Thursday, January 04, 2007

2006 Book Stats

Here are some interesting stats about my reading choices for 2006.

New to Me Authors explored in 2006: 35 (59% of total books read in 2006)

Favorite New to Me Authors of 2006:
Emily Giffin (Chick-Lit)
Wendy Shalit (non-fiction/philosophy)
Kate DiCamillo (Children's Lit)
Paul Zindel (Adolescent Lit)
Paul Reiser (non-fiction/humor)
Elizabeth Buchan (Chick-Lit)
Adeline Yen Mah (Memoir)
Jasper Fforde (Fiction)
Louise Rennison (Adolescent Lit)
Hope Donahue (Memoir)
Dan Dye/Mark Beckloff (non-fiction/humor)

Least Favorite New to Me Authors of 2006:
Azar Nafisi (Non-fiction)
Douglas Adams (Sci-fi)
John Kennedy O'Toole (Fiction)
Barbara Delinsky (Romance, Ick!)
Melvin Burgess (Adolescent Lit)

The rest were somewhere in between.

Number of book rings/rays/boxes completed in 2006: 5

Number of books in my "keep 'em moving" stack at the end of 2006: 4

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