Thursday 5 January 2012

2011 Round Up - Part 2

Ok, so, here's some stats for those who care...

Total Books Read: 87
Number of New Books Read: 45
Number re-reads: 42
(% RR: 48%)(All % are to nearest whole %)



Breakdown By Months

Most books read in a month: August and January = 16
(% RR: August 9/16 = 56% January 10/16 = 62.5%)

Least Books read in a month: December = 2
(% RR: 0%)

Months in order of number of Books read:

January / August = 16
March = 14
June / September = 7
February / July = 6
October = 4
April / May / November = 3
December = 2

Most New Books Read in a Month: August = 7

Months in order of number of New Books Read:

August = 7
January = 6
March / July / September = 5
February = 4
October / November = 3
April / June / December = 2
May = 0

Month with highest % New Books Read: November / December = 100%
Month with Lowest % New Books Read: May = 0%

Months in order of % New Books Read:

November / December : 100%
July = 83%
October = 75%
September = 71%
February / April = 67%
August = 44%
January = 37.5%
March = 36%
June = 29%
May = 0%

Average (mean) number of books Per Month: 7
Average (mean) number of New Books Per Month: 4



Breakdown by Genre

Number of Novels : 47 (25 N, 22 RR)
(% of Total : 54%) (% Total New: 56%)

Number of Graphic Novels / Comics : 31 (12 N, 19 RR)
(% of Total : 36%) (% Total New: 27%)

Number of Non Fiction : 7 (7 N, 0 RR)
(% of Total : 8%) (% Total New: 16%)

Number of Poetry : 2 (1 N, 1 RR)
(% of Total : 2%) (% Total New: 2%)



Breakdown By Authors

Number of books read per author (of which are re-reads)

Multi-Authored Books

Birds of Prey - 11 (9)
Girl Genius - 10 (9)
Buffy Series 8 - 3 (1)
Serenity - 3
Wonder Woman - 2

Single Authored Books

J.K Rowling - 7 (7)
Jasper Fforde - 6 (5)
Naomi Novik - 6 (5)
Agatha Christie - 5
Gail Carriger - 4
Phillipa Gregory -3 (2)
Garth Nix - 3
Max Pemberton - 3
Terry Pratchett - 3 (2)
Rich Burlew - 2 (1)
Scarlett Thomas - 2

And all with one book each:
Clive Barker, Alex Boese, Jim Butcher, Wendy Cope, Cordelia Fine, Neil Gaiman, Ben Goldacre, Francis Hardinge, Luke Kennard, Gregory Maguire, Hillary Mantel, Baroness Orczy, Sarah Waters and Gabriel Weston.



Right now, because I'm a very visual kind of person, I'm thinking about making some huge pie charts... but that, like any sort of analysis of these figures, will have to wait for another time. When I am less tired. And can do maths again.
I hope, if anyone's stuck around and is still reading this, that you enjoyed my little experiment! I hope some of you will be pleased to hear that I will get round to filling in the review part of the missing months (September - December), and I have decided that the experiment will be continuing into 2012! It'll be interesting to see if things change this year, if my habits get worse or better, or stay the same, and it's possible my Significant Other will be also joining in keeping a list of what books he's reading this year too, which I will more than likely cross post to if possible.
Anyway, hope your 2011 was fun and book-filled, and that 2012 will be likewise!

2011 Round up - Part 1

Ok, so I've fallen off with the reviews since August - I will be posting a catch-up, and hopefully later this week, but for now I'm going to do a quick zip through this year's reading trends and see if there's anything interesting that comes up...

Let's start with a full list of everything I've read...
Re-reads are in italics.


Harry Potter
Going Postal
Bad Science
Making Money
Trust me I'm a (Junior) doctor
Pop Co
Where Does it Hurt?
Red Queen
White Queen


Delusions of Gender
The Other Boleyn Girl
Elephants on Acid
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
The Little Stranger


Sparkling Cyanide
Towards Zero
The Hollow
Planet Shaped Horse
The 13 Problems
Girl Genius 1-9


Ordeal by Innocence
The End of My Y
Anansi Boys


First Among Sequels
Temariare
Empire of Jade


Black Powder War
Empire of Ivory
Victory of Eagles
Tongues of Serpents
One of Our Thursdays is Missing
The Eyre Affair
Lost in a Good Book


Buffy Season 8 - Retreat (6)
Buffy Season 8 - Twilight (7)
Buffy Season 8 - Last Gleaming (8)
I will Repay
The Hiketeia
Oracle- The Cure


Soulless
Sensei and Student
Perfect Pitch
Blood and Circuits
Dead of Winter
Metropolis or Dust
Club Kids
Platinum Flats
Endrun
Black Canary / Oracle / Huntress
Changeless
Snips, Snails and Dragontales
Blameless
Serious Concerns
The Battle Within
Heartless

September

Wonder Woman - Oddesy
Serenity - Those Left Behind
Serenity - The Shepherd's Tale
Serenity - Better Days
The Doctor Will See You Now
Don't Split the Party
The Big Over Easy

October

The Fourth Bear
Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse (Girl Genius 10)
Cabal
Snuff

November

Storm Front
Sabriel
Lirael

December

Abhorsen
Fly By Night