Sunday, July 11, 2010
Midsummer's Book Stats
Number of books read between January 1, 2010 and July 10, 2010: 17
Fiction: 8
Nonfiction: 7
Poetry: 2
Books about parenting: 2
Books about chickens: 1
Books about sexuality and aliens: 1
Books I was assigned in high school but didn't read: 1
Ancient ballads: 1
Victorian novels: 3
Books included in some edition of 1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: 6
Dry boring histories/biographies about random topics: 2
Pretentiously hip, postmodern novels: 2
Books purchased new this year: 1
Books purchased used this year: 1
Books borrowed from the library: 8
Books borrowed from friends: 3
Audiobooks: 3
Best sci-fi read in a long, long time: Lilith's Brood, by Octavia Butler
Best fiction read this year so far: The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishimuro
Best nonfiction read this year so far: Mother Nature, by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
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What, no charts? Seriously, I love book reports! Yay!
ReplyDeleteI can see BOOBS on one of those covers.
ReplyDeleteHey, let me know how you like The New Frugality
Yeah, I was kind of self conscious about reading "Lilith" on BART. I felt compelled to point out to random people that this is actually an edgy, well-written, sci-fi novel about three-gendered aliens who mate with humans, not a soft-core trashy romance novel! No, really!
ReplyDeleteI got over it, though, because it's really good.
Sorry, forgot to mention - The New Frugality had some interesting history of personal finance movements in light of the nation's economic shifts over the past 70ish years. However, the actual personal finance advice in the book was obvious and unoriginal. 2 out of 5 stars, in case you were wondering. Possibly worth a skim.
ReplyDeletegood to know, thx!
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