I read 47 books in 2013 and an additional 19 graphic novels for a grand total of 66. Not great, but better than last year* = graphic novel ( Read more... )

Better late than never, right? My reading totals in 2012 had a modest rise over 2011 to 51 books and 22 graphic novels. Eight of those books were read during my trip to Iceland, thereby proving that I should really just go on vacation for the rest of my life with a giant pile of books. In any event, here's a big list of books ( Read more... )

I only had two book posts this year. I'd like to say that was because I was so buy I didn't have time to summarize, but the truth is that I read so few books this year that there wasn't much reason to post more often. I read a paltry 40 books and 9 graphic novels in 2011, which is by far the smallest number since I started keeping track in 2007. ( Read more... )

For a change I think I did a pretty good job in summarizing as the year went along, so I don't feel a pressing need to break it down farther in a full fledged summary of my year's reading habits. I've included the full list under the cut for the curious ( Read more... )

Books read in 2009 - 116.
Number of those that were graphic novels - 29 (marked by * in the master list that follows).
I did not count 're-reads'.

Now, if you compare the raw numbers to 2008 or 2007, it would appear that I'm slipping. After all, 116 is a lot less than 159 or 135. But a closer breakdown shows that if you exclude graphic novels, my ( Read more... )

Books read in 2008 - 159.
Number of those that were graphic novels - 72 (marked by * below).
I did not count 're-reads'.

All numbers were up slightly over last year. This is partially because I was broke for much of 2008, and broke people (or at least this broke person) go to libraries more often. The number would have been higher if not for the ( Read more... )

I read 135 books in 2007. 55 were graphic novels, leaving 80 'real' books ( Read more... )