books, an annual index of
Written on 30 December 2004 | Posted in reading/listening | 3 Comments
Doing this annual roundup at the end of the year provides a bit of perspective, and while this is probably of interest to no one but me, I know you’ll humour me. [updated later to account for last-minute reading!]
number of books read in 2004: 36
percentage of improvement over 2003: -31
percentage of improvement over 2002: -18
percentage of improvement over 2001: 63
average read per month: 3
average read per week: 0.7
number read in worst month: 0 (June & July)
number read in best month: 10 (January)
percentage by male authors: 67
percentage by female authors: 33
fiction as percentage of total: 50
non-fiction as percentage of total: 50
percentage of total liked: 75
percentage of total disliked: 25
percentage read on recommendation: 39
percentage of recommendations liked: 100
you weirdo!
30 December 2004 @ 14:21
you betcha!
31 December 2004 @ 11:01
Hey now I appreciate this post! You were one of the few who got me to put my reading list online or even keep one for that matter. I read 29 books in 2004. Here’s to zero library fines in 2005!
31 December 2004 @ 20:03