My reading resolution for 2010 was to read more non-fiction, and I think I succeeded. I still read more fiction than non-fiction, but percentage-wise I read twice as much non-fiction this year as last, so that seems like a success. I was supposed to complete the TBR Challenge in 2010, but the year is over and I’ve only read 8 of the 12 books on my list. Oh well. I’m sure I’ll get to the other four someday.
My reading goal for 2011 is to read one book of poetry a month. I never read poetry, but I’m trying to expand my reading horizons. If you have suggestions of poets or anthologies to read, I would be happy to hear them!
Total Books Read in 2010: 130
- Number Read in Best Month: 18 (August)
- Number Read in Worst Month: 5 (February)
Total Books Read in 2009: 200
Total Books Read in 2008: 80
Total Books Read in 2007: 122
Total Books Read in 2006: 70
Fiction/Non-fiction Split:
2010: 68%/32%
2009: 84%/16%
2008: 63%/37%
2007: 50%/50%
2006: 59%/41%
Percentage of Books by Women (Overall/Fiction/Non-fiction):
2010: 55%/54%/59%
2009: 44%/44%/ 42%
2008: 68%/70%/67%
2007: 60%/57%/68%
2006: 74%/88%/55%
Five Star Books of 2010:
Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
Binky to the Rescue by Ashley Spires
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind by Margalit Fox
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
