by the numbers, …
Books, halfway through 2019
It's halfway through the year, which means it's time for LIBRO-STAT-MANIA 2019 (part 1)! First, some basic stats: Books read: 37 (that's a book finished every 4.91 days, though as I've written before I don't directly track amount of time to finish)Pages: 10051 (average of 271.6 pages per book)Average publication date: 1997Newest book: Live and …
A year in books, 2018
Last year I was proud of reducing my books owned but not read yet to 23. This year, I had to get a new bookshelf, and I still can't fit all the to-reads onto a single shelf. Oops. It's been a bountiful year. Picks of the year I am bad at picking a single favorite, …
Books, June 2018 + halfway through the year
Somehow, the first half of 2018 simultaneously lasted 3 days and 12 years. In six months, I brought to you 7357 pages of 24 books, for an average of about a book a week. Periodic Tales, Hugh Aldersey-Williams While the conceit of brief essays each delving into the history and practical uses of different elements …
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A year in books, 2017
I had quite a year in books, and quite a year overall. Reading accomplishment that I'm most proud of: a net decrease in the number of books that I already own but haven't read yet to 23. Only half of an average year's worth of reads... By the numbers Books: 55 Total pages: 15922 (so …
Best Books of 2016
The time has come.... statistics, and best of 2016! If you're looking for recommendations, this is just the hard-fought best-of-the-best list - anything rated a 3 on any of the monthly reviews is something I think worth reading. And I will be the first to admit that these winners are anything but objective and suffer from …
Mid-year Book Update
This is the post where I dramatically reveal to the hero that I am not a villain, I am... a statistics nerd! If you want to see what I read this month, go here. In 2015, I started doing reviews of books at the halfway point of the year, so happy one-year book reviewing anniversary to me! …
Book statistics 2015
Way back in January, I started keeping track of every book I finished. (I've been wishing I had such a list for years, and I dearly wish I had a way to track down the obscure, half-remembered books of my childhood, but better late than never, I suppose.) My initial questions (prompted by my mom's initial …
Best books of 2015
The time has come to crown my favorite books of 2015! There were 46 contenders, clocking in at just under 20,000 pages total. Read on for my favorites, or check out my statistics companion post. I decided that it just wasn't fair to try to crown an overall winner. (Ok, that's not totally true. I decided I didn't …
