In 2025, I read...
83 books (LY:54)
... 48 fiction books (LY:23)
... 35 non-fiction books (LY:31)
..... 25 audio books (LY:21)
..... 58 paper books (LY:33)
9 parenting books (LY:21)
11 personal growth books (LY:8)
7 books about yoga or forest bathing
11 young adult books
13 books for book clubs (LY:11)
4 Canada Reads recommendations
12 books that I've purchased at the book sale (LY:12)
Showing posts with label Reading Stats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reading Stats. Show all posts
Monday, December 22, 2025
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Reading Stats 2024
In 2024, I read...
54 books
... 23 fiction books
... 31 non-fiction books
..... 21 audio books
..... 33 paper books
21 parenting books
8 personal growth books
11 books for book club
12 books that I've purchased at the book sale
54 books
... 23 fiction books
... 31 non-fiction books
..... 21 audio books
..... 33 paper books
21 parenting books
8 personal growth books
11 books for book club
12 books that I've purchased at the book sale
Saturday, December 31, 2011
2011 Reading Statistics
In 2011 I read...
29 Books
18 Fiction
11 Non-Fiction
---6 of which were Non-Narrative
9 Books for my Nineteenth Century English Literature Course
all of which I read twice, but only counted here once
2 Canadian Books
(it didn't help that my course books were outside of this category)
2 Books on Penguin's Top 50 List
12 Total Books read from Penguin's Top 50 List so far (24%)
29 Books
18 Fiction
11 Non-Fiction
---6 of which were Non-Narrative
9 Books for my Nineteenth Century English Literature Course
all of which I read twice, but only counted here once
2 Canadian Books
(it didn't help that my course books were outside of this category)
2 Books on Penguin's Top 50 List
12 Total Books read from Penguin's Top 50 List so far (24%)
Friday, December 31, 2010
2010 Reading Statistics
In 2010, I read...
Total number of books: 50
31 Fiction
19 Non-Fiction
10 Books related to my reading goals
17 Canadian books
(it helps that my goal-books also fell into this category)
6 Classics
3 Books on Penguin's Top 50 List
10 Total books read from Penguin's Top 50 so far (20%)
10 Unread books on my shelf from Penguin's Top 50
Favorites, looking back:
- Candide by Voltaire
- Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery
- How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
- Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan
Total number of books: 50
31 Fiction
19 Non-Fiction
10 Books related to my reading goals
17 Canadian books
(it helps that my goal-books also fell into this category)
6 Classics
3 Books on Penguin's Top 50 List
10 Total books read from Penguin's Top 50 so far (20%)
10 Unread books on my shelf from Penguin's Top 50
Favorites, looking back:
- Candide by Voltaire
- Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery
- How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
- Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Review
My goals for 2009 were to read five of the books considered by Penguin to be the Best Books Ever Written, and to buy napkins. I am happy to say that I achieved both of these goals!
I read:
1) The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
2) The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
3) Fifth Business by Roberston Davies
4) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
5) Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence
I almost didn't make it: it was mid-December and I hadn't read a fifth book yet. The ones I had on board didn't really appeal to me, and they seemed difficult when I just wanted an easy read. But then Lady Chatterley's Lover arrived in the mail and drew me in, and I was able to finish it in time. Hooray!
I liked having this goal. It encouraged me to read more intelligent literature and to experience for myself a few of the literary classics that culture so often alludes to. At the same time that it provided a suggested reading list, it also encouraged me to deviate from that list and read other classic books.
I also valued how this goal was not restrictive: it didn't define everything I had to read all year. I had time to achieve it and also to read anything else I wanted, whatever that was.
Reading Statistics 2009
Total number of books read: 43
Fiction 27
--- smart fiction 7
--- respectable fiction 10
--- easy/silly fiction 10
Non-Fiction 16
--- food 2
--- politics 3
--- Christian reflections 5
--- relationships 3
--- philosophy 2
--- misc 2
Religious 10 (some fiction, some non)
I read:
1) The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
2) The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
3) Fifth Business by Roberston Davies
4) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
5) Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence
I almost didn't make it: it was mid-December and I hadn't read a fifth book yet. The ones I had on board didn't really appeal to me, and they seemed difficult when I just wanted an easy read. But then Lady Chatterley's Lover arrived in the mail and drew me in, and I was able to finish it in time. Hooray!
I liked having this goal. It encouraged me to read more intelligent literature and to experience for myself a few of the literary classics that culture so often alludes to. At the same time that it provided a suggested reading list, it also encouraged me to deviate from that list and read other classic books.
I also valued how this goal was not restrictive: it didn't define everything I had to read all year. I had time to achieve it and also to read anything else I wanted, whatever that was.
Reading Statistics 2009
Total number of books read: 43
Fiction 27
--- smart fiction 7
--- respectable fiction 10
--- easy/silly fiction 10
Non-Fiction 16
--- food 2
--- politics 3
--- Christian reflections 5
--- relationships 3
--- philosophy 2
--- misc 2
Religious 10 (some fiction, some non)
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