My annual list of books read - over 200, especially when you consider that half a dozen of them were actually volumes combining books initially published separately. Yes, one was a Readers' Digest Condensed Books collection, but only one: the rest were proper trilogies. The fnal one didn't quite get finished before the bongs, but it was so close I' ( Read more... )

Rather later than usual, here's my 2011 list. As ever:

• (R) (in any colour) indicates a re-read;
• These books are linked to their JEs on BookCrossing;
• These books were lent to me by non-bookcrossers;
• At the time of posting I still had copies of these;

          and a new category, because I gave in at last,

• These books are on Kindle.

(R) (in any colour) indicates a re-read
These books are linked to their JEs on BookCrossing.
These books were lent to me.

1. Swimming Lessons - Rohinton Mistry
2. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
3. Daniel Deronda - George Eliot
4. A Long Long Way - Sebastian Barry
5. Science and Poetry - Mary Midgely
6. The Fatal Englishman - Sebastian Faulks 5261626
7. ( Read more... )

It's my dinner party and so I've invited ( Read more... )

Total books read: 228
     Fiction: 173 (158 novels, 7 short-ish children's books, 8 collections of short stories)
     Poetry collections: 5
     Non-Fiction: 50 (Probably my highest proportion for many years - and it doesn't count textbooks, even those I've read cover to cover)

Audiobooks listened to: 5 (all fiction)

The Top Ten
This is difficult ( Read more... )

These books are linked to their Journal Entries on www.bookcrossing.com
(or will be, when I've caught up)
These books were lent to me but are not registered on Bookcrossing.
These books are mine own (or at least were on the date of this post)
Lots of them are slated for Bookcrossing and they have/will probably eventually have reviews on www. ( Read more... )

SIX!!!!
Sorry, couldn't resist coming out of silence to say I think that's very sad.
( But then I would, wouldn't I? )

These books are linked to their Journal Entries on www.bookcrossing.com
These books were lent to me but are not registered on Bookcrossing.
These books are mine own (or at least were on the date of this post).
(R) (in any colour) indicates a re-read.

Paper Books
1. The Last Station - Jay Parini
2. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (R)
3. Ready or Not ( Read more... )

Books read this year 190;
of which non-fiction 35,
and poetry 5.
Audio books listened to 8.

Quite a few re-reads amongst them as I made a determined effort to reduce Mount Toobie Read which was full of books that had been on my wishlist because I wanted to read them again one day and didn't have a copy.

Top 10 of new-to-me books, in no particular ( Read more... )

but what I have been doing has been by hand, and I haven't posted my total every day hence the wierdness of this graph:


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