Notes From A Small Island-Bill Bryson
Angels and Demons-Dan Brown
Panic on the Streets- Smiths Fan Guide
Books read-3
1001 books-0
Books by males-3
Books by females-0
Fiction-1
Non-Fic-2
Friday, 11 December 2009
Books from April 2009
The Girl Next Door-Elizabeth NOble
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont- Elizabeth Taylor
Books read-2
1001 books-0
Books by males-0
Books by females-2
Fiction- 2
Non-fiction-0
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont- Elizabeth Taylor
Books read-2
1001 books-0
Books by males-0
Books by females-2
Fiction- 2
Non-fiction-0
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters- Gill Giles
We Don't know What we're Doing- Adrian Chiles
My Favourite Wife- Tony Parsons
The Last Virgin- David Belbin
Baby Love- Rebecca Walker
Notes on teh Refrigerator door
Festival-David Belbin
Local Girls-Alice Hoffman
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie- Muriel Spark*
Books read-9
1001 books-1
Books by males-4
Books by females-5
Fiction-7
Non Fiction-2
We Don't know What we're Doing- Adrian Chiles
My Favourite Wife- Tony Parsons
The Last Virgin- David Belbin
Baby Love- Rebecca Walker
Notes on teh Refrigerator door
Festival-David Belbin
Local Girls-Alice Hoffman
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie- Muriel Spark*
Books read-9
1001 books-1
Books by males-4
Books by females-5
Fiction-7
Non Fiction-2
Books I read in February 2009
Cold Comfort Farm-Stella Gibbons
Around the World in 80 dates-Jennifer Cox
When Zachary Beaver came to Town-Kimberly Holt Willis
The Catcher in the Rye- JD Salinger*
New Moon-Stephenie Meyer
Elsewhere-Gabrielle Zevin
Pay it Forward- Catherine Ryan Hyde
A Clockwork Orange-Anthony Burgess*
Through teh Looking Glass and What Alice Found There-Lewis Carroll*
ways to Live Forever-Sally Nicholls
The Alchemist-Paulo Coehlo*
The Ice Queen-Alice Hoffman
Books read this month-12
1001 books-4
Books by males-4
Books by females-8
Fiction-11
Non Fiction-1
Around the World in 80 dates-Jennifer Cox
When Zachary Beaver came to Town-Kimberly Holt Willis
The Catcher in the Rye- JD Salinger*
New Moon-Stephenie Meyer
Elsewhere-Gabrielle Zevin
Pay it Forward- Catherine Ryan Hyde
A Clockwork Orange-Anthony Burgess*
Through teh Looking Glass and What Alice Found There-Lewis Carroll*
ways to Live Forever-Sally Nicholls
The Alchemist-Paulo Coehlo*
The Ice Queen-Alice Hoffman
Books read this month-12
1001 books-4
Books by males-4
Books by females-8
Fiction-11
Non Fiction-1
Books read this year- January
What Mothers Do-Naomi Stadlen
Yes Man-Danny Wallace
84 Charing Cross Road- Helene Hanff
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street-Helene Hanff
Free Range Knitter- Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Emma-Jane Austen *
The Little Prince- Antoine de saint Expurie )Can't spell his name!)*
Twilight-Stephenie Meyer
Oscar adn Lucinda-Peter Carey*
Educating Esme- Esme Raji Codell
The Fib- George Layton
The Swap-George Layton
The Trick-George Layton
For One More Day-Mitch Albom
Jonathan Livingston Seagull-Richard Bach
Of Mice and Men-John Steinbeck*
Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging-Louise Rennison
Alice in Wonderland- Lewis Carroll*
Books finished-18
1001 books-5
Books by Males-10
Books by females-8
Fiction-12 (although the George Laytons are based around his childhood, not actually autobiogaphical)
Non Fiction- 6
Yes Man-Danny Wallace
84 Charing Cross Road- Helene Hanff
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street-Helene Hanff
Free Range Knitter- Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Emma-Jane Austen *
The Little Prince- Antoine de saint Expurie )Can't spell his name!)*
Twilight-Stephenie Meyer
Oscar adn Lucinda-Peter Carey*
Educating Esme- Esme Raji Codell
The Fib- George Layton
The Swap-George Layton
The Trick-George Layton
For One More Day-Mitch Albom
Jonathan Livingston Seagull-Richard Bach
Of Mice and Men-John Steinbeck*
Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging-Louise Rennison
Alice in Wonderland- Lewis Carroll*
Books finished-18
1001 books-5
Books by Males-10
Books by females-8
Fiction-12 (although the George Laytons are based around his childhood, not actually autobiogaphical)
Non Fiction- 6
Books I gave up on in 2009
The ones I couldn't finish!
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close- Jonathan Safran Foer
Vernon God Little- DMC Pierre
On The Road- Jack Kerouac
Rabbit, Run- John Updike (Will try this another time though)
The Birthing House- Christopher Ransom
So during 2009 I have given up on 5 books....
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close- Jonathan Safran Foer
Vernon God Little- DMC Pierre
On The Road- Jack Kerouac
Rabbit, Run- John Updike (Will try this another time though)
The Birthing House- Christopher Ransom
So during 2009 I have given up on 5 books....
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Nearing 100....
My target for the year was 100 books, with 15 of those being from the 1001 books you must read before you die list.
Amazingly, I may just hit that target! I am slightly scared by that, as it will easily be the most I have read in a year, and think I should have used the time for cleaning and then my house would be spotless!
However, I have really enjoyed my reading this year, I intend to do a reading inventory at the end of the year with -
how many books read
how many 1001 books read
male/female author ratio
fic/non fic ratio
Thought it might be interesting. I think this year the male/female ratio will be pretty even, and that fic will outstrip nonfic at about 65/35-but we will see!
Amazingly, I may just hit that target! I am slightly scared by that, as it will easily be the most I have read in a year, and think I should have used the time for cleaning and then my house would be spotless!
However, I have really enjoyed my reading this year, I intend to do a reading inventory at the end of the year with -
how many books read
how many 1001 books read
male/female author ratio
fic/non fic ratio
Thought it might be interesting. I think this year the male/female ratio will be pretty even, and that fic will outstrip nonfic at about 65/35-but we will see!
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