With the start of the new year comes the New Year's reading resolutions. Last year I set out to read 30 books and 10,000 pages. I finished with 44 and just over 12,000 pages. Not too shabby. Here is some additoinal data on the books I read (made very easy to calculate thanks to goodreads.com)
31 of 44 were tangible books
I always thought my ratio of real to 'e' was 1:1, I guess I still favor the low tech a bit more.
2 of 44 were e-book only publications
both were not very good, straight e-book still not a good sign of quality. hope that changes at some point
9 of 44 were non-fiction
Again, always thought my ratio was 1:1, guess not
7 of 44 were graphic novels
Locke & Key series (5 of my 7) is a must read for any sci-fi fans, even if you're not a graphic novel reader
Longest book read: Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling (512 pages)
meh.
Shortest book read: Survival Tactics by Al Sevcik (22 pages)
also meh. (it was one of the straight to e-books)
Most Read Authors:
Joe Hill (5) Locke & Key Vol. 1- 5
Kurt Vonnegut (4) Mother Night, Look at the Birdie, Timequake, God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian
Four tied at 2: Orson Scott Card, Michael Crichton, Dean Koontz, Michael Lewis
Least Read Authors:
Millions tied at 0.
Favorite Non-Book Club Book:
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Least Favorite Non-Book Club Book:
The Lost Millennium by Florin Diacu
Anyway, back to the 2013 Reading Challenge. This year I am challenging myself to read 100 books! Here's the catch though, 12 of those 100 will be book club selections, about 4-5 will be other novels on my to-read list, the final 85 or so will be graphic novels. My real goal is to read the entire top 100 of the greatest graphic novels ever written.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/210.Best_Graphic_Novels#138398
I have a good chuck already read, but many on this list are only the first volume of a series and I'm sure I wind up reading many of the complete series.
To set your own goal click on the link below and share the details in the comments section of this post!
http://www.goodreads.com/challenges/940-2013-reading-challenge
Happy Reading!!
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