As I've said before, I can't imagine anyone really caring about these geeky little book facts, but I enjoy them (too much?!).
In 2018, I read 67 books.
Genres:
Mysteries - 36
Fiction - 16
Crime Fiction - 3
Nonfiction graphic novel - 1
Nonfiction - 9
Young adult fiction - 1
Fiction and nonfiction collection - 1
Kindle - 51
Print - 16
Gender of author:
By men - 30
By women - 34
By both - 3
Publication dates:
1930s - 8
1940s - 6
1950s - 3
1960s - 4
1970s - 4
1980s - 5
1990s - 1
2000-2010 - 1
2011-2019 - 35
Rereads - 13
Library books (all on Kindle) - 10
Birthplace of authors:
US - 31
England - 28
Australia - 1
Iceland - 2
Republic of Ireland - 2
Scotland - 2
India - 1
Oh gosh, Nan, you're not going to believe this. I think we missed each other's totals last year for the first time but not to worry we're back on track again in 2018... I too read 67 books. This is getting scary. LOL
ReplyDeleteI thought of you as I finished my 67th book this morning! I said to myself, "I wonder if Cath read 67?"
DeleteAnd I too finished my 67th. yesterday... evening in fact and thought, 'I wonder how many Nan read this year?' Hilarious.
DeleteIt really is so funny!!!
DeleteI am always intrigued by your stats. I think to myself "self, you should do this". Heck I can't even keep track of the books I read let alone all the other stats. Keep up the good work. Maybe one year I will achieve such records.
ReplyDeleteI think the other way to look at it is "my friend Nan is a nerdy geek" hahaha
DeleteI love everybody's stats. Haven't figured mine out yet. I didn't really keep track of quite as many things as I did in the past. I did note the first and last sentence of each book. Not sure why, but I like doing it. Helps me remember more about the book somehow. I'll calculate mine up and share them when I get that 'top 10' post written. Soon...
ReplyDeleteI had given up some stats, but found I missed them so I brought them back and added some more! That's a neat trick about the sentences. I didn't do any top tens. In one of those marathon book posts I did, I noted a tie for my fave fiction, and my one fave nonfiction. (I don't want to ever do that particular marathon again!)
DeleteI can never get enough of book stats! And it's hilarious how in sync you and Cath are :D
ReplyDeleteIt really is! Once in a while we are off, but many years we've been just the same.
DeleteI like bookish stats too. :-) Your gender ratio is much more even than mine. I skewed way in the female direction. Here's to a fantastic 2019!
ReplyDeleteI think I know the reason. I read a lot of old mysteries, most of which were written by men. Hey, that's a new stat! I could do decade genders. Thanks for the idea, I think! ;<))
DeleteI have always loved reading the end of the year stats and Top Ten lists! You sure get a lot of use out of your Kindle, don't you? And are you reading more current books than you used to? I'm impressed with the amount of books you re-read this year. I'm starting to read more from my old favorites and it's been a lot of fun, for the most part.
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