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2008

January 5, 2009

Well, I stopped recording what I read, sometime in the summer when things got hectic.  But I managed to make a decent list of what I didn’t record… I know I missed things… but it’s better than nothing.  Here are the numbers:

What I Read In 2008

The numbers:

number of books read in 2008: At least 82
new reads in 2008: At least 61
number of books read in 2007: 63

average read per month: 6.8
average read per week: 1.6

romances: 14
scifi/fantasy: 55
mystery:7
literature/fiction: 2
nonfiction: 3

audiobooks: 6
comics/graphic novels: 9
YA: 8

And if that’s not obsessive enough for you, here are the titles, mostly:

The List
(R) = Reread (A) = Audio

January : 7
The Android’s Dream, Scalzi
The Golden Compass, Pullman (R) (A)
Neverwhere, Gaiman (R) (A)
A Midsummer Night’s Scream, Churchill
Jhereg, Brust (R)
Yendi, Brust
Teckla, Brust

February: 16
Nora Roberts, Northern Lights
Going Postal, Pratchett
Fast Women, Crusie (R)
Faking It, Crusie (R)
Crazy For You, Crusie (R)
Mistress of Empire, Feist and Wurts (R)
Interpreter of Maladies, Lahiri
The Last Colony, Scalzi
Sex, Lies, and Vampires, MacAlister
Bellwether, Willis (R)
Anyone But You, Crusie
Maximum Ride: School’s Out Forever, Patterson
Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, Patterson
Interworld, Gaiman and Reaves
The Amulet of Samarkand, Stroud
Sandman : Preludes and Nocturnes, Gaiman (R)

March: 12
Making Money, Pratchett (A)
On Basilisk Station, Weber
The Honor of the Queen, Weber
The Short Victorious War, Weber
The Sagan Diary, Scalzi (A)
Field of Dishonor, Weber
The Golem’s Eye, Stroud (A)
The Nine Tailors, Sayers
Flag in Exile, Weber
Honor Among Enemies, Weber
Borders of Infinity, Bujold
Brothers in Arms, Bujold

April: 3
Old Man’s War, Scalzi (R)
1001 Nights of Snowfall, Willingham
Captain’s Fury, Butcher

May: 5
Strong Poisons, Sayers
The Ghost Brigades, Scalzi (R)
Echoes of Honor, Weber
Ashes of Victory, Weber
Natural Born Charmer, Phillips

June: 9
Starrigger, DeChancie (R)
Red Limit Freeway, DeChancie (R)
Paradox Alley, DeChancie (R)
Me, Hepburn
Gods Behaving Badly, Phillips
The Hollow, Nora Roberts
Jack of Fables: The Not So Great Escape, Willingham
The Lost Duke of Wyndham, Quinn
Fast Food Nation, Schlosser

July: 9
Y: The Last Man, Whys and Wherefores, Vaughan
Artists in Crime, Marsh
Farmer Boy, Wilder (R)
Night at the Vulcan, Marsh
Hellboy: Wake the Devil, Mignola
Hellboy: The Chained Coffin, Mignola
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Sayers
War of Honor, Weber
A Place of Hiding, George
The Subtle Knife, Pullman (A) (R)

Other stuff I know I read….
Watchmen, Moore (R)
Small Favor, Butcher
Taltos, Brust
Mr. Cavendish, I Presume, Quinn
The Pagan Stone, Roberts
At All Costs, Weber
Bet Me, Crusie (R)
Dead Witch Walking, Harrison
The Good, The Bad, and the Undead, Harrison
Moon Called, Briggs
Blood Bound, Briggs
Jack of Fables: Jack of Hearts
Jack of Fables: The Bad Prince
Zoe’s Tale, Scalzi
Until You, McNaught (R)
Christmas Angel, Beverley (R)
Faking It, Crusie (R)
Everything is Miscellaneous, Shirky
The Graveyard Book, Gaiman
Midnight Never Come, Brennan

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