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2008's books
I've decided to do my huge bookpost now because I have the time for it. If it turns out that I'm mistaken and I do get to finish another book within the next 31 hours... I doubt anybody here will notice if I sneak it in ;)
So here goes...
Statistics:
Total number of books: 244
Total number of pages: 61.540
Average number of pages per book: 252.2
Average number of pages a day: 168
Rereads: 36%
Genres: (%)
Chick-lit - 5.5
The Classics - 7
Mystery/Psychologial Thriller - 4.9
Young Adult Fiction - 30.3
General Fiction - 11.1
Historical Fiction - 4.5
Sci-fi/Fantasy - 19.3
Non-fiction/Biography - 10.2
Poetry/Short-stories/Plays - 2.9
Christian Fiction - 4.5
Three Authors That I Fell in Love With This Year:
Kelley Armstrong
Stieg Larsson
Neta Jackson
Three Best New Series:
"The Black Magician" trilogy by Trudi Canavan
"The Yada Yada Prayer Group" by Neta Jackson
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" trilogy by Stieg Larsson
(Noticable mention: "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld)
Ten Most Enjoyed Fiction (not counting rereads):
"Bitten" by Kelley Armstrong
"People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks
"Demonglass" by Rachel Hawkins
"The Yada Yada Prayer Group" by Neta Jackson
"Last Chance Saloon" by Marian Keyes
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
"The Host" by Stephenie Meyer
"We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver
"The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield
Most Enjoyed Non-Fiction (not counting rereads):
"I Do Again" by Jeff and Carol Scruggs
"So Many Books, So Little Time" by Sara Nelson
"In His Sights" by Kate Brennan
Ten Least Enjoyed:
"The Dark is Rising" - Susan Cooper
"Saras latter" - Ylva Eggehorn
"Down to a Sunless Sea" - Mathias Freese
"Saving Faith" by Patrick M. Garry
"The Poisonwood Bible" - Barbara Kingsolver
"A Jolly Good Fellow" - Stephen Masse
"Evacuation Plan" - Joe O'Connell
"Anatomy of a Boyfriend" - Daria Snadowsky
"The Amateur Marriage" - Anne Tyler
"Robin Hood and His Merry Men" - Unknown
Books I Couldn't Finish
"My Legendary Girlfriend" by Mike Gayle - I read the first 200 pages and then had to give up. The main character was just too sad and pathetic for me to be at all interested in him.
"The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov - I really wanted to love this, but I read 100-150 pages and it simply couldn't catch my attention. Life is too short for books I have to force myself to read.
"An Assembly Such as This" by Pamela Aidan - Such a shame, I've been looking for it for ages, and when I finally got hold of it, it couldn't catch my fancy. Fanfiction, and not even all that good fanfiction.
"Dragon in Chains" by Daniel Fox - I feel no guilt about abandoning this one. I read the first 40 pages but couldn't get into it at all. The writing style didn't appeal to me, and the characters weren't likeable nor intriguing enough to keep me reading when the plot didn't capture me.
If you're really curious or want to read reviews, links to all 244 books can be found here.
So here goes...
Statistics:
Total number of books: 244
Total number of pages: 61.540
Average number of pages per book: 252.2
Average number of pages a day: 168
Rereads: 36%
Genres: (%)
Chick-lit - 5.5
The Classics - 7
Mystery/Psychologial Thriller - 4.9
Young Adult Fiction - 30.3
General Fiction - 11.1
Historical Fiction - 4.5
Sci-fi/Fantasy - 19.3
Non-fiction/Biography - 10.2
Poetry/Short-stories/Plays - 2.9
Christian Fiction - 4.5
Three Authors That I Fell in Love With This Year:
Kelley Armstrong
Stieg Larsson
Neta Jackson
Three Best New Series:
"The Black Magician" trilogy by Trudi Canavan
"The Yada Yada Prayer Group" by Neta Jackson
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" trilogy by Stieg Larsson
(Noticable mention: "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld)
Ten Most Enjoyed Fiction (not counting rereads):
"Bitten" by Kelley Armstrong
"People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks
"Demonglass" by Rachel Hawkins
"The Yada Yada Prayer Group" by Neta Jackson
"Last Chance Saloon" by Marian Keyes
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
"The Host" by Stephenie Meyer
"We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver
"The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield
Most Enjoyed Non-Fiction (not counting rereads):
"I Do Again" by Jeff and Carol Scruggs
"So Many Books, So Little Time" by Sara Nelson
"In His Sights" by Kate Brennan
Ten Least Enjoyed:
"The Dark is Rising" - Susan Cooper
"Saras latter" - Ylva Eggehorn
"Down to a Sunless Sea" - Mathias Freese
"Saving Faith" by Patrick M. Garry
"The Poisonwood Bible" - Barbara Kingsolver
"A Jolly Good Fellow" - Stephen Masse
"Evacuation Plan" - Joe O'Connell
"Anatomy of a Boyfriend" - Daria Snadowsky
"The Amateur Marriage" - Anne Tyler
"Robin Hood and His Merry Men" - Unknown
Books I Couldn't Finish
"My Legendary Girlfriend" by Mike Gayle - I read the first 200 pages and then had to give up. The main character was just too sad and pathetic for me to be at all interested in him.
"The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov - I really wanted to love this, but I read 100-150 pages and it simply couldn't catch my attention. Life is too short for books I have to force myself to read.
"An Assembly Such as This" by Pamela Aidan - Such a shame, I've been looking for it for ages, and when I finally got hold of it, it couldn't catch my fancy. Fanfiction, and not even all that good fanfiction.
"Dragon in Chains" by Daniel Fox - I feel no guilt about abandoning this one. I read the first 40 pages but couldn't get into it at all. The writing style didn't appeal to me, and the characters weren't likeable nor intriguing enough to keep me reading when the plot didn't capture me.
If you're really curious or want to read reviews, links to all 244 books can be found here.